Becky Baxa

Visit Becky's website: www.hidden-splendor.com for blog posts, Facebook, Pinterest related pages, Bible study leader assistance and more information.

Becky is a state certified teacher and a Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies undergraduate of the University of Illinois and Master's graduate of Iowa State University, teaching individuals ages 2 years through adults since 1981.

Becky is passionate about teaching, having used her degrees in a variety of non-traditional ways. Her teaching experience includes the formal High School classroom, preschool classroom, corporate auditorium and boardroom presentations, conference workshops, in-service staff development, environmental education for school-age children, Christian education with an emphasis in early childhood, teens and women's ministry, Resource and Referral Agency as education coordinator, state required training curriculum developer and workshop presenter for licensed child care providers, developer and host of the cable access TV show entitled CHILD CARE FUTURES, contractual trainer, private classes and through curriculum writing.

Becky is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) a large nonprofit association in the United States representing early childhood education teachers, para-educators, center directors, trainers, college educators, families of young children, policy makers, and advocates. NAEYC is focused on improving the well-being of young children, with particular emphasis on the quality of educational and developmental services for children from birth through age 8. She is also a member of the First Christian Church where she serves as a preschool teacher for four and five year old children. Becky has completed the course: How to Tell a Great Story, The Essential Writing Course from the Editors of Guideposts, November 2017.

Becky is the author of Miraculous, Magical Moments in Minutes: Over 500 Quick, Easy Activities for Adults and Children to Share, What Kind of Chocolate Are You? the parallels of chocolate and Christianity and Sweetly Delicious the quest for becoming sweetly delicious to God and others, a Bible Study. She is the co-author of Successful Outcomes…Tips for Trainers that is a companion piece for the Michigan Child Care Futures Project, State Curriculum Manual.

She enjoys presenting workshops, writing blog posts for parents and caregivers (equipping them with creative ways to interact with children), teaching Bible studies and speaking about God's prompting, provisions and blessings.