The Story of HomeBloom

My name is Meghan and I’m an elementary teacher with a degree in psychology (along with minors in biology and neuroscience) and a master’s degree in childhood and special education from NYU. I am passionate about teaching, but as a teacher and mom, I’m most interested in how our students learn best—what strategies, environments, and experiences most effectively support their growth.

Education has changed forever. Well before the pandemic, I had watched education shift toward an increased reliance on technology, higher expectations and curriculum standards, and overwhelming schedules.

I’ve seen positive changes, too. I’ve watched education trends finally shift focus from standardized testing and rote memorization to the importance of developing “the whole child,” not only broadening student knowledge but also creating more empathetic, kind, capable, and self-advocating students.

And, of course, our global pandemic has accelerated these changes and challenges, as parents struggle to keep up and to advocate for their kids while still needing to manage work and home life.

Even without the added challenges of at-home learning, I’ve recognized that parents increasingly struggle to ensure that they can properly advocate for their kids’ learning.

I DO NOT believe that a parent should take on the role of a teacher; it’s a one-way ticket to exhaustion and frustration. It’s the teacher’s role to deliver well-rounded educational experiences for a student—and they have the training and expertise to do so. But teachers can’t sit next to your child at home to coach him or her (and you) through the difficult moments: When your child refuses to write. When he or she can’t sit still long enough to practice sight words or read just a few pages. When he or she can’t find that pencil or book. When just one math problem causes enough tears to break your heart and also ruin your evening. The teacher isn’t there giving you the language, prompts, and specific steps that might work in the classroom.

I know that alongside your child’s teacher, the parent’s role is critical in how children learn in and out of school. Research overwhelmingly supports this. Many will unfortunately stumble and allow those overwhelming feelings and hesitation to become apathy. Students who lack appropriate parental support will struggle on their own, affecting performance, attitude, and self-esteem.

But parents who can meet these changes and challenges today will raise students who are more likely to enjoy school, with more positive mindsets, performance, attitude, and behavior. When parents have more confidence to support learning at home, through language, opportunities, routines, and structures, students in school are more likely to be engaged, with greater resiliency, confidence, and self-directed attitudes.

I’m excited to share that I’ve spent a career learning what’s necessary to help busy parents more confidently nurture student learning at home. By applying my years of teaching, my degrees, and my role as a parent, I am able to truly discern core issues and create personalized student growth plans that will reduce parent stress and nurture a confident, independent, and self-directed learner. 

HomeBloom was born out of these ideas and the desire to shake up what has become a less-than-stellar status quo in many homes. I want to reinstate the calm and confidence truly necessary for learning and growth, help you instill independence in your young learners, and ensure that you are truly on the same page as your school and your child’s teachers.

Let’s chat. I can’t wait to get to know your family.