Miss Holly’s Bio

Holly Florek, aka Miss Holly, has been teaching for 13 years and is a life-long resident of Southern California. She was Head Preschool teacher at Peck Park in San Pedro. She was also Music & Movement Specialist at Town & Country Nursery School in Palos Verdes and at Peninsula Heritage School in Rolling Hills. She has provided extra-curricular enrichment programs and staff workshops at other preschool sites for the last four years and has worked with people of all ages in a music and dance capacity.

Miss Holly holds an AA degree in Liberal Arts and a certificate in child development. She also holds first level certification in Orff Schulwerk (a world-renowned playful approach to teaching music to the young). Currently maintaining a 4.0 GPA in Harbor College’s music program, she has studied music theory, voice, jazz improvisation, songwriting, orchestration and arranging, recording arts, percussion, choir and piano. She also studied and performed classical ballet and Appalachian clogging for many years. Over her life’s span she has been an enthusiastic participant and/or director in choral, percussive, instrumental and dance ensembles.

A superb vocalist, banjo picker and acoustic rhythm guitarist, Miss Holly has been performing in front of audiences since the age of four. She is also an accomplished songwriter and is lead singer in the music duo PRAIRIE FIRE.

Raised in a large family, Miss Holly spent many childhood hours singing, harmonizing, dancing and dramatizing. On occasion, to this day, she still engages in music and creative play with her five siblings. Thus, she recognizes the importance of freedom of expression through the arts and maintains a childlike exuberance for life.

Trained in STEP (Systematic Training For Effective Parenting), her playful zeal and loving interaction always win her students over for an enriching experience.