Lumiya teamPreschool Teacher & Child Development Specialist
Yonca Büyük AYDİNÇ
- Early Childhood Education
- Creative Drama
- Puppetry & Storytelling
They have extensive experience in early childhood education, child development, play-based learning, puppetry, and storytelling. Their work involves developing and leading age-appropriate activities that encourage children to learn through play, spark their imagination, and help them express themselves freely.
A child reveals their world sometimes through play, sometimes a story, and sometimes the voice of a puppet.
Meet
Nurturing children through play, stories, and love.
She is a preschool teacher and child development specialist. In her interactions with children, she sees play, storytelling, puppetry, creativity, and curiosity as integral parts of the learning process.
Throughout her career, she has worked with children in various settings, including preschools, primary schools, rehabilitation centers, and children's play and activity centers. In addition to teaching, she also has experience in management and operations.
She considers storytelling and puppetry powerful tools for tapping into children's imaginations and creating a safe space for them to express themselves freely. She believes every child has a unique world, a distinct learning style, and their own developmental rhythm.
“A child reveals their world sometimes through play, sometimes a story, and sometimes the voice of a puppet.”
Experience
Years of dedication to education, play, storytelling, and children.
She graduated from Eskişehir Anadolu University, Faculty of Open Education, Preschool Teaching Department in 2006. She completed her high school education at Gaziosmanpaşa Girls' Vocational High School in 1998.
In her professional career, she has served as a contract teacher at Büyük Fuat Paşa Primary School, a kindergarten teacher at Bayram Yuva and Gökkuşağı College, and a rehabilitation teacher at Şahinler Rehabilitation Center. Additionally, she taught mind games, creative drama, and chess clubs at Bayrampaşa Kindergarten.
Beyond her teaching, club work, and English teaching experience at Mustafa Itri Primary School, she also managed and operated a private kindergarten and oversaw operations at Çiçek Lady Party and Play House.
She has enhanced her professional development through training in mind and intelligence games, creative drama, storytelling, ventriloquism, Orff and rhythm, puppetry, and various child-focused educational programs. Her CV also includes puppetry experience as part of Yonca Puppet Theater Musical Plays.
- 2006
- Anadolu University, Preschool Teaching
- 1998
- Girls' Vocational High School, Child Development Graduate
- 15+ Years
- Classroom, Club, Storytelling, and Puppetry Experience
Role at Lumiya
Understanding children, fostering their imaginative worlds.
At Lumiya, she contributes her educator's perspective to content focusing on early childhood, child development, play-based learning, storytelling, and creative expression.
She combines her extensive classroom experience with her expertise in creative drama, mind games, storytelling, rhythm, and puppetry to ensure that content for children is thoughtfully prepared and tailored to their age, developmental stage, and unique world.
She contributes to developing content that empowers parents to better understand their children, build stronger connections, and seamlessly integrate learning into daily life.
At Lumiya, she champions an approach that encourages children not just to learn, but also to play, listen, tell stories, imagine, explore, and confidently express themselves.
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