Wondering why your child hesitates when adding 7 plus 9 or flinches at the sight of a word problem?Learning is like building a brick wall. When a few bricks are missing, the entire structure becomes unstable. It’s the same with math. Early gaps often go unnoticed, and if they aren’t addressed, they build up leaving your child feeling confused in the classroom. When foundational skills are weak, every new topic becomes harder to understand.
At APLUS America, our online math tutoring for elementary students pinpoints any gaps and fills them with targeted support. We help rebuild a strong foundation so your child can move forward with confidence.
Common Challenges in Elementary Math
Understanding number sense and place value can be tough for young learners. As numbers get bigger, place value becomes more important and often more confusing. Many students also struggle with basic operations. If they are not confident with addition and subtraction facts, multiplication tables can feel overwhelming and slow everything down. Read More
Fractions and early geometry bring in new challenges. Halves and quarters might not look equal, and identifying shapes can be tricky without strong visual understanding. All of this can lead to math anxiety. One confusing lesson or a tough test can leave a child thinking, “I’m just not good at math.”
How APLUS America Turns Struggle into Strength
- Math Doctor Assessment- Identifies gaps in your child’s understanding and highlights where they’re ready to advance.
- Personalized Weekly Lesson Plan- Combines revision, consolidation, and extension tasks to support consistent progress at just the right level.
- Interactive Lessons and Games- Includes over 65 games and 1,500 step-by-step activities to keep your child motivated and confident.
- Live Tutor Support- Provides up to 10 hours each week, so an experienced elementary school math tutor is always available after school when your child needs extra help.
Snapshot of the Elementary School Math Curriculum
- Grade 1 Math Tutoring: Counting to 120; single-digit addition and subtraction within 20; comparing numbers; early place value (tens and ones); identifying basic 2-D and 3-D shapes; measuring length with everyday objects.
- Grade 2 Math Tutoring: Place value to 1,000; two- and three-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping; skip-counting by 5s, 10s and 100s; telling time to the nearest five minutes; counting money to $1.00; halves, thirds and fourths; simple bar graphs and picture graphs.
- Grade 3 Math Tutoring: Multiplication and division facts to 100; area as arrays; perimeter of polygons; fractions on a number line; equivalent fractions; introduction to scaled bar graphs; solving two-step word problems.
- Grade 4 Math Tutoring: Multi-digit multiplication; long division with remainders; adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators; comparing and ordering fractions; relating fractions and decimals (tenths and hundredths); factors, multiples and prime numbers; measuring angles; classifying shapes by properties.
- Grade 5 Math Tutoring: Place value to the billion; operations with decimals to the thousandth; multiplying and dividing fractions; converting like and unlike fractions and mixed numbers; volume of rectangular prisms; coordinate-plane graphing in the first quadrant; introduction to order of operations and simple numerical expressions.
Why Parents Love Our Approach
- Weekly progress reports keep you updated on how your child is doing and where they are improving.
- Our motivating rewards system lets children earn points through learning and exchange them for real prizes. It adds that extra boost to keep them motivated and engaged.
- All lessons are aligned with Common Core standards so classroom learning is reinforced and your child builds the skills they need to succeed in school.
Get Started with Math Tutoring for Elementary School
Help your child feel confident and make real progress in math with our math tutoring for elementary school students. Explore more of our math tutoring support options or jump straight into learning with the APLUS America’s online tutoring platform
Need support with literacy too? Visit our Elementary school English tutoring page to ensure your child builds strong skills across every subject.
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