FoundationsGrades 3–5
Online Elementary Math tutoring
Elementary math is where a student's relationship with the subject is formed. We focus on number sense and confidence rather than speed, because fluency built on understanding is what survives the jump to middle school.
016 + 7 = 13024 × 3 = 1203½ + ¼ = ¾0415 − 8 = 7
Who it’s for
- Students who find math frustrating or say they're 'bad at it'
- Students who can compute but freeze on word problems
- Families wanting to prevent gaps before pre-algebra
Topics covered
Place value and number sense
Addition and subtraction strategies
Multiplication and division fluency
Fractions and equivalence
Decimals and money
Measurement and data
Introductory word problems
Common challenges
Where students usually get stuck.
Timed drills damaging confidence
Speed tests punish students who are still building number sense, and often create anxiety that outlasts the skill gap.
Fractions arriving too abstractly
Fractions are the first real abstraction in school math. Without a concrete representation, students memorise procedures they can't apply.
How tutoring helps
Our approach to Elementary Math.
Accuracy before speed
We build correct reasoning first. Speed follows naturally once the student trusts their own thinking.
Concrete representations
Fractions, ratios and negative numbers each get a physical or visual model before we move to symbols.