Agree with the tutor on one skill you can see in your child’s work. In maths, that might be choosing the right operation in a word problem and explaining the choice before calculating. Keep a sample from the first lesson and note whether your child needed a hint. You’ll have a clear starting point when you review progress together.
A few lessons later, ask for a different problem that uses the same skill. Compare the two attempts. Can your child get started independently, explain their reasoning, or spot an error when checking their work? Even if the final answer is still wrong, doing one more step without a prompt tells you exactly where progress happened.
Set a review date with the tutor. Bring both examples and ask what your child can now do alone, what still needs practice, and how the next lessons will address it. If the same difficulty persists, agree on one change, such as revisiting an earlier skill, and decide what work you’ll compare at the next review.
