Meet the Heart of Our Prairie

Discover the passionate individual who guides, inspires, and cares for your children at Little Preschool on the Prairie. 

Meet Laura: our dedicated educator

Parents will have the pleasure of meeting and interacting with Laura, the dedicated teacher at Little Preschool on the Prairie. With her extensive background and genuine love for children, Laura creates a welcoming and enriching environment for all. Laura cherishes being a positive role model and cheerleader for children, helping them reach their full potential.

Laura has been married to her husband, Ben, for 16 years. Together they have 4 children: 1 in high school, 1 in middle school and twins in first grade.  Laura loves animals, reading, organizing, baking, and of course teaching! She grew up in Olathe, KS then came to Lawrence for college and loved it so much she never left!

Experience and passion in education

Laura brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for early childhood education. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Kansas and has decades of experience working with young children. Her background includes teaching in public, private, and in-home classrooms. At Hilltop CDC on KU's campus she's taught toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. She's also taught Kindergarten in a public school in Topeka, preschool and pre-kindergarten at LCNS in Lawrence, and first grade at a private school in Lawrence. Laura also successfully ran an in-home daycare and a Parents' Day Out program in Lawrence. She truly loves helping children navigate this big world in a way that works for them, from slowly building self-help skills to teaching safe and healthy ways to manage conflict and social interactions with peers. Laura delights in seeing children's creative ideas, hearing their stories, and being a part of their world.

Moments that inspire and delight

Laura's favorite aspects of teaching and helping children grow include watching kids solve conflicts on their own, witnessing the "aha!" moment when they learn something new or connect meaning, and seeing a child feel comfortable enough to try something new.  These moments are at the core of what makes our team love teaching at Little Preschool on the Prairie. 

"Laura is a former school teacher which is glaringly obvious when you see the high quality of her program. It has taught my son and opened him up to so many things he would refuse to even try for me. There is outside time, stories, snack, art, music, sensory activities and free play among other things. My son is leaning concepts he will need and utilize in kindergarten. There have been some other specialists--speech therapist, preschool teacher etc. who came to observe my son at this program. They all came away thoroughly impressed with Laura and her program."

-Julia P.