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 Century 110

CHAPTER 7
How Much for an A? The Ethical Parent-Tutor 139

CHAPTER 8
Points of Contact: Parent-Tutored Teens 162

Resources 180

Notes 188

About the Author 191

Index 192