Nadia Ivanchikov, MS Ed
I am homeschooling facilitator and a proud mother of three home-educated children: George (10), Sofia (8) and David (5).
Back in Russia, I worked at a boarding school. I taught fencing, aerobics, yoga and fitness to students,
and dance and adult fitness for teachers. At around same time I was also helping to develop the School Readiness
Program for the the State Club ‘Lyceum’, during the first year when such programs were offered around the city.
I also greatly enjoyed my leadership position in the Youth Outdoor and Travel Center where I was working with teenagers,
leading mountaineering trips and organizing educational and social events. In 1998, I was invited to the Israel Educational
Center for Russian-Speaking Children. Besides teaching, I was also a part of a crew working on a new Russian
version of the Psychometric Manual published by the Center.
In 1999 with my husband Mikhail we made the decision to leave Russia. In Canada, along with music teacher Jody Stark,
I designed preschool program "MusiMatics" built upon concepts in, as the title suggests, both music and math.
The idea was that young children can easily absorb difficult and abstract concepts if they are exposed to them in the right way.
I have an MS degree in education from Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow, Russia). As a licensed educator in Alberta,
I am actively involved with the Home-Based Learning Association of Alberta and the Alberta Junior Forest Wardens.
My current activities lie in the area of alternative child-led education approaches. I am familiar with such systems as
Montessori, Waldorf, Project Approach, Thomas Jefferson Education and Life Learning. I also work at the Independent Center
for Integrative Education in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.