Assess the individual tutoring needs of each of your children before you begin planning your lessons and the tutoring sessions. Planning ahead of time allows you to focus on each child's specific problem areas.
Talk with your children before you begin the tutoring to discuss rules and boundaries and set times for learning and specific subject tutoring lessons.
Ask your children for their opinions and thoughts on the subjects you're helping with, along with any issues or problems they're having in school.
Locate lesson plans by purchasing teaching lesson plan books, available at many teacher outlet stores and also online. Prepare your lesson plans in advance by using worksheets and by creating a grade log book. Study the lessons you plan to teach your children in advance to help with answering questions about the subject material.
Tutor your children in the set times you schedule each day in the various subjects needed. Spend time with each child individually to address problem areas or have solo tutoring sessions for more difficult matters that require additional attention.
Encourage alternative methods of studying, such as using outside book sources, as well as online references and communities. Encouraging alternative ways of learning when tutoring shows your children the wide variety of available resources for solving almost any problem related to schoolwork or in life.