So what is SEER anyway?
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Shoals Educational Enrichment Resources is a small business in downtown Florence. Our mission is to encourage a love of learning through offering educational resources and classes for children 2yrs-highschool and support for parents! We are dedicated to enhancing educational experiences for all families. We offer a variety of classes, camps, support groups, and a retail store stocked with educational materials.
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Part of our mission in providing a one of a kind experience for kids is our focus on curriculum and unit study creation. We have created units on all sorts of science and social studies topical units, the latest of which is our Nature Academy which is a family-style curriculum focused on studying local nature, emphasizing regional creatures and weather events. Its season we offer a new 12 unit set of Nature Academy lessons.
SEER offers a wide range of educational programs, including hands-on workshops and classes, field trips, enrichment classes, and seasonal camps designed to enrich each child's mind and make learning fun! Focused on fostering creativity, critical thinking, and community connection, SEER aims to support all families by providing opportunities for academic growth, social interaction, and exploration. Whether through nature studies, STEAM activities, or science experiments or creative arts, we offer a variety of resources to help kid's thrive in a flexible, supportive environment. We love to work with families from traditional schools as well as homeschoolers! Every child is welcome at SEER.
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For more information, check out our FAQ page linked here or contact us at jessie@shoalseer.org
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You can check out our 'Sign up here' or 'Summer Sessions' tab for our current programs as well as our monthly calendar on social media!
Meet The Owner
Jessie was born and raised in the area surrounding Corinth, Mississippi and moved to Florence, Al in 2004. She has considered it her unofficial hometown ever since. Jessie was educated in the homeschool model, participating in co-ops, and group classes while also seeking out her own individualized educational experiences. She actively created
her own educational endeavors. She created various exhibits for state museums, participated in mock government at the national level, and dual enrolled in college courses from the age of 15 until she graduated at 17.
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This eclectic and unique approach to education is foundational to who Jessie is and how she approaches the education of others, including her own children. Jessie double majored in History and Biology at the University of North Alabama. While there, Jessie was the president of the Tri Beta honors society for 3 years as well as the regional president for 2 years. Jessie graduated from UNA in 2012.
She joined the staff of Trinity Episcopal Church as a children’s minister in 2012. Jessie was responsible for the formational ministry of the children of the church, leading them in Wednesday night and Sunday morning programming. As the years progressed, Jessie continued to discover new ways to expand the impact of children’s ministry in the church, taking what began as a Wednesday night ministry for 4th -6th graders and eventually expanding it to include classes for 2-4 year olds, and K-3.
In 2014, Jessie began a program that has become a community staple in Summer childcare and formational programming. Trinity’s Summer Series began serving 35 children from 9-1 on Mondays. Over the last 10 years, Jessie has grown Summer Series in to a program that serves as many as 120 children from the community on Mondays and Fridays from 8-2, with an opportunity for extended care to 4:00 to support working parents in our community. Summer Series has provided quality childcare for children aged 2-12 while also including volunteer opportunities for youth ages 12-16. This project has been instrumental in showing Jessie the continued need that our community has for new and unique ways of approaching childcare and
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Jessie wrote all of Summer Series programming each year for every age group during her time at Trinity, and in doing so, she has found a passion and gift for creating educational and formational curriculum and resources. Jessie has taken this passion and utilizes it to create educational resources on everything from otters to volcanoes and Peter to Paul. Jessie now maintains an online store front where you can purchase the resources and curriculum that she continues to add to her library of resources that you can find here. Jessie’s mission and the mission of SEER, is to ensure that there are resources and opportunities available for every educational journey, especially those that choose to step off of the established path as she has continued to do throughout her life. Come join us ,and see where your journey leads!
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You can find her at SEER Tuesday through Saturday from or at one of our classes or camps. Check out our social media for current hours.
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Our creative team!
Alongside Jessie, her sister Faith has joined the mission we have at SEER to provide a space for everyone. Faith is passionate about birds and loves to help curious kids learn more about this fascinating world we live in.
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You can find her at SEER on Tuesdays, leading Tinker Club on Fridays and on Saturdays at many of our classes or camps. Check out our social media for current hours.
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​Our SEER staff is very small and we like to keep every class or camp small to help make sure everyone has a great experience. We want to get to know each child, and each family.​
Our Programs
The last Tuesday of the month we offer Stay and play time on which is free for anyone to attend and you do not need to sign up ahead of time. We have enrichment classes on Tuesday and Wednesday, Clubs on Thursday and Friday. We also have a myriad of different classes and camps you can sign up for here!
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Learning Through Play
In our retail store we have a wide variety of items to enrich your child's life! We have STEM kits, beautiful picture books and so much more!
We offer classes that range from science, to STEM, to history or social studies to messy art. You can check out our current classes here!