Adventures in Tutoring

05/18/2026

12/14/2024

This years Christmas ornament turned out adorably. Every child painted their elf with acrylic markers. We used painters tape to help them paint specific parts such as just the mittens or shoes. I can’t wait for them to take them home next week. It was fun to see their color combinations. Frequently the students will say things like, “I want green it is my mom/dad’s favorite color” They love making things the parents will adore.

12/14/2024

Look at these adorable little turkeys. They made turkey hats with things they are thankful for on each feather.

11/25/2024

Early in November we spent a week celebrating the writing of Mo Willems. I love the Elephant and Piggie books and this year we included the Pigeon stories as well. If I had time I would include all of the Mo Willems books. The kiddos made either a Gerald (Elephant) or a Piggie mask and then we created a bus for Pigeon. They had so much fun with these art projects and they kept reenacting their favorite parts of the stories. To add to the fun of the week we were silly with crazy hats, socks, pajamas, and hair. Luckily it was nice fall weather and we could play outside in the leaves as well and get some of our wiggles out.

11/19/2024

Halloween at Preschool - The kids listened to Halloween stories, showed off their fun costumes, played outside, and we played with candy corn catapults.

11/19/2024

In October the students collected leaves in many colors, shapes and sizes. They made their own fall tree. We also did activities with the leaves talking about textures, shapes, colors, and more.

10/03/2024

This week we taught the kids all about emotions. We created emotion charts to see how we are feeling. We talked about things that make us feel sad, happy, angry, excited, and scared. We also discussed things we can do when we feel those big emotions. The kids recreated faces showing emotion with playdough. This was a great fine motor skill for rolling out snakes (mouths) or balls (eyes). Then when we took their pictures they tried to look the same as the playdough face.

10/03/2024

Last week was all about dinosaurs 🦖 My amazing dad used his wood machine to cutout these super cute dinosaurs. The kids painted them and named them. We also had a very special snack- Dino Nuggets! Nom, nom, nom

09/26/2024

During letter Bb weeks we sorted buttons by shapes. The kids had fun finding the fun shapes. They were excellent at helping each other to find the correct shape and button.

09/26/2024

Last week we played with fun building tools called Brain Flakes. The kids made patters, shapes, letters, bicycles, flowers, and more. These were also great for working in fine motor skills which will help with coloring.