I am so grateful for the support from this team of amazing people who share my belief of empowering parents to raise happy learners at home. All of them are fellow mothers and experts in different areas. Each month, they work so hard behind the scenes to bring you the best resources inside Happy Tot Shelf.
Fynn
Founder of Happy Tot Shelf and The Happy Learners’ Club
Fynn is a Chemical Engineer graduate turned Math and Science teacher from Singapore, an author and mother of three. She believes that nurturing a love of learning begins at home and parents are their children’s first and best teachers. Through HTS and THLC, Fynn shares her creative learning ideas with parents so that they can raise happy little learners too.
Sylvia and Tiffany
Early Learning Activity Designers for The Happy Learners' Club
Sylvia & Tiffany are the moms behind IG homelearning account @2mamas4kids, sharing with parents and educators what they do at home with their children. Armed with prior classroom teaching experience, they hope to encourage and inspire parents to be their children’s first teachers, making homes their children’s first classrooms. You can find them on Instagram at @2mamas4kids.
Autumn Vandiver
Parenting Expert for The Happy Learners' Club
Autumn Vandiver is a preschool teacher and parent coach. She has more than fourteen years of experience teaching preschool and parent education classes. Her parenting advice is practical while also focusing on getting to the root of parenting challenges, so you can see meaningful and positive shifts in your relationship with your child. You can learn more about her and her work at coachingwithautumn.com
Eunice
Admin Support
Stay-at-home mom. Loves coffee, cakes and K- dramas.
Joanne
Children's Books Expert for The Happy Learners' Club
Joanne is a mama of two with a Speech Pathology background. A Singaporean now living in Australia, she is a kidlit enthusiast with a home library of over a thousand picture books. She enjoys finding diverse and inclusive reads to marry language learning with literacy skills in the early years and beyond. You can find her on Instagram at @theplayjournals.
Kate Strachan
Content creator for Happy Tot Shelf blog
Kate is a mother of two, educator and freelance writer from New Zealand, living in Nottingham, UK. She has a background in ESL teaching and Early Childhood Development, and a love of story-telling and language.
You can follow her on Instagram at @messylettersandplay and find her writing portfolio here.
Marianne Lim
Content creator for Happy Tot Shelf blog
Marianne Lim is a mum of three whose kids thrive on learning through play. A copywriter turned stay-at-home-mum, she now looks into play activities as her creative outlet and loves coming up with easy play ideas she can whip up quickly amidst the chaos with a boisterous son and a pair of twins at home. You can find her on Instagram at @raisingwarriors.my.
Navi Riar
Content creator for Happy Tot Shelf blog
Navi Riar is a credentialed Math Educator with sixteen years of classroom experience. She is the founder of Ready Set Learn and runs math coaching programs in local schools. Navi is passionate about making math accessible for all children using a hands-on approach and shares best practices to empower families to help their children with math. You can find her on Instagram at @mathteachermomblog.
Amy Rosier
Content creator for Happy Tot Shelf blog
Amy Rosier is a primary school teacher based in Cambridge, UK. She has eight years of classroom teaching experience in London, Cambridge and Shanghai. She is passionate about early childhood education and thinking outside the box to find creative and engaging ways to get children to overcome obstacles in their learning.
Rachael Amin
Content creator for Happy Tot Shelf blog
Rachael Amin is passionate about Early Years Education and has 13 years of experience as a Primary School teacher in the UK. She is an advocate for outdoor learning and loves to see curious children discover the world around them by observing and asking questions.
This mum of two girls also believes that reading is key to learning and shares children book reviews and recommendations on her Instagram page @little_learners_library.
Hayley Winter
Content creator for Happy Tot Shelf blog
Hayley Winter is an Early Years teacher and the person behind IG play account @allaboutearlyyears , sharing simple and effective learning through play ideas for 3-5 year olds. Hayley has over 14 years of experience working within education in the UK. In her spare time, Hayley loves to craft and spend time with friends and family. You can learn more about her and her work at allaboutearlyyears.com
