Math: 1st Grade
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Math: 1st Grade
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Grade 1, online learning with real tutor support
In first grade, children start working with numbers in more structured ways.
They move beyond counting and begin learning how to add and subtract within 20, compare numbers, understand tens and ones, measure length, tell time, and recognize two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
These skills are all connected. Place value helps children understand larger numbers. Addition and subtraction facts help with word problems. Measurement and shapes help children start thinking about math in more practical ways.
When one of these skills feels unclear, it can make the next topic harder to follow. APLUS America helps identify which early math skills need more support, so your child can strengthen them before moving forward.
Every child starts with our Math Doctor assessment. This helps identify what your child already understands and where they may need more support.
For Grade 1 students, this can be especially helpful because early math skills are closely connected. If addition, subtraction, place value, or number sense is feeling tricky, the assessment helps show where to begin.
Every Monday, your child receives a personalized learning plan built around their assessment results and ongoing progress. The plan targets the skills they need most, helping them strengthen early foundations, practise current class topics, and move ahead when they are ready.
For first grade students, the weekly plan is designed to feel manageable. Lessons can be completed in short sessions, making it easier to fit learning into the week without overwhelming your child.
Lessons are short, interactive, and engaging, using visuals, audio support, activities, instant feedback, and worked solutions to help children build understanding one step at a time.
At this age, practice works best when it feels clear and encouraging. Interactive activities help children revisit number facts, addition, subtraction, shapes, and early problem solving in a way that feels more approachable than worksheets alone.
Your child's lessons are designed to teach each concept clearly, with short activities, visual support, instant feedback, and worked solutions to help them understand what to do next.
For many Grade 1 students, this built-in support helps them work through early math skills at a manageable pace. If your child needs extra help, or if you would like guidance on how to support them at home, tutor support is available.
Using screen sharing and an interactive whiteboard, tutors can walk through specific concepts in real time. Tutor support is available up to 10 hours per week and is included in the weekly pricing.
Parents can also contact tutor support to talk through their child's progress, ask questions about the weekly report, or better understand what their child is working on.
Each week, you'll receive a report showing how your child is progressing with their lessons.
For Grade 1 parents, this can be especially helpful. Young children often find it hard to explain exactly what they are learning or where they are getting stuck, so the weekly report gives you a clearer picture of how they are going.
It helps you see where your child is building confidence, where they may need more support, and how their skills are developing over time.
Children earn points as they complete lessons and activities. These points can be exchanged for gift cards to popular stores, giving them a fun and tangible way to celebrate their effort.
For 6 and 7-year-olds, seeing their points grow can make learning feel more rewarding. It gives them something to look forward to each week and helps keep motivation high as they build their math skills.
Our Grade 1 math curriculum is fully aligned to Common Core Standards and covers every major topic your child's school will teach this year.
Operations Adding within 20; finding the difference; subtracting within 20; solving word problems involving addition and subtraction.
Base ten Understanding tens and ones; comparing two-digit numbers; adding two-digit numbers; place value to 120.
Measurement and geometry Measuring and comparing lengths using everyday objects; telling and writing time to the hour and half hour; organising and interpreting data; identifying and drawing 2-D and 3-D shapes; partitioning shapes into equal shares.
These skills build directly into Grade 2, where children move to three-digit numbers, regrouping in addition and subtraction, and more complex measurement. A child who finishes Grade 1 with solid foundations finds that transition manageable. One who has gaps finds Grade 2 harder than it needs to be.
Some children need early math support that feels more flexible, structured, and manageable.
APLUS America can work well for children with ADHD, dyscalculia, dyslexia, autism, and other learning differences because lessons are short, interactive, and self-paced.
Their personalized weekly learning plan is based on their assessment results and ongoing progress, so they can build early math skills one step at a time.
Each activity is short, around 20 minutes, and your child can work through it at their own pace, with visuals, audio support, instant feedback, and worked solutions to help them understand each concept.
If they need extra help, tutor support is available up to 10 hours per week and is included in the weekly pricing.
For Grade 1 students, this support can be especially helpful because early math skills are still developing. If number sense, addition, subtraction, place value, or simple word problems are feeling tricky, the Math Doctor assessment can help identify where your child may need support.
Your child does not need a formal diagnosis to get started.
Learn more about how we support children with learning differences.
1st grade math tutoring with APLUS America starts from $24 per week. That covers the full Grade 1 curriculum, the Math Doctor assessment, a personalized weekly lesson plan, access to the tutor helpline and weekly progress reports. New families get the first two weeks free.
New families get their first two weeks free.
Yes. Your child's learning plan is based on what they need, not just the grade they are in at school.
If your child needs support with Kindergarten-level skills before moving further into Grade 1 math, their personalized learning plan can include those foundations first. This helps make sure they are building on skills they understand, rather than moving ahead before they are ready.
The weekly plan is designed to be manageable for young children. Most families split it into two or three short sessions of around 15 to 20 minutes.
For many 6 and 7-year-olds, shorter sessions across the week work better than trying to complete everything in one sitting. Your child can work through the activities at their own pace.
Yes. Every lesson in the Grade 1 curriculum is developed around Common Core Standards, covering all the major topic areas your child's school will teach this year.
APLUS America covers the full K-12 curriculum. When your child is ready to move into Grade 2 content, the plan transitions naturally. There is no need to re-enrol or make changes.
Need reading and writing support alongside math? Visit our 1st grade English tutoring page.
Supporting a child who is finding school harder than expected? Visit our learning differences support page.
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