The Movie Kids Guide

Welcome! I am Dana Leon, AKA The Movie Kids Guide™. I am a certified teacher and professional editor and I love to create fun, engaging lessons that are accessible for all learners. I have taught all core elementary subjects including math, science, social studies. In fact, my movie-making classes first started as an after school club. The shared experience of guiding my students through the movie-making process, making connections to literacy, and seeing the amazing movies my students were able to create was exciting for everyone, and inspiring for me.

I believe that learning happens everywhere and that kids learn best when they are actively engaged. This can be through play or learning through a topic that interests them. This is why I love to teach literacy through film. Many learners love the visual nature movies, which helps them develop the comprehension skills needed to tackle more difficult text and writing. I create the lessons that I wish I had as a child. I always had a camera in my hand or a camcorder on my shoulder and was fascinated by movies and the idea of telling a story visually.

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I have a masters and certification in Childhood and Special Education for grades 1-6, a bachelor's degree in Mathematics. I have also worked as an editor and content developer in educational publishing for almost 15 years. I have worked on print, digital, and/or video projects with Scholastic, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt, Benchmark Education, The College Board, Kumon, and others. I have also been to film school, worked on film sets, written several screenplays, and directed my own short films.

I currently teach on Outschool and continue to create awesome print and digital products for publishers and on my own. Feel free to use my referral link to begin teaching on Outschool: https://outschool.com/?signup=true&usid=XWqnhPxA&utm_campaign=share_invite_link My products are not currently available for commercial use as I am using them to teach online currently. Thank you!