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Creating Spaces to Learn & Grow

Kimberlee Burt Hendricks is an educator, entrepreneur, speaker, and mother whose work lives at the intersection of play, learning, leadership, family, and community.

With more than two decades in early childhood education, including 23 years as a child care center owner, Kimberlee’s work is shaped by both professional experience and family life. Through speaking, writing, facilitation, and community centered work, she explores how curiosity, imagination, relationships, and everyday moments shape how we learn and grow together.

Kimberlee is passionate about creating experiences that invite people to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most: children, relationships, learning, purpose, and joy.

Affectionately known as “Ms. Kimberlee”, the name emerged during her years as an early childhood educator, a season of work that remains among the most meaningful and deeply impactful of her career. While her professional journey has expanded into leadership, advocacy, systems work, research, public engagement, entrepreneurship, curriculum development, and speaking the heart of her work has always remained rooted in relationships, curiosity, play, and the everyday experiences that shape children, families, and communities.

In this season of her career, and as a mommy of two amazing little boys, Kimberlee is intentionallyreturning to the center, where purpose, passion, preparation, and meaningful impact intersect.

  • 23+

    Years in Early Childhood Education

  • 1000+

    Children and Families Impacted

  • 20+

    Years of Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Where Purpose Meets Practice

Ms. Kimberlee’s Space brings together many threads of Kimberlee’s work: early childhood education, family engagement, leadership, play, media, entrepreneurship, curriculum development and reflective practice.

Below are sample workshop sessions that can be customized for your learning needs or community.

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Leadership & Reflective Practice™
  • Leadership and Play: It’s Serious Business
  • Play-Informed Leadership
  • Joy, Restoration, and Sustainable Leadership
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Parent & Family Engagement™
  • Parents as First Teachers in a Digital Age
  • Stories, Numbers, and Wonder
  • Meaningful Parent Engagement Beyond Compliance
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Early Childhood & Learning™
  • Play Is Serious Business
  • Nature, Play, and Childhood
  • Creating Relational Learning Environments
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Let’s curate your workshop experience™

Additional customized workshops and collaborative learning experiences are also available.

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Entrepreneurship & Vision™
  • From Passion to Sustainability
  • Building Human-Centered Early Childhood Spaces
  • Faith-Based Program Development

Partnerships Past and Present

Below are some of the organizations, corporations, and learning communities connected to Kimberlee's professional journey over the years through presentations, partnerships, workshops, leadership, writing, employment, and media features.

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Let’s Work Together

Kimberlee partners with schools, early childhood programs, corporations, organizations, leadership teams, conferences, parent groups, and faith-based communities to design meaningful learning experiences rooted in connection, reflection, play, leadership, and relational practice.

Offerings may include:

  • Keynote presentations
  • Workshops and trainings
  • Conference speaking
  • Parent engagement sessions
  • Professional development
  • Leadership retreats
  • Facilitated conversations
  • Collaborative learning experiences
  • Customized sessions
  • Curriculum and Program Design
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Upcoming Events & Conversations

Join Kimberlee for upcoming workshops, webinars, conference presentations, podcast, conversations, and community learning experiences focused on play, leadership, family, engagement, and media.

Browse below for links to past and upcoming content.

Webinars
Podcasts
Special Projects
Writing, Features, & Publications

Thank you for spending time in this space. Whether through

speaking, writing, workshops, leadership development, or community centered experiences, Kimberlee’s work begins with connection.

Stay connected for upcoming events, reflections, resources, and conversations about play, learning, leadership, family engagement, and media.

I look forward to connecting with you.

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