Elementary Math

Does your child need help improving fluency with math facts and solving problems with confidence? Our caring, dedicated math tutors deliver lessons that are personalized, fresh and fun for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. This customized approach will allow your child to completely master each math skill before moving on to a new one. We’re here to help with:

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Fractions
• Decimals
• Problem solving
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Time and money
• Pre-algebra
• And more!

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Elementary Reading

It’s important for your child to develop a love of reading at an early age. After all, reading is a skill required for success in every subject area. Working together with you, our experienced reading tutors can pinpoint the support your child needs to build a strong foundation. We’ll tailor a personalized learning plan and instructional approach that will allow your child to make real progress in the following areas

• Phonemic awareness
• Phonics
• Syllabication
• Fluency
• Word analysis
• Vocabulary
• Reading comprehension
• And more!

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Beginning Reading

At Sylvan, we can help your young reader build important reading readiness skills. Our caring and patient teachers take a fresh, fun approach to learning with lessons that are tailored to your child’s unique learning needs. Contact us today to find out how we can help your child with letter recognition and writing, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension and more!

Beginning reading is available to students in pre-K through second grade.

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Elementary Writing

Sylvan's writing programs work because your child will practice and master the same kind of writing that’s being taught in the classroom. With the help of our elementary school writing tutors, your fourth or fifth grader can build skills and confidence in the following areas:

• Master the five step writing process from pre-writing through publishing
• Use proper techniques for paragraph and essay development
• Increase vocabulary and improve spelling
• Improve grammar and usage skills, including parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, proper punctuation capitalization rules and more

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An Introduction to Writing

The Mini Sylvan Academic Writing Program has been designed to introduce and address specific skills and strategies for student writing at the elementary, middle and high school level. Carefully designed lessons and instruction from the Sylvan Academic Writing Program provide the student with opportunities for the following:

--Determining the purpose & audience for a writing assignment
--Brainstorming (for topics, subtopics, and details)
--Organizing ideas with graphic organizers (web cluster, outline)
--Writing a thesis statement that includes topic & subtopics
--Writing an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion
--Editing and Revising a paper
--Publishing a final draft
--Practicing the steps of the writing process with and without time constraints

The goal of this module is to "introduce" the student to more effective and efficient skills in writing either a personal narrative, research paper, or persuasive essay.

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Elementary Study Skills

Our study skills program can help your child approach homework and studying with less stress and more confidence. We’re here to help your fourth or fifth grader develop the following skills:

• Organization and time management, including how to organize binders, utilize study time and set goals


• Note-taking, including listening skills, managing information and basic note-taking


• Reading and studying, including how to use notes and textbooks to study properly


• Test-taking strategies, including how to approach different types of test questions and prevent test-related stress and anxiety

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Introduction to Study Skills

The Sylvan Study Skills Modules have been designed to introduce and address specific skills and strategies for student learning. Carefully designed lessons and instruction from the Sylvan Study Skills Program provide the student with opportunities for growth in the following areas:

Goal-Setting and Organization & Time Management

Note-Taking and Listening Skills

Test-Taking and Reading & Study Strategies

The goal of each module is to introduce the student to more effective and efficient skills in the chosen (goal-setting and organization & time management, note-taking and listening skills, or test-taking and reading & study strategies). The student can then apply these newly acquired skills directly to the classroom.

Note: Each module is an "introduction" only. If your student requires thorough application of these skills, our recommendation is to enroll your child in Sylvan's complete Study Skills program for mastery learning.

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Elementary Homework Help

If your fourth or fifth grader needs help with homework, turn to Sylvan. With help from our tutors, your child will gain a thorough understanding of the assigned material - and you can relax knowing the work is complete, correct and ready to turn in on time. With the flexible scheduling options available at our center, help with homework is available when your child needs it, including evenings and weekends. Find out how we can help with homework in most subject areas today!

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Elementary Homework Help

If your fourth or fifth grader needs help with homework, turn to Sylvan. With help from our tutors, your child will gain a thorough understanding of the assigned material - and you can relax knowing the work is complete, correct and ready to turn in on time. With the flexible scheduling options available at our center, help with homework is available when your child needs it, including evenings and weekends. Find out how we can help with homework in most subject areas today!

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