Why should you tutor your child?
That’s an easy question to answer.
You have been teaching your child since birth. Why would you stop now? The answer is: You should not stop teaching your child. You and your child love and trust each other.
Your child knows that if something goes wrong, you are the best person to show them how to make it right.
There is a chance your child will run into difficulties with a subject or two and with managing social skills as well. Teachers, tutors and support staff do not have time to teach your child everything your child needs to have a successful educational journey.
When your child runs into difficulty with elementary subjects such as reading or math, you need to be there.
Although the curriculum has changed since you were in elementary school, you will recall your learning well enough to be of great value to your child, not only with the school work but also with teaching your child how to manage academic
problems and feelings of anxiety or inadequacy.
Many parents are uncomfortable about helping their children. They feel inadequate. Most families can not afford tutors. This is where I come in.
I have had those feelings myself with my own children, so I understand the problems. The difference is that I am stubborn and persistent. I seldom give up.
After I discovered what the academic problem was, I created a small Math program that is a logical, doable and repeatable method for mastering addition and subtraction. In a lesson or two, I will show you how to teach your child how to add or subtract correctly without errors or the need to count on their fingers or make mistakes. After that, helping your child master multiplication and division in two different ways will give you and your child an understanding of the four basic operations, which are the foundations for all future math
confidence.
If required, I will show other topics for your toolbox, such as Greater than (>) and Less than (<) without the need for an alligator.
Another reason you should help your child is that you can teach your child math terminology. Teachers are trained and expected to use math terminology, and it is found in textbooks, lessons and worksheets, but it is not taught so that your child can understand the meaning of the words.
You are the one who will show your child how to organize books and homework with lunch or snacks in a backpack. It’s also a great way to check out homework that may not otherwise be done or notes from teachers that need to be addressed. Such small things learned when your child is young are lessons well learned for life.