How reading tutoring works

A consistent routine, tailored to your child.

Four steps

Chat with Hanna and make a plan

Start with a free consultation to share your child’s reading experiences, the challenges you’re noticing, and what you hope tutoring will help them achieve. As a trained teacher with a master’s degree, Hanna welcomes any school assessments or reports you’d like to share.

Together, you’ll talk through your child’s goals and a tutoring schedule that works for your family.

Find the starting point

Next, schedule an assessment session so Hanna can understand what your child already knows and where they need support. She’ll use those results to recommend a personalized reading tutoring plan. Hanna will explain the assessment and its cost at your consultation, and there’s no obligation or pressure to continue.

If the plan feels like a good fit, you and your child will work with Hanna to agree on the next steps. Once you’ve signed the tutoring agreement and arranged payment, Hanna will send everything you need to get started.

Learn, practice, and build independence

Each 40-minute session follows a familiar routine, with lessons based on your child’s skills and a pace that fits their needs.

Learn and practice. Hanna reviews what your child has learned, explains and demonstrates a new skill, and helps them practice through reading, spelling, and writing.

Build independence. Your child returns to skills over time and practices using them in sentences and stories. Hanna follows their progress, adjusting lessons as they become ready to do more on their own.

Review progress and decide what’s next

Hanna checks your child’s progress throughout tutoring and reassesses skills along the way. She shares what’s improving, where your child still needs practice, and what she recommends next.

Together, you’ll decide whether to continue with the current goals, focus on new skills, or adjust the tutoring plan as your child’s needs change.

Online lessons

A simple setup at home.

Lessons happen on Google Meet. Your child reads, writes, and spells while Hanna watches and responds in real time.

Before each lesson you’ll get a reminder email with the lesson link. The parent portal keeps your schedule, invoices, and cancellations in one place.

What your child needs

  • A laptop or desktop computer
  • A USB document camera (such as the IPEVO V4K), so Hanna can see your child’s writing
  • A dry erase board and markers
  • A reliable internet connection
  • A quiet workspace with room to write

The first step

Tell Hanna what reading looks like right now.

Feel free to let Hanna know what you are noticing, what your child has already tried, and what you hope will change. Hanna will reply to arrange a free consultation and help you decide whether Sisu Reading is the right next step.

Tell Hanna about your reader
Tell Hanna about your reader