It is without reservation, I highly recommend Sabrina Moore as a strong and deserving candidate for educational honors and a scholarship recipient. James L. Hymes, Jr., Ed.D, former President of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, wrote, The best preparation for tomorrow is a good today. This belief forms the foundation from which Sabrina Moore bases all of her interactions with young children in the school environment. Since a young childs attitude towards school and their understanding of self and estimation of self is forming during the preschool years, Sabrina recognizes that her first and most important responsibility to children is to instill in them a love of learning, a belief in themselves as learners, and faith in education as a means to self discovery, independence, and positive relationships. For Sabrina learning and teaching is a highly personal experience. As a volunteer in my special education preschool classroom for over a year, I find Sabrina to be highly respectful of each child and where they are on their personal educational journey. She understands the need to provide experiences that facilitate development of the whole child because of the interrelatedness of development. Sabrina willingly creates and assists our young children with age appropriate experiences that are sensory based and address a variety of developmental domains (motor, social, cognitive, language, emotional). As part of her daily responsibilities in our classroom, Sabrina assists with large group, small group, and individual learning time configurations. During discovery learning time/centers, she facilitates play with a variety of play and sensory materials. She guides preschool children to make quality play choices and explore individually and in informal small groupings of peers. In the more teacher- directed large group and small group learning times, Sabrina works with small groups of children to develop concepts and attain new skills. Providing special needs preschoolers with a variety of learning groupings and situations fosters a sense of connectedness and helps children become comfortable as independent learners and as members of a larger learning community. Preschool really is a magical time. Children move swiftly from one activity to the next: singing, dancing, jumping, wiggling, creating, exploring, experimenting, building, pretending, listening, talking, role-playingLEARNING! Sabrinas dedication, responsibility, loving and skilled educational approaches has helped to create a good today every day for our children in SPICE. Her endless enthusiasm and willingness to be a member of our teaching and learning team, has made our classroom a more enjoyable and effective learning environment for children and teachers alike. I believe that people can become great educators with quality education and experience. I also recognize that there are the rare few who have a gift with children and who possess the intelligence and drive to be outstanding educators. Sabrina Moore is that person. Most Respectfully, Kara Yeacker, M.Ed. SPICE Teacher Clarkston Community Schools