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Cami Kadleck
Cami Kadleck is a passionate educator with a heart for helping children thrive and a deep love for inspiring young minds. She holds a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Family, Consumer, and Human Development (FCHD) from Utah State University, giving her a strong foundation in child development and the importance of nurturing both family and community connections. At Alliance, she teaches Story-Inspired Art and Adventures in Reading, where she creates hands-on, engaging learning experiences that bring stories to life and make learning joyful.
Whether guiding students through a colorful art project or sparking excitement for reading, she fosters a warm, fun, and encouraging environment where kids feel safe to explore, imagine, and grow. In addition to her teaching role, she has homeschooled her own children for the past four years, further deepening her understanding of individualized learning. She loves spending time with her family, growing and sharing flowers, making music, being active in her community, and enjoying the outdoors. A lifelong book lover, she can often be found with a good story in hand. With her infectious energy and genuine care for her students, she is thrilled to help cultivate a love of learning in the next generation.
Adventures in Reading for grades 1-2
Class Details:
Wednesdays
2:05-3:05pm
Teacher: Cami Kadleck
Monthly Tuition: $45
One time Class supply fee: $35
Enrollment limit 16
Class Overview:
This hands-on, high-energy class brings reading to life through movement and play. Designed to support developing readers, Adventures in Reading combines literacy skills with physical activity to promote focus, engagement, and multi-sensory learning. Each session is packed with interactive games and activities that encourage students to build foundational reading skills while having fun.
By incorporating movement into literacy instruction, this class supports a variety of learning styles and helps children build confidence as readers. From hopscotch with sight words to obstacle courses focused on sentence structure, every activity is carefully designed to support phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Prerequisite Skills:
Students should have basic literacy foundations, including:
- Letter Recognition and Phonemic Awareness
- Ability to recognize uppercase and lowercase letters
- Understanding of corresponding letter sounds
- Ability to recognize uppercase and lowercase letters
- Sight Word Recognition
- Familiarity with high-frequency sight words (e.g., the, and, was)
- Familiarity with high-frequency sight words (e.g., the, and, was)
- Early Word Building and Spelling
- Ability to combine sounds to form simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words (e.g., cat, dog, pen)
- Emerging understanding of basic spelling patterns
- Ability to combine sounds to form simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words (e.g., cat, dog, pen)
- Sentence Formation
- Ability to read and understand simple sentences (e.g., I am Sam. She has a big cat.)
Course objectives:
- Build fluency with CVC words and high-frequency sight words
- Strengthen spelling and early writing skills
- Explore rhyming, syllables, and word families
- Practice sentence structure and basic reading comprehension
- Develop expression and fluency while reading aloud
- Expand vocabulary through descriptive language (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
- Learn to identify story elements and practice story retelling
- Discover and engage with non-fiction texts
All activities are reinforced through interactive games such as literacy hopscotch, themed obstacle courses, reading-based musical chairs, and seek-and-find challenges—making each week an adventure in learning and literacy!
Story-Inspired Art for grades 1-2
Class Details:
Mondays
2:05-3:05pm
Teacher: Cami Kadleck
Monthly Tuition: $45
One time Class supply fee: $35
Enrollment limit 16
Class Overview:
Each week, students will embark on a creative journey that begins with a beloved picture book and continues with an engaging art project inspired by the story. This class blends literacy and visual arts, giving students a chance to express their understanding of narrative themes, characters, and emotions through hands-on artistic expression.
Through a variety of art techniques and materials, children will explore the joy of creativity while strengthening their fine motor skills. The emphasis will be on the process—exploring, discovering, and enjoying art—rather than a perfect final product. Students will develop artistic confidence, storytelling skills, and a love for imaginative expression.
Prerequisite Skills:
Students should have basic fine motor skills, including:
- Basic scissor skills
- Ability to hold and control writing and drawing tools correctly
Course highlights:
- Read a different picture book each week to spark imagination and creativity
- Develop artistic skills through various techniques such as printmaking, collage, pointillism, and watercolor
- Gain experience using a wide range of art supplies (e.g., watercolor, oil pastels, markers, glue)
- Improve fine motor skills through cutting, drawing, painting, and assembling
- Learn to express ideas and emotions visually
- Build confidence in artistic abilities and personal creativity
- Celebrate the joy of storytelling through visual art
- Focus on process over product—encouraging exploration, discovery, and creative freedom
This class is a perfect introduction to the world of art for young learners and a joyful celebration of how stories can come to life on the page and beyond!