How to tutor your own child : boost grades and instill a lifelong love of learning, without paying for a professional tutor / Marina Koestler Ruben.
""A top academic tutor gives parents the tools they need to inspire after-school learning at home, without having to hire a pricey outside tutor"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
"Tutoring today is a $4 billion industry (yes--billion) with companies like Sylvan Learning Center and Kaplan Tutoring cashing in. What are parents of today's overextended students to do? If only there were a resource closer to home that was easy, free, and able to provide the same quality of service. But there is: you. Top professional tutor Marina Koestler Ruben empowers you to take a do-it-yourself approach to your child's after-school enrichment, while sparing you the expense of private tutoring fees. 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 holistic guide shows you how to balance big-picture curiosity with the academic nitty-gritties of homework assignments and electronic organization, while providing real-life examples and scripts to help you liven things up. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781607740278
- ISBN: 1607740273
- Physical Description: x. 198 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Ten Speed Press, 2011.
- Copyright: ©2011.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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 Century 110 -- Chapter 7 How Much for an A? The Ethical Parent-Tutor 139 -- Chapter 8 Points of Contact: Parent-Tutored Teens 162.
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