So the tutoring hour actually pays off
If tutoring happens at a fixed place, you set it up as a place, just like the school. If the session is in the calendar, TaskBlue starts focus beforehand, so the practice work is done when your child heads out.
Sound familiar?
You pay for an hour of tutoring, and half of it is lost because the phone is on the table. Or the work for next time isn't done again. Often it's less about the subject than about the distractions around it. How to set up Apple's Screen Time alongside is in our guide on setting up Screen Time on a child's iPhone.
How to set it up
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Set the tutoring place
Whether it's a learning centre or the tutor's living room, search the address on the map and choose a small radius, about 100 metres. When your child leaves, focus ends.
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Use the calendar event
If tutoring is in the iPhone's calendar, you pick the event in TaskBlue. Focus begins 15 to 180 minutes before it's time to leave. For repeating events, it carries over to the next ones.
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Pick the apps
Lock games, social media and videos. Camera and Photos stay open unless you pick them. The BlueTag for ending focus comes with both plans.
What works well
Tell the tutor
Let the tutor know the apps are locked during the lesson. Then nobody has to ask for the phone anymore.
Think about the journey
With a small radius, focus only begins at the destination. On the way, everything works as usual.
Make preparation a habit
An hour of focus before tutoring is often enough for the practice work. Then the lesson doesn't start with catching up.
Check in after a few weeks
Ask the tutor what has changed. If things are going better, that's the best encouragement your child can get.
And the sea?
Tutoring counts too: every focus hour funds the recovery of about 100 g of ocean plastic. With preparation and the lesson, that's two hours a week, so about 200 g.
Frequently asked
Does it work for online tutoring?
Yes. Then you use a schedule for the lesson and leave open the app you meet in.
Does calendar focus keep running during the session?
No. Calendar focus runs before the event and ends when it's time to leave. The place or a schedule covers the lesson itself.
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Fewer distractions for your child. Less plastic in the sea.
A year costs €49.99 once, a month €9.99. The BlueTag comes with both plans.