Pine & Palm Tutoring

Teenagers can be so insightful. An interesting read about whether or not parents are doing too much.

What Teenagers Are Saying About Modern Parenting Students react to an essay about the relentlessness of raising children today, and share how involved they think parents should be.

You know the rest!

Why we do what we do...

Feeling incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to share our story with Voyage ATL. For our new families, check out our story and some of our sweet kiddos and families featured!

Exploring Life & Business with Julie Reboul of Pine & Palm Tutoring Today we’d like to introduce you to Julie Reboul. Julie Reboul Julie, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin? Happy to! Marianne and I both began our careers as classroom teachers, working in a variety of general and special education setti...

This is one of our hard-working students, who is learning how to plan and schedule long-term assignments. As adults, we might take for granted the fact that we know how to break a task up into manageable chunks, and then schedule the tasks so we're not rushing or spending 8 hours in one day cramming. Being able to learn this skill in high school and practice it in a no-stakes environment is invaluable.

The "New Assignment Plan" (credit to Tera Sumpter) asks the student to: 1. write it. 2. plan it. 3. Schedule it. Do you know how many executive functioning skills he had to learn before he was ready to tackle this one?
The answer may surprise you.

Non-verbal working memory (NVWM): "Holding" and "imagining" his future/hypothetical self and assignment, and then seeing himself "walk" through the steps to completion.

Time sense: Determining how much time he would likely need to complete each step.

Anticipating: Making sure he'd have all the materials needed to complete the assignment.

Prioritizing: He scheduled "buffer" days on Saturday and Sunday, assuming those days he would not be working on his assignment. Once he realized 9 days wasn't enough time to finish reading the book and write the 3-paragraph book report, through prioritizing, he removed Sunday as a buffer day, giving himself 2 extra days of reading time.

Balancing: By breaking up the assignment across multiple days, he's able to balance all his other school and personal priorities.

Decision-making: THIS is one of the hardest skills for this particular student, so I was especially impressed by the amount of decisions he made to accomplish this task.

We're very excited to announce our latest offering: The Flow State

Starting in August, 2026, we'll offer two clubs one for middle and one for high school students who are homeschooled. The club will be guided by the specialists at Pine & Palm to help develop executive functioning skills needed for school and life, while providing an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and problem-solve with peers.

For more information or to reserve your spot, contact us today!

We liked last week's weather better, and this cold snap has us dreaming of warm, long summer days!

If you've tried tutoring, but it "hasn't worked," it's time to try Pine & Palm Tutoring. Because we spend time developing foundational skills through an executive functioning lens, our students get to experience growth and success! Summer enrollment and registration is now open!

One of our incredible students got a bracelet maker for her birthday and made bracelets with the names of her favorite books and book characters! We're patiently waiting for her to make us a bracelet or two. 😍

Shout out to these two! This adorable fellow has been working with Mary for the last year+. We want to congratulate Mr. A on being moved from a small group reading setting into a team-taught reading class! AND, congratulations on his acceptance into his school's AVID program! We couldn't be more proud of this dude's dedication to improving his reading. 💚🤓