Children's House of Weld County: Montessori
 (303) 651-3215
3801 Godding Hollow Parkway
Frederick, CO 80516
Susan Halkin - Director & Teacher
Susan founded the school in 1979. She received her Montessori Teacher Training in Chicago in 1973. She has taught in Chicago, New York, and Denver, before settling at the Children's House. Susan and her husband Paul have a daughter and a son.
Sherry Zimmerman - Assistant Director & Teacher
Sherry teaches in the West Side classroom. She received her Montessori Teacher Training in Boulder in 2003. Sherry has been with the school since 2001. Sherry and her husband Kevin have one daughter.
Karen O'Hare - West Side Class Teacher and Spanish Teacher
Karen has been with the school since 1998. She has also taught at several other centers in the area. Karen teaches Spanish lessons to both classes daily in addition to teaching in the West Side class. She and her husband, Steve, have one daughter and two sons.
Krissy Jiminez - Teacher
Krissy has worked at the school since 2006. She teaches in the East Side classroom. Krissy has one son and two daughters.
Raynell Dodson - East Side & Sign Language Teacher
Raynell has been with the school since 2009. She is currently working in the East Side class. Raynell plans a daily lesson in sign language for both classes. She is very close to being Director Certified.
Brandi-Lynn Greig - Speech & Language Therapist
Brandi-Lynn works in speech and language therapy. To find out more, take a look at her website, Inspiring Talkers, or call her at (720) 252-6849.
Caitlin Soliday - Teacher Aid
Caitlin started at the school in February 2010. She works from 3:00 to 5:30 daily and helps with the closing shift.
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Brandi-Lynn Greig
Speech & Language Therapist

Brandi-Lynn works in speech and language therapy. To find out more, take a look at her website, Inspiring Talkers, or call her at (720) 252-6849.
Testimonial

Without the experienced observation of Susan Halkin, Directress of Children's House Montessori and Pre-School, I would have never known that my son needed the help he did for Central Auditory Processing and Attention Deficit Disorder. Susan put me in touch...[more]
Sarah Wallingford
We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. It is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life.
~ Maria Montessori ~