Tutor for 4 & 7 year old

[sam12345]

Hello
I need some advice please. I work full time & struggle to keep on top of work/house stuff/ as a lot of Mums do. As a result I barely have time to read with the DCs , and over the past 6 months or so have realized that despite my best efforts to leave work early, and do dome reading or even basic countin with the 4 ur old, I never manage to do it. Whilst I don't want the work situation to co tinue like this long term, I can't change anything for a year or so.

I think that I need a tutor/teacher to come to my house once a week to do some fun stuff that will also help with reading/phonics/basic counting etc. However I have no idea of what type of person I need to find. Can anyone recommend anyone ?

BTW, our local school is below average & can't afford to move them to an independent school so I need to supplement their schooling in some way.

I live in Isleworth , Greater London.

Thanks!

Hello,
So who minds the kids while you are at work? You need to enlist their help, especially doing the easy stuff like counting when going up the stairs/giving out snacks etc.
On top of enlisting help from your childminder, weekends are your friend! If you don't over-schedule, you can fit in lots of reading and homework in all chunks.

All chunks should read small chunks (phone problems!)

Honestly - I'm a tutor and I think 4 is too early. I do appreciate your situation, as I am currently teaching full time and tutoring in the evenings myself. My children don't get as much help as I would love to give them, but they are doing well.

I leave my full time job this summer in order to build up a tutoring centre - but I wouldn't tutor a 4 year old. They are still babies really. 7 - possibly if needed. A bit of reading/computer games at the weekend is sufficient. The 7 year old could benefit from support with homework if you feel that would help.

Honestly I would say enlist help for cleaning / hone tasks so you can spend more time reading. I also work full time so I appreciate your problems. Just 10 min a day will make a difference.

I would pay for the cleaner so that you can take the time.

The saddest conversation that I ever had was with a mother whose 17yr old had gone off-they had a poor relationship because the mother was always doing housework. She was full of regrets because she realised that however much housework you have it still needs doing. She had lost her DD but her house still needed cleaning.

The cleaner would also be cheaper than a tutor.
Why not pay a teenager to play games with them-if you don't want to pay for a cleaner.

I work ft (as a teacher) and always read with with DS. He sits at the kitchen table & reads to me or does his homework as I cook dinner/ eat breakfast.

He plays games, counts, interacts etc with his Childminder & at weekends we cook, bake, do DIY, measure things, walk in the forest, collect stuff on the beach... It's all educational. The most important thing is time - spend time with your children and TALK to them. You wouldn't believe the number of 5 yr olds who go to school unable to have a conversation because they spend their lives in front of a screen.

If you need to, pay someone to clean, shop for groceries online when DC in bed, prepare meals for the following day when they are asleep (lasagne, bolognese sauce, casseroles etc) so you free up some day time to spend with them.

Do you not have time to do any bedtime reading? who puts your kids to bed?

What time do you get home and what time do your kids go to bed?

Reading to them at bedtime and doing some shred or paired reading with the older one is all they need.

@exotic - :o :o at your comment about the mum who blames the lack of a bond with the fact that she cleans a lot.

I don't doubt that the real reason is something else.

DP and I do the ironing when our DCs are asleep. I do the cleaning on Saturday mornings when DP takes them to swimming, music/dance lessons and on Sunday mornings when they do homework.

PS we have an excellent relationship with our DCs :)

That was the reason that she gave herself APMF. She said that she was always too busy-I was only about 22yrs myself at the time and it stuck in my mind. It is a good excuse never to put housework first!

I agree, employ a cleaner or someone to do your ironing, and then use the time to do this stuff yourself with the kids. It will be cheaper (tutors charge more than cleaners) and more enjoyable.

No dad or grandparents?