tutor1235

Hi! I'm an educational consultant, tutor and writer living in southwestern Michigan with my wonderful husband and nearly-grown children. I've been teaching and tutoring for nearly 30 years and do a lot of volunteer work for Scouts and church-mostly working with kids. I hope you'll drop by my websites or pop me off an email-I love to make new friends!!

Video Scavenger Hunts

By tutor1235 on January 14, 2009

Worried that your children are watching too many videos and DVDs?
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! You can take this worrisome habit and turn it into a positive educational experience. Incidentally, it's also a wonderful reading comprehension exercise, a great mental muscle builder, and a way to motivate memory and thinking skills.
You'll need to [...]

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It All Adds Up – A Math Game

By tutor1235 on January 13, 2009

If your child needs to practice addition, here is the perfect game.
You will need a collection of number cards from 1 to 10. It’s good to have at least two of each number, and it’s better to have more. You can also include larger numbers, fractions, decimals, or negative numbers for older students. Spread the [...]

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