Linda Plankinton

Teacher Linda has worked in the career of Childcare for over 20 years. She had the pleasure to enroll her daughter in coop preschool at just 5 months old, in the Infant class at SSC co-op preschool and continued all the way through to the 4’s class. Co-op gave her the support she needed and gave her child very important social/emotional skills. After her daughter started elementary school, she had the opportunity to teach in the AH 2s class. She was so happy to be back at Co-op!

Linda loves watching the children grow and change over the year and the parents developing lifelong relationships with each other. She believes the child’s job is to play, and as a teacher, she enjoys setting up the classroom to help encourage this. Whether they are exploring ramps made from gutters, a home center, relaxing at the play dough or sensory tables she loves to get down on their level and play alongside them. Linda also likes seeing them approach the art center and experience the process of art. They can explore paint, water colors, or other media in an open-ended way, and the end product is unique for each child.

She also enjoys working with the parents who she considers my co-teachers. Together we work at our play stations, using positive discipline techniques to help teach the children how to interact with one another.

Away from work, Linda loves spending time with her family and camping with our two cats. She also enjoys gardening, quilting, and making fairy houses out of natural materials.