My name is Michaela Baalman and this is my 24th year of teaching. This is my 14th year teaching Kindergarten. I have previously taught second grade and fifth grade. I am married to Duane and we have 4 children and 3 granddaughters. I love my school family and want you to know that each and every one of the children in my school family is extremely special to me. We use Animated Literacy in Kindergarten as our Language Arts program. In addition, we supplement with a phonics and handwriting program. We follow the Saxon math curriculum.