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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Handwriting Training

Handwriting fluency is fundamental to all areas of elementary education, because children think and write at the same time.

When we teach children to write, we also teach them to express themselves. If they struggle with their letters, their ability to express themselves will suffer. Spelling and math will also be affected.

Adopting high-quality standards for handwriting in elementary education can help all children in your school or district succeed.

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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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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 State Test Prep

Designed for third, fourth and fifth grade students, this program introduces the material and types of questions that will appear on the state test. We also teach proven test-taking tips, techniques and strategies to help your child approach test day with confidence. Contact us to learn more today!

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SSAT & ISEE Test Prep

Help students to prepare for both private middle school and high school entrance exams. 

We customize a program for each student based on his / her needs. No group sessions. Lessons can be delivered at either 1:3 or 1:1 teacher to student ratio. 

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STAR Test Prep

The California Standards Tests (CSTs) are for California public schools and are aligned to the state content standards. All students in grades two through eleven take the CSTs. CST is the STAR test for most California public school students. 

We customize a program for each student to prepare them for STAR tests.

Teaching method and process:

• Use STAR test question types to identify students' strengths & weaknesses.
• Review tests with students and tutor accordingly.
• Retest after review and re-target at students' weaknesses.
• California Achievement Test 5 material may be used for additional assessment and prep. CAT 5 is very similar to the STAR test. 
• SSAT test material may be used for advanced students. SSAT is typically more difficult than the STAR test. 

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