Get to Know Us!

At the Learning Turtle Preschool, you are family!  Our warm home-like environment fosters the happiness and comfort you’ll feel at Learning Turtle.

 

Our Mission

The Learning Turtle Preschool strives every day to:

  • Ignite students’ love for learning through fun, hands-on, developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities.
  • Prepare preschoolers to be more than ready for Kindergarten in their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
  • Exceed expectations by always striving to improve our program and by striving to meet the standards of the NAEYC’s 10 Standards for High Quality Preschool Programs.
  • Strengthen families by including them in free, fun family events for the entire family.
  • Partner with local community leaders to provide support to parents in their parenting goals by offering evening classes.

 

 

Meet Our Teachers

Ms. Anita

Ms. Anita Gerber always wanted to be a teacher since she was in the fourth grade.  After graduating from Utah State University in Elementary Education in 2003, she taught in the Cache County School District for six years.  She quit her job to stay at home with her oldest child in 2009.  As her family grew, she started the Learning Turtle Preschool in January of 2014.  She is the director of the preschool.  She loves to learn and is always taking classes in Early Childhood Education to make sure the preschool implements what is best and developmentally appropriate for our preschoolers.  She loves seeing the students’ faces light up when they come to preschool. She also loves spending time with her very supportive husband and four kids.

 

 

Ms. Alyssa

 

Ms. Alyssa Howe loves preschool-aged children. She feels it a wonderful privilege to be at The Learning Turtle Preschool. She received her degree from USU in Family, Consumer, and Human Development in 2007. She is married to her wonderful husband, Jesse, and mom to 5 fantastic kids: Russton, Alivia, Lylla, Arabella, and Monty. She loves arts and crafts, especially painting. She has a great love for children’s literature, especially picture books. She loves inspiring imagination and creativity through books, movement, music, and play.

 

 

 

 

Ms. Amber

 

Ms. Amber Bingham is very excited to join the Learning Turtle team! Amber lives in Smithfield with her wonderful husband and 5 very busy, fun children. She graduated from USU with a degree in Family and Human Development. She loves teaching preschool-age children and watching them explore and learn about the world around them. Ms. Amber loves spending time with her family, going on walks, crafting, and watching movies with her family.

 

 

 

 

 

Miss Emily

Miss Emily Burgon grew up in Brigham City where her love for teaching began! After graduating high school, Miss Emily moved up to Logan to attend Utah State University. While she was going to school, she worked as a Children’s Center Assistant at CAPSA, where her love for children only grew more. She graduated from Utah State in 2022 in Human Development and Family Studies, with an emphasis in Child Development. Miss Emily loves movies, traveling, and spending time with her family. She is excited to join The Learning Turtle Preschool this year!

 

 

 

 

Ms. Ginger

Ms. Ginger loves teaching preschool! She graduated with a degree in Special Education  & Elementary Education from   USU. She taught in the public schools for a few years before staying at home with her own three children. She loved the time she had with them before they started school. Now that her baby is 16, Ms. Ginger loves revisiting those early ages and stages at The Learning   Turtle Preschool. She thinks it is so much fun to be with preschool-aged children to help them learn through play and exploration. At preschool, she loves to read picture books, make messes, explore, dance, sing, do science experiments, and play outside. Outside of preschool, she loves to go on adventures (there’s usually something every day that she considers an adventure!), play the piano, hike, bake, and explore beautiful Cache Valley. 

 

 

Ms. Jennifer

 
Ms. Jennifer comes from a long line of teachers, both her parents and multiple grandparents and great-grandparents have instilled a love of teaching in her. She graduated from USU with majors in both early childhood and elementary education. She has worked at Hillcrest and Wilson Elementary in Logan in multiple capacities, as a reading interventionist, behavior specialist, and 3rd grade teacher. She is so excited to continue her career at The Learning Turtle working with younger children to help start their love of learning through play. Ms. Jennifer lives in Smithfield with her husband and their 3-year-old, they are expecting another little girl this October. Together they enjoy going to the movies, playing at the park, and being outside

Ms. Kimberli

 
Ms. Kimberli Ballard loves teaching at the Learning Turtle! She loves young children and loves to be a part of their enthusiasm to learn in these early years. Kimberli graduated with her Bachelors Degree at USU in Family and Consumer Science Education. She loves teaching preschool-aged kids, especially through music and hands-on activities. Kimberli grew up in St. George on a cattle ranch, which instilled in her values of hard work and also a love for being outdoors. She loves spending time with her husband Clint, and their 5 young kids. She enjoys crafting, gardening, listening to books, and being her kids’ mom. 

Ms. Tiffany

 
Preschool is one of Ms. Tiffany’s favorite places to be! She grew up on a farm where she learned, first hand, the value of learning through play and exploration. In 2014, she graduated from USU with a dual degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education with an emphasis in music. While in college, she worked as the Children’s Group Facilitator at CAPSA where she worked with children who had experienced abuse in their homes. She is married to her very own prince charming and they have three fun and energetic kids. She enjoys music, yoga, hiking, gardening, and donuts.