Learning Through Real-World Community Experiences
As learning increasingly happens in abstract or digital spaces, young children benefit most when ideas are grounded in real, shared experiences. ParadimEd is designed to help families anchor early learning in the real world—by connecting children directly to the people, places, and systems that make up their local community.
ParadimEd uses story-based prompts, guided conversations, and in-person civic tours (such as libraries, public services, and community infrastructure) to create meaningful learning moments for children ages 3–5. This approach is intentionally built around early-childhood research showing that frequent conversational turns between adults and children, paired with exposure to rich, context-based vocabulary, significantly support language and cognitive development. By leveraging everyday community spaces as learning environments, ParadimEd helps caregivers turn simple outings into powerful opportunities for language growth, curiosity, and early civic understanding.
Meet the Team
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FOUNDER
For seven years, I taught middle school science in Denver, Colorado. After stepping away to grow my family, I began looking for meaningful, educational ways to spend time with my young children. I quickly realized how difficult it was to find accessible local tours and hands-on learning opportunities in our community.
That gap inspired ParadimEd. Drawing on my background in curriculum and instruction, I began creating simple, story-based lessons designed to pair with real-world community experiences. My goal is to empower caregivers of young children to explore their local area and help kids understand how their communities work—by seeing it firsthand.
Presenting at the University of Colorado’s CABE Conference in 2019 for UC Denver’s Master’s program