Keys teaches math with the Singapore approach from kindergarten, moving from real objects to pictures to symbols. Our tutors are current and former Stanford students who are patient with young learners and know how to build understanding before speed.
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We tutor Keys students in everything from early reading and number sense to eighth-grade algebra, along with writing and science. Sessions are one-on-one, at your home or online.
Singapore Math, kindergarten through eighth grade
The method stays the same as the math gets harder. Sixth graders at Keys use bar diagrams to reason about ratios and percents, and by eighth grade students are working with functions, linear and quadratic equations and factoring. A tutor uses the same steps at home, drawing a model when a problem stops making sense, so a student understands why a method works before practicing it. Learn more about our math tutoring.
Writing grows year by year
Keys first graders write personal narratives through several drafts, third graders take on persuasive and research writing, and seventh graders work on essays with a clear thesis, support and transitions. In eighth grade, students analyze an author’s technique and build persuasive arguments in history. A tutor helps a student plan before writing, find evidence for each point, and make the next draft better than the last. Learn more about our English and writing tutoring.
What parents say
“The tutor (who was a Stanford junior) really connected with my son and inspired him to learn. He had some great study tips and was able to help my son raise his grades by quite a bit.”
Pamela T., Palo Alto
“At each level of math needed, we found these Stanford students to be not just helpful tutors but great mentors as well.”
Christy S., Portola Valley
“It turns out my son also needed help staying organized with all his assignments, something that the tutor helped with as well.”
Amy C., Palo Alto
Middle school starts in fifth grade
Keys students move to the middle school campus on El Camino Real in fifth grade, and executive functioning becomes part of the social-emotional curriculum in sixth. In eighth grade, students work with a high school search consultant on their applications. A tutor helps a student organize homework from several teachers and, for high schools that ask for it, prepare for the ISEE. Learn more about our entrance-exam tutoring.
Tell us about your student, and we’ll match them with a Stanford tutor who fits.