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Karen Simmons has taught every grade except kindergarten during her 28-year career. She holds a gifted certification and has also taught inclusion SLD classes in Palm Beach County, where she now teaches a second grade gifted class. Karen has been nominated for the Dwyer Award and the Florida Teacher of the Year twice, and she has received the "I Make a Difference" award in teaching sponsored by Channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the Palm Beach Post (1998-99).
Karen and Cindy Guinn started the Bag Ladies in 1993. Both believe in the value of keeping teachers excited and full of creative ideas. Since then, they have created 13 thematic units and presented make-n-take manipulative workshops in schools and at conferences in Florida. Their easy and inexpensive make-n-takes give teachers inexpensive and fun tools to create integrated thematic units. |
