Amy Camassar, BS Ed., CIMI, ICI Baby Signs Programs and Co-owner of Papoose is a wife and mother of an elementary aged son.  Amy received a degree in Elementary Education from the University of Connecticut with a minor in Human Development and Family Relations in 1991. 

Prior to opeing Papoose Amy most recently was an Early Literacy Teacher in the New London Public Schools where she worked since 2000.   Amy is a Motheread/Fatheread Certified Facilitator that instructs adults about how to help their children imporve their litercay while enhancing their own while reading renowned children's literature.  Amy and her husband have been licensed foster care and adoptive parents through the the Department of Children and Families and Amy has been a Big Sister in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program since 2005. 

Amy was drawn to papoose to share her enthusiasm for learning and teaching and her love of family nurturing. She is a strong proponent of Attachment Parenting and is always happy to talk about the benefits of co-sleeping and bed-sharing.  Amy teaches Infant Massage, Baby Signs® Parent Workshops, Sign, Say and Play™ classes, 1-2-3 Magic Positive Parenting Classes and soon Stroller Strides® -Fitness Classes for Moms with their babies.  Child development, education and literacy are Amy's specialites and she welcomes any questions you may have in these areas.  Amy is a member of La Leche league International.