How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning--Without Paying for a Professional Tutor [Paperback]

Tutoring today is a $4 billion industry (yes—billion) with companies like Sylvan Learning Center and Kaplan Tutoring cashing in. So, what are parents of today’s overextended students to do? Top professional tutor Marina Koestler Ruben empowers you to take a do-it-yourself approach to your child’s after-school enrichment. As a parent-tutor, you will learn how provide holistic academic support for your children and create an intellectual environment in the home—strengthening your relationship and improving parent-child communication in the process.
 
Ruben’s accessible guide shows you how to balance big-picture curiosity with the academic nitty-gritties of homework assignments, organization, and electronic resources. Building on her proven “Six-Step Session” format, Ruben shares the secrets to tutoring children in any subject from kindergarten through high school—all with a warm, entertaining tone that will inspire you to inspire them.

Acknowledgments vii
 
Foreword ix
 
Introduction
The Best Tutors I Never Knew I Had 1
 
CHAPTER 1
Starting Out: Why Tutor? 5
 
CHAPTER 2
Getting Down To It: The Basics 14
 
CHAPTER 3
Mindset over Matter: Thinking Like a Professional Tutor 44
 
CHAPTER 4
Feasts, Field Trips, and Froebel: The Creative Parent-Tutor  70
 
CHAPTER 5
Put It on the Wall: Living the Parent-Tutor Lifestyle 92
 
CHAPTER 6
iDon’t Think iKnow Where My Homework Is: Helping Kids Connect and Organize for the Twenty-First CenturylÓC