I'm looking for a math and english tutor for a first grader. The tutor should be familiar with the new, Montgomery County "2.0" curriculum and have experience teaching elementary school students in this curriculum. Any recommendations?

Thanks!!

OP here. I went ahead and told our 7 year old. I didn't go into too much detail: just said a terrible thing happened in a distant town and several children died. He asked no questions and seemed relieved that he wasn't in trouble for something he had done. I guess that all the gravity surrounding the conversation had alarmed him. I don't intend to bring the subject up with him again unless he asks.

I have a 7 year old who seems fairly well balanced. I would not describe him as inherently anxious. Should I tell him about the Sandy Hook atrocity? Someone posted this question with respect to a 4 year old and was almost uniformly told not to discuss the incident with the child. But, a 7 year old is more likely to receive the news from a third party at school and pay attention to it. I mean, kids that age read newspapers, watch TV, overhear conversations, get pieces of information from older siblings and parents. They'll disseminate the news among their friends at school. This is an unprecedented incident and I think it's going to be hard to keep school aged children in the dark about it. Isn't it better for a 7 year old's parents to get the news directly from his parents? It seems like he will be more anxious if he hears it from a friend and doesn't know what to make of it.

Thanks, everyone! The book is indeed Miranda's Smile, which I just bought through Amazon. It appears not to have won any awards, but it should have . . . .

I'm trying to find the title of a children's book, one which won awards but none of the librarians can recall reading or seeing! It's a picture book about an artist who decides to paint his young daughter. He can't capture the likeness, but she continues to bring him cookies every day and poses for and supports him. He concludes there's something wrong with the mouth in his painting and spends days trying to fix it. Again, each day, the daughter brings a plate of cookies. Finally he realizes that the girl's personality is in her eyes, not her mouth. He adjusts the eyes and the painting is perfect.

Anyone know the title? The illustrations were great.