This guide reports on a project that demonstrated family-based English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) tutoring delivered by volunteer literacy tutors, many of whom were parents with young children. Group members worked together to define the project in terms of the individuals involved in it. Tutors were trained in the context of the project with tutor meetings and regular opportunities for reflection and learning incorporated into the project. Activities in the tutoring guide were originated and tested in a group setting with input and feedback from student-families and volunteer tutor-families. This guide can be used to conduct individual family-based tutoring, carried out in homes; or to organize groups of volunteers to deliver family-based projects in public places such as churches, schools, community centers or public libraries. The project is based on the assumption that language learning is a process of acquiring knowledge through experience. The guide provides a framework for planning tutoring sessions; suggested themes and topics; information on how to use sample lessons; guidelines for assessing adult language level; a quick guide to child stages; and sample lessons. Sample lesson themes include: families; basic skills/family; basic skills--relationships and senses; time the world; humans/body; food/nature/time; housing/furnishing/basic skills: small/medium/large, hot/cold, soft/hard; housing/security/what things are made of; planting/seasons; and transportation. Contains an extensive references and resources section covering: teaching English as a Second Language (12 items); children's learning and reading (12 items); parent/child activities (22 items); children's literature for ESL families (43 items); and seven singing-reading activities. (CK)