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Services

Done-for-you help

for programs that want to bloom

Trainings for your team, a website families love, and a brand that feels like you. Pick one or bring them together.

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Trainings

straight from the classroom

Ready-made and custom trainings for early childhood professionals and organizations, grounded in real classroom and program experience.

I have spent more than 20 years as a teacher, director, trainer, coach, and curriculum designer, and that experience is behind every training I offer. I'm also a co-author of Joyfully Uplifting Ourselves and Others, a Brookes book on joyful early childhood leadership, and its ideas run through my leadership trainings and conference sessions.

You can start with a ready-made kit from The Deck Studio, or tell me what your team needs and we will shape something custom together. Either way, I will explain the reason behind what I recommend, so your team leaves with ideas they can actually use.

  1. Tell me about your team and what you hope they will gain.
  2. Choose a ready-made training or work with me on a custom one.
  3. I confirm the details with you before anything is scheduled.
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Website design

a warm first hello

A clear, welcoming website for your early childhood program or business, designed by someone who knows the field.

Your website is often the first hello a family or colleague receives. I design sites that feel warm, are easy to read and use, and speak the language of early childhood education.

Because I come from the classroom as a teacher and director, I understand what families want to know and how programs want to be seen.

  1. Share your vision: your program, who you serve, and what your site should do.
  2. I design a site that fits your program and your brand, and we refine it together.
  3. Your site goes live. I confirm exactly what is included before we begin.
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Brand kits

made just for you

Brand kits that give early childhood professionals and organizations a clear, welcoming look and voice to use everywhere.

A brand kit brings your colors, fonts, logo, and voice together so everything you share looks and sounds like you. Cactus Classroom has its own brand kit, and I would love to help you build one that fits your program.

I know the families, teachers, and communities you are speaking to. Tell me what you have in mind and I will explain what I recommend and why.

  1. Tell me about your values, who you serve, and the feeling you want people to have.
  2. I put together your colors, fonts, logo, and voice with your input.
  3. You use it everywhere. I confirm exactly what your kit includes before we begin.
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Have an idea for your program?

tell me what you have in mind

Share a little about your program and what you are hoping to build. I aim to reply within three business days.