Kathryn Nordvedt To All Instructors
1. TEACHER'S NAME:
Kathryn Nordvedt
2. CLASSES BEING TAUGHT THIS SEMESTER:
Who are you FREE To Be? & Wee Sing Bible Songs
3. PREVIOUS CLASSES TAUGHT AT TGIF:
Be a Blessing, Bible Belles, We Deliver, Wee Sing Bible Songs
4. CHILDREN:
Ellianna (Sometimes goes by ELLI) age 8 Third grader Competitive Irish Dancer (Pray she continues to have a great season - she DID win FIRST PLACE at a HUGE Regional Competition against over 30 dancers) :) If you prayed for her in the fall/winter I SOO appreciate it.
Elias (prefers ELI) age 5 Pre-K/K and pretend 3rd grader he does LOTS of what older sister does. (Oh and he competes in Irish Dance as well - - but also LOVES Soccer)
5. CHURCH:
Grace Community Church
6. EXPERIENCE:
Previously taught Be a Blessing Class & Wee Sing Bible Songs (My original creations) also taught Bible Belles, We Deliver
Taught several semesters of Bible Songs class elsewhere
Developed curriculum for babies/preschoolers at my church, Grace Community
Well versed in creating and crafting Field trips and experiences for both small and large groups. Okay Field trips are kinda my thing. My kids and I LOVE to learn through experiences. Plus you get handwriting practice with a purpose when you write letters requesting fieldtrips and LOTS of thank you notes.
I am passionate about serving others - my kids and I do five (5+) plus service hours monthly. I want to leave a legacy for my kids and others that they are not too young to be a blessing.
I lead many service activities for American Heritage Girls - including building and delivering gift baskets to ALL the fire department and police departments in Howard County, Christmas Child Boxes and Caroling at Lorien Senior Center just to name a few.
I've dedicated myself to writing weekly letters to my kids for We Deliver as words of encouragement for teachers and fellow parents. (Can't we all use a little encouragement?)
Okay, too funny that I am so passionate about acts of service and words of affirmation BUT My love language is first QUALITY time. Just seeing the humor. Guess mama just wants my kids to get a taste of the different love languages.
7. ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE:
My Favorite books:
Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer
His Need, Her Needs: Building and Affair Proof Marriage Willard F. Harley Jr
Love & Respect for a Lifetime Dr. Eric Eggrichs
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: Using Mindfulness and Connection to Raise a Resilient, Joyful Children and Rediscover Your Love of Parenting Laura Markham
Oh and the BOOK OF NEHEMIAH (what you never heard of the book in the BIBLE?)
Little known facts about me:
I learned to FLY an airplane before I ever drove a CAR.
My husband married his highschool sweetheart (me) - - - but I didn't marry mine. (I didn't meet my hubby till I graduated from college)
My first REAL job was working in Programming at Maryland Public Television. Yep, I picked out the shows on MPT years and years ago.
I worked in Real Estate and Land Development prior to having babies.
I LOVE to learn alongside of my kids - - especially history, nature, and literature. . .okay ANYTHING I can create a fieldtrip for experiential learning. I think it is SUPER fun to imagine and create fieldtrips where there have never been fieldtrips previously.
8. PREFERRED EMAIL:
No Current Classes