BusyMessyHands

Early Childhood • Literacy

Educational Consulting • Coaching

• Professional Development

Kate Oznick, M.Ed., A/OGA.

  • Woman with long, light brown hair pointing to a whiteboard while holding a marker and a small sheet of paper.

    Professional Development & Coaching

  • A teacher standing in front of a classroom whiteboard, speaking to young students lying on the floor. The classroom is decorated with alphabet charts, colorful posters, and educational materials.

    Early Childhood Consulting

  • A woman sitting cross-legged on the floor in a classroom, holding a red object, likely a small ball, during a group activity with children.

    Literacy

  • Woman and child lying on carpeted floor, observing a pink glittery jar with a metallic lid in front of them, in a room with shelves and colorful items in the background.

    Caregiver Support

  • Educational materials for teaching spelling and phonics, including flashcards with 'sh', 'ch', 'a', 'i-e', 'ai', a printed chart with SOS instructions, small toy objects like an apple, turtle, umbrella, whale, and octopus, and a stack of cards in the corner.

    1-1 Orton-Gillingham Tutoring

What is BusyMessyHands?

Grown from the notion that product isn’t everything. It is the process where true learning and growth occurs.

Child's hand stacking small rocks and pinecones on a wooden surface, creating a miniature natural shelter with bark, wood, and moss.

Built from the shared belief that to have an authentic growth experience, one must ‘get their hands dirty’ as they truly engage.

The process of growth can feel messy at times. Yet coming through the mess, one leaves empowered, inspired, and ready for what comes next.

Child gathering shells or small marine creatures into a pot outdoors, surrounded by buckets, bowls, and toys, on a brick platform with soil and plant debris around.

Growth can be messy, let’s roll up our sleeves together.

Let's get to work!

Do you believe that high quality early childhood education should be accessible to all?

Let's make it happen!

Why BusyMessyHands?

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Professional Learning Experiences that are authentic, practical, & process-based so you leave feeling inspired to bring what you learned back to your classroom.

People holding small colorful gemstones or mineral specimens over a lit glass display table.
Paint palette and dried flowers on a table with colorful paint splotches.

Passionate about creating a learning environment that inspires wonder and curiousity?

As an administrator, do you feel like your teachers feel burnt out? Are you ready to help them relight their fire for teaching?

Innovative Professional Development may be the key to inspire your educators

Let's work together!

CONTACT

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