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Here’s where you can find free tutoring and back to school help for your family

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LIVETags:&nbsp;Sign up for our NewslettersTags:&nbsp;HOUSTON – Parents, we are here to help you manage virtual learning for your family. We have gotten lot of viewer emails asking if we knew about any low-cost tutoring for kids. We did you one better than that! We found free tutoring help for all.You can get free tutoring help for your child from elementary all the way up to college. As you may know, the library near you offers online books and music. But we found this is also a great place if you need hands-on help with your kid’s schoolwork.“We have this great resource called which allows children to actually do a live interactive visit with a tutor,” explains Laurie Covington of Houston Public Library. “It’s in 20-minute increments with a whiteboard, so you can work that math problem - if you are doing physics or chemistry you can do the sophisticated things.This live tutoring service is also available at libraries in , , Galveston, and Brazoria counties.Other libraries we checked with offer a that offers for high school and college students. offers tutorials for elementary to college kids and even adult education courses.For younger kids, most public libraries have a free service that will help your kid with reading.“We have a service called ,” said Covington. “This is animated picture books. It reads the book to you the words are on the screen, it either highlights it or it has a bouncing ball so your emerging readers can connect with literacy.”The libraries in Montgomery County use a service called “book butler.” You can submit in the ages of your kids and they will put together a collection of books for you to come and pick up curbside. Houston and Fort Bend County also offers a similar service.Some of the larger library systems offer free . Fort Bend County just started a sign up for renting out wifi hotspots to help parents with virtual learning. Houston has wifi rental too, along with a laptop and iPad rentals on a first-come, first-serve basis. , you can rent tablets too.*Note here: check with your library to see if they are renting out electronic materials. Remember, most libraries are closed right now and they are all full of electronics that were once for in-person use. While the website might not say they are renting out electronics online, many are taking items they have in the library that was once for in-person use and renting those out. So, call and check to make sure!All library systems offer some sort of book reading club or even DIY classes for all ages. Brazoria County libraries just started up a new program that has video DIY classes for use.The key to access all of these services is to have a library card. In most cases, you can register for a library card in minutes and have immediate access to the online options available. For curbside pickup or equipment rental, you will need to bring in proof of residency. Check with your library for exact instructions on how this might work, each one is a little different.*Note: when checking some of the program links above, you will see you have to “join” or there is a membership fee. When you go to these sites through the library you will not have to pay for it. So, check with the library system in your area to get access to the program websites. (library currently closed, but check back) (Huntsville)Copyright 2020 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.About the Authors:

LIVETags:&nbsp;Sign up for our NewslettersTags:&nbsp;HOUSTON – Parents, we are here to help you manage virtual learning for your family. We have gotten lot of viewer emails asking if we knew about any low-cost tutoring for kids. We did you one better than that! We found free tutoring help for all.You can get free tutoring help for your child from elementary all the way up to college. As you may know, the library near you offers online books and music. But we found this is also a great place if you need hands-on help with your kid’s schoolwork.“We have this great resource called which allows...

Here’s where you can find free tutoring and back to school help for your family

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