tutor me happy
Maddy has been really adamant about me “tutoring” her, so for the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to do a little more …
printables
let’s get to the bottom of sounds
Everything that I do as a Reading Specialist, when I tutor with any student, is assessment driven. Before I begin work with anyone, I give him or her …
watch out–literacy lava 2 is here!
Literacy Lava is a free pdf ezine for parents, offering tips on ways to incorporate reading, writing and communicating into family life.
In the …
teacher to tutor: 101–getting started
Are you a teacher at home on childcare leave?
Do you miss the interaction with students andbeing in the classroom?Or, are you still in the classroom …
literacy lava–that’s right
I will soon be contributing (woo-hoo!!) to a really awesome online resource for teachers and parents called Literacy Lava.
Here’s the …
shore fun
Today, we’re heading home from the Outer Banks–a vacation we’ve been looking forward to for weeks but one that comes with a 6+ hour …
w-w-w- wordo!
Tonight we played a game before bed that focused on Sight Words. It is a bingo game–which Maddy and Owen totally heart in the first …
reading about guineas
Today, we read a lot about guinea pigs, thanks to everyone’s interest in our new pets, our friend, Heather, who let us borrow some super-cool …
fun font sorting
Today Maddy was not keen on any sort of learning game or activity; she wanted to play with a calculator after her dad showed her how to use it.
She …
new for us friday–guinea pigs
Today is our first full day of being pet owners!
Talk about something new on a Friday for our little familia! (Hopefully it won’t be a bust …
buggy kindergarten calendar
Back in May when we attended Maddy’s Kindergarten Orientation, we were given this awesome calendar of activities to carry us through the summer …
travel bingo
Maddy, Owen, Cora, and I have been in Pennsylvania for the last few days so that I could say goodbye to the father of one of my best friends while my …
shopping lists for three tiny shoppers
It’s been a busy week to say the least. With the normal end-of-the-year tutoring rush, the consulting work I’m doing for a charter school …
alphabingo rocks
For the last few days, we’ve been bingo-nutty, and this awesome site I stumbled across a few weeks ago has been fuel for our fire. It’s …
pbs love, day numero cinco
Well, this is it! It’s Friday, Day 5 of our PBS Super WHY! adventure, and it has been a fantastic, exciting ride.
So many of my pals have told …
pbs love, day numero cuatro
Day 4! It’s Super WHY day! We are having a blast with our PBS week, and today was no different.
We did the Activities before rest time today, …
pbs love, day numero tres
It’s Day 3 of our PBS adventure, and we rocked it in a Princess Presto, Spelling Day kind of way, even though Maddy is indeed sportin’ the …
pbs love, day numero dos
Today was Day 2 of our PBS Super WHY! Week, and the focus was Wonder Red–Words Day!
We’re having fun with it, so here goes:
Day 2 …
pbs love, day numero uno
This week, we’re tackling the 5-day curriculum given to us by PBS, and we’re sharing what worked and what didn’t for my little …
pbs takes us behind the scenes
I mentioned before that we had the amazing opportunity to visit PBS Headquarters in Virginia last week with some other DC Metro Moms, and I finally …