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BookNook Tutoring – Ideas for At-Home Learning

Supporting Tutoring Continuity

The BookNook Learning team has compiled optional student resources that help extend the impact of tutoring, even when sessions or school schedules are disrupted.

Whether you’re a caregiver looking for ideas or an educator planning activities for at home learning, we have something to make an e-learning, remote learning, or virtual snow day engaging!

For each resource, we’ve also included a no prep, no print resource if access to a printer or device is limited.  Many activities can also be completed by drawing or writing on blank paper, talking through ideas with a family member, or completing activities orally.

The goal is learning, reflection, and connection.

These resources can be...

  • Turned into choice boards
  • Copied & pasted in parent or student communication
  • Posted in a learning management system (LMS)
  • Used for independent or family- supported learning at home
  • Can be adapted based on student grade levels and tech access
Screenshot of a single blackline BookNook monster coloring sheet on a blue background
BookNook Monsters Coloring Sheets
30 blackline BookNook monster coloring sheets for students to color, decorate, and use for bulletin board displays.
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Color the monster and give it a name
  • Give the monster a name and describe it to a family member
  • Draw your own monster on blank paper

 

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Color or draw a monster and create a short story about it
  • Describe your monster’s appearance and personality using details
  • Read a story to your monster for x minutes
  • Create a math problem or challenge that includes your monster

 

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Write a full monster story or comic strip with a beginning, middle, and end
  • Tell your monster story out loud to a family member
  • Create a story from your monster’s point of view
  • Connect your story to something you’ve learned in tutoring

 

Graphic of four BookNook Smartwatches printed and cut out with a pair of scissors and scotch tape all on a bright blue background
BookNook - Student Smartwatches
Printable BookNook Student Smartwatches for recognizing achievements, sharing reminders, and engaging students....
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Choose a smartwatch to print and practice cutting skills
  • Design a smartwatch (print or draw)

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Add reminders for reading, math, or focus time
  • Write one learning goal connected to tutoring and explain your goal to a family member
  • Write custom, encouraging messages on watch faces and distribute to family members

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Create a set of watches to wear for each week (tutoring reminder, motivational messages)
  • Reflect on how your goals help you during tutoring sessions
Colorful BookNook bookmarks and an open notebook surrounded by crayons, sticky notes, and a potted plant. The bookmarks feature positive messages, cartoon creatures, and bookshelf illustrations on a bright blue background.
BookNook - Student Bookmark Set
Printable BookNook bookmarks in color and blackline. Use to build excitement before launch, celebrate student success, and as incentives!
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Choose a bookmark to print and practice cutting skills
  • Decorate or draw a bookmark
  • Read for a few minutes and mark your place

 

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Read aloud to a family member or take turns reading
  • Share your favorite part of the reading

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Write or draw a short reflection about what you read
  • Connect the reading to something you’ve worked on in tutoring
Print-outs of the BookNook Reading Classroom and Math Classroom interface with a child's drawing of their tutor all on a blue background.
BookNook Tutoring - My Tutor and Me
Let students reflect on their tutoring experience with these templates of the reading or math virtual classrooms...
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Talk with a grown-up about your favorite part of tutoring
  • Illustrate your My Tutor and Me sheet with a recent tutoring session memory

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Share one thing with a family member that you’ve learned recently using the My Tutor and Me sheet
  • Explain your favorite part of tutoring or your tutor
  • Share one strategy you use during tutoring and explain why it helps you

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Set a goal for your next tutoring session
  • Invite a family member to ask you questions about your learning
BookNook Student Reflection Takeaway Ticket with blackline monsters and BookNook Tutoring Self Reflection Sheet with emoji scale on a blue background surrounded by a yellow highlighters and white pair of headphones.
BookNook Tutoring - Student Self-Reflection Resources
Resources to support student reflection after virtual tutoring sessions. Includes a checklist and takeaway tickets.
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Name one takeaway from tutoring
  • Draw a picture showing what you learned
  • Say one thing you’re proud of learning during tutoring

 

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Complete a reflection sheet
  • Share your takeaway with a family member

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Write or say a goal for your next tutoring session
  • Read your reflection out loud and discuss it
A computer screen displays “Keep focused on the lesson.” Nearby are a checklist, a headphones graphic, and a tips poster. A pair of gray headphones rests on a wooden desk against a blue background.
BookNook Tutoring - Student Session Expectations Resources
Set students up for success with tips to help all students shine during their BookNook Tutoring sessions with their BookNook Virtual Tutor.
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Name one expectation you do well
  • Share one expectation you are working on

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Pretend you are the teacher and model expectations with stuffed animals
  • Teach a family member what good learning behavior looks like

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Create a short list of expectations for home use
  • Compare expectations at home to expectations during tutoring
  • Reflect on how expectations support learning
two printed BookNook "Congratulations" certificates on a bright blue background surrounded by rainbow streamers.
BookNook - Student Certificates
Blank certificates for BookNook students to celebrate success and to recognize individual student achievements.
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Write a certificate to recognize a peer or another student

 

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Create a certificate for a sibling, grown-up, or community member
  • Explain why they earned it

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Conduct a family award ceremony where certificates are presented
  • Write a note about why a peer is deserving of the certificate you created
  • Reflect on what effort or growth looks like in tutoring
A colorful bulletin board labeled Book Nook displays motivational quotes on learning, surrounded by bright monster illustrations and cheerful decorations on a blue background.
Bulletin Board Kit
Create an engaging BookNook bulletin board in the tutoring space to build excitement and keep students motivated.
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Ideas for At Home Learning

Quick

(5-10 min)

  • Choose one piece to color or draw from the kit

Medium

(10–20 min)

  • Decorate a wall or poster board with tape and printed posters to create a mini, pretend “BookNook learning space” at home
  • Create artwork to display in your learning space

Extended

(20–30+ min)

  • Conduct mini, pretend tutoring sessions to teach stuffed animals or siblings
  • Share pictures of your display when you return to school or send to your teacher
  • Choose pieces that represent what you’ve learned in tutoring