Welcome to Edulallie
An Online Platform Designed for
Home Educators
Edulallie offers online classes, field guides, coaching and educational resources for early childhood educators who want to embrace an unhurried, nature-based way of teaching and learning with young children, honoring the rhythms of childhood.
In-person workshops will be offered beginning Summer 2026.
Recognized and Certified
Conservation@Home Program (In-Person Site Certification)
National Wildlife Federation
National Audubon Society
Monarch Watch
Wild Ones
Featured In
Garden Magazine
Summer Garden 2026
Featuring my outdoor classroom as a model for nature-based learning.
Free Resources
12 Keys to Child Care Success
10 Plants to Grow with Kids
5 Life Changing Shifts
Let Me Introduce Myself
I'm Miss Sue
I love outdoors, traveling, eating and gardening is my therapy.
I am a home educator, course creator, author, and speaker with over 17 years of experience in early childhood education.
I am the founder of Edulallie and the owner of Lil Bebe Academy, a home-based childcare program that serves as my lab school—an intentional, nature-rich environment rooted in rhythm, joy, and the well-being of both the child and the educator.
I am also a co-author of Seeing Ourselves in Nature, contributing to the growing conversation around children, identity, and their connection to the natural world.
I present at conferences and lead in-person trainings and workshops for educators seeking a more grounded, sustainable approach to early childhood education.
Every course, guide, and resource within Edulallie is built from lived experience—developed through years of working directly with children in a full-time program. This work is not rooted in theory alone, but in real days, real challenges, and real transformation through direct work
with children ages 0–5.
After experiencing burnout—and authoring Overcoming Daycare Burnout: Steps to Living Your Best Life—I chose a different way forward, one rooted in an unhurried rhythm, meaningful connection, and a deep respect for childhood. That shift continues to shape my work today.
Edulallie was created with intention and honesty, grounded in the belief that small steps lead to meaningful transformation over time.
Whether you are navigating burnout, seeking a slower rhythm, building your own program, or longing to reconnect with nature in your work, you belong here.
A Growing Collection for
Early Childhood Educators
A growing collection of courses, field guides, and resources designed for early childhood educators
New courses and materials are added as they are completed.
A transparent approach—you are witnessing the growth of Edulallie over time.
Rooted in lived experience, not theory alone.
Designed to support an unhurried, nature-based way of teaching and learning.
Created for home childcare and early years environments.
Meant to be explored at your own pace.
Always here for you to return to when you’re ready
Explore the Edulallie Collection
Online Courses
How I Created Boundaries Between My Home and My Childcare
Seeds to Bloom
Growing an Outdoor Classroom with Children
My Home Childcare Backyard: An Intentional Outdoor Learning Space
Download the Field Guides
Outdoor Classroom
Exploring Nature Play and Learning in the Early Years
The Childcare Garden
Growing a Garden with Children (0–5)
Mud Kitchen
Outdoor Play with Natural and Everyday Materials
Coaching & Support for Early Childhood Educators
Need help transforming your home childcare environment, reducing overwhelm, creating calmer rhythms, or bringing more nature-based learning into your program?
I offer personalized coaching sessions for educators seeking calmer spaces, sustainable teaching practices, outdoor classroom guidance, and more intentional learning environments.
In Person Workshops
If your home childcare feels overwhelming, step inside mine and see how space, materials, and intention can transform the way you live and work in our home that cares of children.
In-Person Workshop • June 20
Your Space is Enough: Transforming Your Home Childcare Indoors & Outdoors
This is a real-life transformation experience within a successful home-based childcare program.
You will step inside my home childcare and outdoor classroom. You will see firsthand how I transformed my space over the years into a calmer, more intentional, nature-rich environment that supports both children and the educator.
Together, we will walk room by room through the indoor classroom, discussing:
Why the environment is arranged the way it is
How I choose materials, books, and visual supports
What supports mixed-age learning and independent play
How I reduced overwhelm and created more flow throughout the day
The difference between cluttered spaces and intentional spaces
How small changes transformed behavior, engagement, and daily rhythms
Then we will move outside into the outdoor classroom and garden spaces, where we will explore:
Outdoor learning as curriculum—not just recess or playtime
Mud kitchens, loose parts, gardening, pollinator spaces, and nature invitations
How to create wonder using simple materials
Ways to support child-led learning outdoors
How the outdoor environment can reduce stress and bring more joy back into your days
How I built an outdoor classroom slowly over time without needing perfection or a huge budget
This workshop is designed for home childcare providers, home educators, and early years professionals who are longing for calmer spaces, deeper play, more connection, and a renewed vision for their environment. Or for someone who is eager to open their own home childcare and do not know where to start.
Each participant will also receive a pollinator garden gift to take home and begin building their own outdoor classroom habitat.
You will leave with:
Inspiration
Practical ideas you can actually implement
A new way of seeing your space
Permission to start small
A clearer vision for what transformation can look like in your own environment
Because transformations do not happen overnight - they happen one intentional shift at a time.
“Small Steps — Beautiful Transformation” — Miss Sue
Workshop Includes
Indoor classroom tour
Full outdoor classroom & garden tour
Environmental setup discussions
Loose parts & schematic play discussions
Mud kitchen inspiration
Outdoor classroom guidance
Pollinator garden take-home gift
Q&A and reflection time
Limited Spots Available
This intimate workshop will take place inside my active home childcare environment in DuPage County, Illinois.
To preserve the hands-on experience and allow space for meaningful discussion, reflection, and movement throughout the environment, attendance is intentionally limited to a small group of educators.
Because of the limited seating and preparation involved for each attendee, full payment is required to reserve your spot.
A Professional Development Certificate will be given at the end of the session
A Glimpse Into the Environment
walk this path with me!
Follow along on Instagram for real days, real spaces, and the ongoing rhythm of my home childcare.
