In recent years, much has been written about effective beginning reading instruction. Most professionals agree that early literacy instruction should include (a) phonemic awareness activities; (b) instruction in letter-sound relationships; (c) instruction in sounding out words and recognizing simple high frequency words at sight, (d) reading simple connected text to practice beginning reading skills; and (e) using interesting stories to teach comprehension. When young children have not mastered these skills, extra tutoring is required to prevent continued failure. This article presents several tips on how to tutor very young students with reading problems.