And those awesome Hidden Pictures?! That was always the first page I flipped to as a kid. Even still today, when I see those children’s magazines sitting in a waiting room, I’ll pick it up over an “Entertainment Weekly.”
Well today, I DID get to be a kid again. Not in a waiting room though. In an effort to take daily measures towards my goals this year, I had decided to volunteer with my friend who regularly tutors at a local library every Wednesday. This is my third time going, and normally it’s the usual math homework help or reading, but boy was I in for a surprise! It had originally started off with a rather bright 7-year old who was doing math problems that weren’t even for homework. Instead, he was doing problems out of a workbook his mom bought from Barnes & Noble for practice (kudos for being a proactive parent!). 24 successful problems later, my friend decides that we switch tutees as he miserably fails to help his little one with her Hidden Pictures extra credit homework. I had seen it from the corner of my eye and was jealous he got to help her and not vice versa. But when he asked to switch with me, I got all giddy and wide-eyed at the thought of diving deep into this challenging hidden pictures hunt she had. I mean come on, don’t tell me you haven’t gotten excited over something that dorky before. (On a different note, how come I never got Hidden Pictures assignments as extra credit?!!!) Either way, it was a win-win situation since a) I was having a blast helping my tutee, b) she was super adorable and very well-behaved with just enough sass to bear with, unlike my last experience tutoring there!
Although we found all items but one in both her puzzles (it was way more challenging than anticipated since they didn’t provide the pictures of what we were looking for), it was certainly a positive experience especially after bonding with the two kids. They remembered my name, asked how to spell it, and even said it back quite often. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing them again soon. My tutee even said she’ll bring her Hidden Pictures assignment again next week for us to find that stubborn hidden slipper!
Just in case you have absolutely no idea what I’m referring to, or if you’re like me and love these puzzles, try your hand at this one I found from the HighlightsTeachers.com site (I left out the images of the items to look for on here, or else that’d be way too easy. If you really need the crutch, see previous link):
Can you find the coffeepot, roller skate, candle, arrow, shoe, mouse, pennant, sailboat, ice-cream cone, strawberry, spoon, nail, hairbrush, key, toy, duck, dragonfly, and hammer?
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