Sour Candy!

 Yes, I do often reward the kids I tutor with candy. They need to win a learning game like Say & Spell, word and definition matching, or the Popsicle stick challenge. (I will describe this in just a minute.)

When the kids win, as they almost always do (I try to make it easy for them to win even though the content is still the same), I let them choose a piece of candy from the Zip-Lock bag I bring with me. The bravest of the kids like to go for the "Sour Warhead challenge." They can't just lick it, they have to put the whole thing in their mouths and keep it there until it gets sweet. Most of the time, they win. But one girl in particular licked it a couple times, then put it in her mouth and instantly spit it out again! Then she ran it under water in the sink until the sour part washed off and she could suck on the sweet part. The Warheads are almost as high in demand as the Zots, so I try to always make sure I have some. 




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Busy days!

 Hello everyone! I know it's been a long time since I've posted, but I want to start again! I have, in addition to tutoring, taken on a job as a pet sitter! On Monday this week I got done with pet sitting for a week and a half, two separate clients, two different cats. I had to come home and make sure I had prepared the three different tutoring lessons I had to teach that day - an 8-year-old, a 6-year-old, and a 3-year-old. Quite different lessons! But I was ready, and the lessons were successful. I'll go into detail about how I plan my lessons on another post. I hope you enjoy your day! 
Read more

Chipped teeth

Image
 Hello again! I just wanted to let you all know that I've recently gotten two more kids that I'm tutoring, one twice a week, once in reading and writing and once in math. The other new boy is three years old and I'm teaching him how to identify the letters of the alphabet and write his name. I now have four kids. One of the boys was at the skate park on his scooter and fell on his face, chipping his front teeth! He still told his mom that he wants to go to the skate park lol. Here he is holding the book he's reading. 
Read more

Thoughtfulness

Image
 Well, I was surprised this week when I was given this little plastic Pokemon character. You see, it was mine. I have a bag of them that I use for playing learning board games like "Say and Spell" or Bingo. Apparently this one had been left behind, unnoticed by me. So when I came to tutor the boy again, his mom showed it to me and told me how serious her son was about making sure I got it back. He called it "Miss Tia's figure." It just really touched my heart that he would care so much about such a little thing. 
Read more