Teaching
Touches was established as a retail parent-teacher store by a teacher
and a school secretary in Erie, Pennsylvania in the early 1990s. Twenty
years later the founders were ready to move on with their lives and offered
the store for sale. Cheri McGuire and Barry Romich were introduced by
a mutual acquaintance and purchased the business. Cheri managed it for
a number of years. With changing circumstances and a rather depressed
Erie economy, the decision was made in 2018 to establish a location in
Wooster, Ohio and eventually to close the Erie location. In 2020, the
business ownership was transferred to Wayne Center for the Arts, in Wooster.
Current location:
237
S Walnut St.
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: (330) 264-2787
wayneartscenter.org
The
2013 Erie Book had a two page article on Teaching Touches. The .pdf file
can be downloaded here.
2013
Erie Book .pdf (4M)
The
Teaching Touches product line is oriented toward classroom materials as
well as support of parents, especially those who are home schooling their
students. One area of emphasis is STEAM (science, technology, engineering,
arts, and mathematics). The Makerspace Cart shown in the photo on the
right addresses that topic. Teaching Touches is an excellent resource
for gifts for students Pre-K through Grade 6.
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