Beginning of the Year Tutor Pep-Talk

The tutors in our Classical Conversations community recently got together to share first-semester plans. It was a very fun and productive evening, but I kept thinking about one thing -
boy, have I mellowed out!

Using Puppets

(trumpet fanfare)
Meet King Arithmetickle of Countalot!

Tutor, May I? Review Game

Tutor, May I is one of my favorite review games! 
The kids are up and moving, sometimes jumping, hopping, or even crawling. The picture above pretty much explains it all:

The $1 Tutor Trick!

If you're a tutor (or a mom reviewing the CC memory work at home) and you get blank stares with little to no participation when you introduce the cubes, or future perfect tense, or other bodies in our solar system, you may want to fork over $1 at your local Target or Wal-Mart and give this trick a try:

Tutor Talk - Planning

Stick in the sand.

If you're a tutor, I'm sure you've probably heard that phrase before. One of our jobs as tutors is to introduce the new memory work each week, and we're supposed to be able to do it with just a stick in the sand. Yes, it's possible, and even preferable. However, with my class, I've found some little tricks to help hold their attention (Latin puppets!).

Tutor Talk - Review Games

It's great to have a nice collection of go-to games that work well for your class. As you know, each class has different dynamics, so what will work for one class might not work for another. Most of these games I have here are for the younger kiddos, but some can adapted for the older Foundations crowd. Take a look!

Tutor Talk - History

These are my favorite history resources to use in class (and at home)!