Math-tutoring center coming to Annandale
Mathnasium, a math-only tutoring center for K12 students, is going into the vacant storefront next to Aldi at 7000 Columbia Pike, Annandale.
Sarla Kale, the franchisee director of the new center, anticipates opening before the end of the year. It’s an afterschool program, open 4-8 p.m. five days a week.
Mathnasium creates an individualized learning plan for each student based on an hour-long comprehensive assessment, Kale says. Each instructor will work with three or four children.
Mathnasium creates an individualized learning plan for each student based on an hour-long comprehensive assessment, Kale says. Each instructor will work with three or four children.
Mathnasium centers use the “Mathnasium Method” developed by math teacher Larry Martinek, which combines oral, visual, mental, and written instruction to help children understand math. He described the method in his 1985 book Math Tips for Parents. In 2002, Martinek, David Ullendorf, and Peter Markovitz founded Mathnasium and opened the first center in Los Angeles.
There are more than 750 Mathnasium franchises in the United States and 12 other countries. There are 34 locations in Virginia, including Falls Church, Alexandria, Arlington, Burke, Centreville, Fairfax, Herndon, Lorton, McLean, and Tysons.
Kale, a Montessori teacher at the First Baptist Church of Clarendon Child Development Center in Arlington, saw great results when her son, now 12, and daughter, now 9, were enrolled in Mathnasium. “They actually looked forward to going to the class,” she says.
The program benefits students who are ahead of their grade level and need more challenges, as well as students struggling in math or hate math, Kale says.
Mathnasium instructors are trained in how to teach math to children in a way that makes sense for them. “Children do not understand math the way we do,” she says. “The instructors need to know what works best for each child.” They use lots of hands-on tools to explain the concepts and use a variety of methods to respond to children’s learning styles.
Mathnasium “supports what the public schools are working on,” Kale says. “The curriculum is developed with intensive research on what the state is doing in terms of teaching children math.”
Kale encourages parents to bring their children three times a week and sign up for at least six months to see solid results.
The program costs about $260 to $300 a month, depending on the child’s grade level. There is a $100 one-time fee for the assessment.
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That's awesome.