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Have you ever thought about getting some extra tutoring for your kids to help them with a subject they are struggling at, or just to help them get ahead? If you've looked into professional tutoring organisations or answered newspaper advertisements, you would know that it is NOT cheap! Depending on the age and needs of your child it can be anywhere up to $60 per hour! 

But there's a way you can get extra tutoring for your child for absolutely FREE! Networking! Not the technical computer kind, but the social kind. Networking goes back to the old saying of "It's not what you know, It's who you know". It's something that job seekers and business professionals get told to do this all time! Build your network! Get out and talk to people, ask questions, make connections. And it really works. So why not use the same principles for your kids learning?

So go on, get out a sheet of paper, write your name & your kids names in the centre, then start to jot down all the names of people you know who are “good” at something. Start with your close family and friends and work your way out from there. For example, I have a brother who is great at maths, I have another brother who is great with hands on type stuff, my mum is a great reader, my uncle is fantanstic with computers. I have a friend who is a teacher, I have another friend who is really crafty and loves to make things.

From this list you can start to see what skills and qualities you have in your circle of friends & family, and you can start to think about how you could use those to help with your child’s progress? Perhaps you could ask the uncle who is good at maths to spend some time every couple of weeks with your child to do some extra maths related stuff or help with their homework and expand on the concepts they are currently learning in class? You could ask the friend who is really crafty to help with the school project your child has been working on? Their Nanna might like to spend some special “Nanna Story Time” with them. A special dedicated hour on a weekend to share fun and exciting stories with Nan?

You never know unless you ask! You could spend thousands of dollars on expensive tutoring; or you could use the network you have in your life already to strengthen the bond between your children and their family and save all that money for something rewarding (and educational of course)! People are usually flattered to be asked for their help and will most often go out of their way to find time to offer what they can. But if you don’t ask, they may never even think about it. The worst they could say is no, so if they aren’t able to help at that time, just look for the next name on your list and keep networking.

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