Online math tutoring for kids and middle schoolers
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Online math tutoring helps most when the tutor first finds the gaps from earlier grades, then works through problems with the child on a shared whiteboard, in short weekly lessons of about 30 to 60 minutes. On WantATutor 9 math tutors teach elementary school and 13 teach middle school; their median rate is $20 an hour. You message tutors for free and pay them directly.
Most math problems in middle school start earlier: fractions, negative numbers or times tables that never quite settled. A tutor who finds and fixes those gaps saves months of frustration.
What a tutor does in the first lessons
- Asks the child to solve a few problems out loud to see how they think.
- Finds the gaps from earlier grades that make current topics hard.
- Agrees a goal with you: a test, a grade, confidence or moving ahead.
- Plans short weekly lessons that mix the current school topic with the gaps.
Making online math work
- A shared whiteboard, or a phone above the notebook as a second camera.
- A quiet place, headphones, and the school book or worksheet ready.
- For younger children, a parent nearby for the first lessons.
How to choose a math tutor
- Check the levels on the profile (elementary or middle school).
- Tell the tutor your child's grade, curriculum or country and current topic.
- Ask how they explain a topic the child has already failed to understand once.
- Agree the lesson time in both time zones; profiles show the tutor's time zone.
Browse math tutors or middle school tutors, or post a free request at find a tutor. More: how to find an online math tutor and online tutoring for kids.
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