35+ Years of Educational Experience
Decades of work supporting children, families, classrooms, and learning environments.
Meet the Founder
Meet Jerusha Terry, M.Ed.
A dedicated educator, Montessori practitioner, and curriculum specialist with more than 35 years of experience.
Meet the Founder
Meet Jerusha Terry, M.Ed.
A dedicated educator, Montessori practitioner, facilitator, and curriculum specialist with more than 35 years of experience helping children learn, grow, and understand.
Jerusha Terry, M.Ed. is the founder of Engaged Hands and the heart behind its teaching philosophy. With more than 35 years of experience in early childhood education, Montessori instruction, curriculum development, teacher support, and hands-on learning, she brings a deep understanding of how children learn and how educators can guide them with purpose.
Her work is grounded in the belief that children learn best when they are actively engaged. She helps children move beyond memorizing answers by giving them opportunities to touch, move, explore, ask, repeat, explain, and connect concepts to real life.
Through Engaged Hands, Jerusha brings her experience to families, teachers, schools, and children through direct instruction, consulting, literacy camp experiences, and educational learning materials. Her goal is to help children build confidence and understanding while helping adults create learning experiences that are meaningful, practical, and developmentally appropriate.
Lifelong Learning
Never Stop Learning, Never Stop Growing
Engaged Hands is built on the belief that children thrive when learning feels purposeful, joyful, and connected to real understanding. Every program, material, and lesson reflects a dedication to growth — for children and the adults who guide them.
From the Montessori Mobile Microschool to summer literacy camp, children are invited to explore with their hands, explain with their words, and build confidence through meaningful practice.
Experience That Shapes Every Lesson
Engaged Hands is built on decades of educational practice, classroom insight, and child-centered instruction.
Master's in Early Childhood Education
Graduate-level preparation focused on how young children grow, develop, and learn.
Bachelor's in Elementary Education
A foundation in teaching, child development, classroom instruction, and learning support.
Reading Endorsement
Specialized preparation connected to literacy, reading development, and language foundations.
Montessori Certification
Training rooted in hands-on learning, independence, purposeful materials, and child-centered discovery.
Clinical Educator Certificate
Experience supporting educator development, instructional modeling, and professional learning.
What Jerusha Believes About Learning
Children are capable learners when they are given the right materials, guidance, time, and opportunity to understand.
"Children should not only be told what to learn. They should be guided to understand why it matters and how it connects to the world around them."— Jerusha Terry, M.Ed.
Children Learn Through Experience
When children can touch, move, hear, see, and repeat a concept, learning becomes more concrete and meaningful.
Curiosity Has a Purpose
A child's questions and interests can open the door to learning, but expert guidance gives the lesson direction and depth.
Understanding Matters More Than Memorization
The goal is not simply for a child to repeat information. The goal is for the child to understand and explain it.
Teachers Need Practical Tools
Educators need strategies and materials that work in real classrooms, with real children, in real learning moments.
A Lifetime of Educational Service
More than 35 years of work supporting children, families, educators, and schools through purposeful learning.
Early Childhood Education
Supporting young children, families, and foundational learning through patient guidance and developmentally appropriate practice.
Montessori Instruction
Using Montessori-inspired methods, purposeful materials, and hands-on learning to help children build independence and understanding.
Curriculum Development
Creating lessons, learning materials, and educational resources that help children practice concepts in active, meaningful ways.
Teacher Support & Consulting
Helping educators strengthen instruction, student engagement, and classroom practices that support real understanding.
Engaged Hands
The launch of an educational brand built to serve children, parents, teachers, and schools through consulting, direct instruction, camp experiences, and learning materials.
Engaged Hands in Action
Photos and videos from Engaged Hands learning, consulting, materials, and camp experiences.
Jerusha Teaching Students
Ms. Jerusha Terry guiding learning through purposeful, hands-on instruction.
Love of Reading
Children develop a deep connection to literacy when learning feels meaningful, guided, and hands-on.
Summer Literacy Camp
Camp sessions for preschool through 1st grade learners with joyful literacy practice.
Learning Environment
Purposeful classrooms and materials designed to help every child engage with confidence.
Why Families, Teachers, and Schools Choose Engaged Hands
Because learning should be active, meaningful, expertly guided, and connected to the way children actually grow.
Deep Experience
Led by an educator with more than 35 years of experience in child development, instruction, and learning support.
Hands-On Methodology
Lessons and materials are designed to help children interact with learning through touch, movement, sound, visuals, and repetition.
Montessori-Inspired Approach
Children are encouraged to build independence, curiosity, concentration, confidence, and understanding.
Support for Adults Too
Engaged Hands serves not only children, but also the parents, teachers, and schools guiding their development.
Purposeful Materials
Learning tools are designed with educational intent, not as random activities or toys.
Real Understanding
The goal is for children to understand concepts deeply enough to explain, apply, and connect them to real life.