During the early 1960’s, I taught first grade in a Chicago inner city school.  When I began to teach the children how to print letters and numbers, I realized some were not ready: they did not hold their writing tool properly and they just wanted to scribble since they could not draw lines.  It wa...

Did you know there is a specific way you should read to your child?  Yes, read to them every day and yes, make it fun ... but did you know that how you read to them is as important as how often you read to them?  There is a simple yet detailed, proven effective technique that works called d...

In the never-ending quest to maximize efficiency, I try to employ something Tim Ferris calls the MED (Minimum Effective Dose).  I do it with workouts through sprint intervals and heavy weights - working out a fraction of the time.  I eat avocados for energy, vitamins and fats instead of making an en...

Playroom Prep, LLC

Business Plan by Rosalyn Kemp

February 2015

Executive Summary

“If our children are to realize their personal and professional promise, if our country is to continue to boast the creative, adaptable, career-ready populace that has made us the world’s leader in innovation and producti...

'The Atlantic' just published a fantastic, must-read article about effective early education.  It emphasizes all of the techniques use in Playroom Prep: dialogue, open-ended questions, fine motor skills, one-on-one connection.  It notes what doesn't work: boring, rote, black and white worksheets....

Playroom Prep was created by a teacher who brings 54 years of teaching experience into your home. Long time teacher Mary Ann Kemp and her daughter Rosalyn found that while fantastic workbooks and programs exist for older children, there is little to nothing for our 2 through 4 year olds who want to...