Introduction:
Being one of the proactive and dynamic personalities, Michelle Loh Jee Yin is an educator, trainer, Ambassador of Character Forever, curriculum developer and home-school mother. Her passion in enriching young lives motivates her to give herself to teaching even from her school days. She was a tutor and spiritual mentor to her juniors then. After graduation, she lectured in a renowned private college in Kuala Lumpur for many years.
Home Schooling:
As a keen believer of character-building and self-pace learning in children, she chose to stay home full-time to take care and educate her two lovely children since 2003. Being an industrious person, she started a home-based kindergarten (home-school for preschoolers) for her own children and some neighbourhood preschoolers in year 2005.
Designing Confidence-building Curriculum for Children:
As she is also a multi-talented person, she started designing and developing a comprehensive, original musical drama and character-building program to enhance interest in the English Language using music (singing and rhythm), dance (movement) and drama (expressions and acting). She believes in inspiring and helping ORDINARY kids to be courageous to express their thoughts and feelings by cultivating skills in the area of music, dance and drama using the beautiful and rich language of English. Her passion is also to inspire and train educators or parents on the use of creative approach through music, dance and drama in teaching or communicating with children. Currently, she is conducting musical drama classes (ages 4 to 12 years old) and Adventures in English Language Literacy Classes (Creative Phonics English Program) for children in kindergartens, Music & Arts & Language enrichment centres, home-school centres and home-based.
Building Character and Parenting:
As one of the Ambassadors for Proactive Parenting Forever (non-profit organization which champions character-building in children), she has conducted various DVD-facilitated workshops for both parents and educators (since 2006) such as:
a) Parenting workshops:
1. Award-winning parenting program “Active Parenting Now”, authored by Dr. Michael H. Popkin (Ph.D.) U.S.A.;
2. Renown child psychologist and author, Dr. Kevin Leman’s “Making your children’s mind without losing yours”;
b) School of Character workshop:
“Building 6 pillars of Characters in Children”, program authorised by ‘Character Counts’ (U.S.A.)
Besides, she is also a trained Facilitator for a character-building abstinence-until-marriage program for youth (secondary and tertiary students) organised by Focus On the Family, ‘No Apologies – The Truth about Life, Love and Sex’.
Deepening Spiritual Growth:
She has also written Bible study materials for mothers and Youth (teenagers), which were used widely in the Youth Fellowship and Mother’s Support Group in her church. Currently, she is actively serving as a Sunday School teacher in her church.
