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

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

Name: How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong of Learning - Without Paying for a Professional Tutor
Brand: Ten Speed Press
SKU: 740271
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Author: Maruba Koestler Rubin
ISBN: 9781607740278

By: Maruba Koestler Rubin

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In How to Tutor Your Own Child, professional tutor Marina Koestler Ruben shows you how to become your own child's after-school tutor. Learn the academic nitty-gritties of homework assignments, organization, and electronic resources. Building on her "Six-Step Session" format, Ruben shares the secrets to tutoring children in any subject from kindergarten through high school.

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Title: How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong of Learning - Without Paying for a Professional Tutor
By: Maruba Koestler Rubin
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 198
Vendor: Ten Speed Press

Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 8 ounces
ISBN: 1607740273
ISBN-13: 9781607740278
Stock No: WW740271

Publisher's Description

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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.

Author Bio

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Marina Koestler Ruben works for Sidwell Friends School as a writing teacher, for the Johns Hopkins University as a course developer and instructor of undergraduate and graduate writing courses, and as a freelance writer, editor, and writing consultant. She has written for Smithsonian Magazine, CNN, Education Week, McSweeney's, and the Washington City Paper, and has worked as an education writer for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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"begins with tips to engage children in the learning process and proceeds to ideas to make education fun and creative. ...Parents who have trouble motivating their children will find this book (which considers K-12 students, with a particular focus on teens) useful and will appreciate Ruben’s organization and chapter summations."
—Library Journal, 6/1/11

"Marina Ruben uses wisdom, experience, and laser-sharp intuition coupled with support and concrete tools and strategies. This is a must-read book for parents of every school-age child."
—Dr. Fran Walfish, Child Psychotherapist and Author, The Self-Aware Parent

"A thoughtful, humorous, and practical guide for parents and anyone interested in child enrichment. Reading and discussing this book will be time well spent."
—Dr. Lea Ybarra, Executive Director, Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University