McKenzie Phelps is an Early Childhood Education Specialist with nearly a decade of experience across child behavior psychology, special education, and K-12 teaching. 

She currently resides in Gramercy Park and works as a private tutor in New York City,  specializing in reading tactics, writing readiness, and arithmetic for ages 3-8. 

McKenzie’s passion for education is rooted in Linda Datcher Loury’s research on social economics and familial influence in early educational development. Her teaching methods draw on Jerome Bruner’s spiral learning model and a variation of Montessori principles — fostering child-led discovery while ensuring conceptual learning isn’t lost in group dynamics. She emphasizes the significance of Benjamin Bloom's research on 1:1 instruction and two standard deviations — a method proven to move students from average to top-tier performance, especially during  crucial years of phonological awareness and number sense.