We hired a teacher from my daughter's elementary school to tutor her during the summer break. Erika was quite reluctant at the thought; she had definitely planned on being free of all things academic this summer.
I assured her the sessions could be quite different, maybe even fun. For starters, the tutor was coming to our house. She likes the students to be comfortable and this made most sense geographically. And the tutor was customizing the curriculum to strengthen Erika's weaknesses. If Erika knew it, they'd skip it. If Erika needed reteaching, they'd land it on a little longer. I liked the idea of not moving forward until Erika had mastered a lesson.
We're six weeks into the summer break and tutoring is going fantastic. Erika is working hard and many concepts are clicking. She's very open to asking the tutor for help and learning the value of working through hard stuff because she sees the success.
My hope is she won't fall any more behind over summer break and she'll gain some confidence to take with her into school starting in just 6 weeks.
