About Think Ahead Kids

  Mission Statement:

Think Ahead Kids provides support for authors while offering families educational and valuable resources. 

At Think Ahead Kids our mission is to provide support for fellow authors while offering families valuable educational and inspirational resources. These include educational and heart felt children’s books, free activities, enlightening Puppet Storytime shows, and inspirational videos. 

Think Ahead Kids is the only company that showcases authors through more than one realm. We take one author and invest our time in creating unique marketing pieces that are meaningful and memorable to children, families, and other authors. 

Value Statement:

We value the hard-work of authors and feel it is important to support them. 

Vision Statement:

To assist authors in obtaining their dreams to be recognized for their work. We believe everyone has a voice and an equal opportunity to share their accomplishments in bookstores around the world. 

To provide families with easy access to supportive books, educational activities, and inspirational shows. 

Specific Services:

We provide authors with credible book reviews, Puppet Storytime shows, and an Author Spotlight segment. These pieces are shared on our social media platforms, with schools, and families. We collaborate with resources that continue to support our authors. 

About the Founder and Owner of  Think Ahead Kids

 Marla Huehmer is a School Psychologist, Children’s Author/Illustrator, and the Founder and Owner of Think Ahead Kids LLC. Marla Huehmer is also the Founder and President of Think Ahead Kids Foundation. Their Mission is to raise funds to provide Child Authors with professional illustrators and experienced editors and publishing/marketing costs. Visit ThinkAheadKidsFoundation.org to learn more and see all the amazing things they are doing for Young Writers!

 She has worked with children in the areas of counseling and psychology for over 20 years. After her first child, she decided to document their journey together through writing and illustrating books. 

She and her daughters wrote and illustrated Andrew The Blue-Eared Puppy, The Circus Fish, and The Big Move. She independently wrote the Make Your Own The Big Move Book and Let’s Get Organized. Both are designed to be teaching tools. The Make Your Own Big Move Book teaches children how to write and illustrate a children’s book while boosting self-esteem. It also encourages children to practice punctuation, learn new words, and work on fine motor skills. Let’s Get Organized focuses on supporting the student’s Executive Functioning Skills. Children learn how to appropriately plan out their day, manage their time, organize their class and homework, and how to prioritize their workload. Marla Huehmer’s passion is writing books that encourage mental health support and entice little ones to want to learn and Think Ahead!

Last, she is the Owner and Founder of Think Ahead Kids LLC. Think Ahead Kids Company's Website offers educational and heartfelt puppet Storytime shows, the best SEL books, activities, and games that encourage learning at home. Their mission is to provide families with simple and easy access to psychologist and child-approved books, activities, and games that support the emotional well-being of children. An integral part of their mission is to support fellow authors who share the same belief, that Children’s books are valuable in helping children understand their feelings. To further support authors and families, Think Ahead Kids created a new division. This division is Think Ahead Kids Publishing Company. The main focus is to help future Self-Publishing Authors get their message out to the world. They do so by providing them access to professional editors, accomplished illustrators, highly experienced marketing services, and more.  Visit her company at ThinkAheadKids.com and find everything you need to support you and your child.     

 Contact us at info@ThinkAheadKids.com