Maya Tutor
Math for kids, grade by grade
Maya teaches math from grade 1: counting, adding and taking away, place value, fractions, area and percent. In every lesson she looks for the mistake children make most often, and explains why it was tempting.
What math does Maya teach?
80 written lessons, from grade 1 to grade 10. In the first grades: counting to 20 without skipping, adding and taking away, tens and ones, the clock. From grade 3: numbers up to 1,000, sharing equally, centimetres and metres. In grade 4: area and perimeter, right angles, reading thousands. In grades 5 and 6: decimals, fractions with different denominators, percent, ratio and chance.
Every lesson has a sample question with three answers, and one of them is exactly the mistake children make, so Maya can explain it when it shows up.
How does a lesson with Maya go?
A math lesson with Maya starts from what the class did today — say, the area of a rectangle — and goes like this:
- Your child tells Maya what the class learned today, or shows her a photo of the worksheet.
- Maya teaches that topic with them, in short steps, at their grade.
- She asks questions they answer with a tap — no typing, no blank page.
- When an answer is wrong, she does not just say “try again”. She explains why that answer was tempting, and what was missing to reach the right one.
- She remembers what did not land, and comes back to it in later lessons.
Is Maya right for my child’s level in math?
If your child is in grades 1 to 6, yes. Maya starts from the grade and from today’s topic, and what did not land comes back in later lessons. A child who struggles with math gets another explanation, not another worksheet.
A child who is strong in math can go further: the catalog continues to grade 10, with first algebra, graphs and chance along the way.
What math mistake does Maya catch?
A fourth grader is asked how many squares cover a rug 3 squares wide and 4 long. The tempting answer is 7: there are two numbers, and adding is the first thing children learned to do with two numbers.
Maya explains why 7 felt right, then counts it out with your child: three rows of four squares make twelve squares. Adding the sides gives the walk around the rug — the perimeter — not what covers it.
That way the difference between area and perimeter gets a clear name the first time it comes up.
Is Maya safe for a young child?
Maya is built for children with a parent nearby, and the rules are written into her legal pages, not just promised on this one.
- Maya does not ask a child for an email address, a precise location or a friend list.
- There is no chat between children, no public feed and no ads in the lesson.
- Lessons that go through a language model stay locked until a parent confirms a link sent to their email.
- From the parent screen you can pause those lessons and delete the copy kept in the cloud.
- Children’s information is not sold, and there is no targeted advertising.
The full details are in the children’s privacy notice and the safety page, linked at the bottom of this page.
Maya or a private tutor: which does your child need?
Both help, but they answer different needs. Here they are side by side:
| Compared | Maya | A private tutor |
|---|---|---|
| When | Whenever your child opens it — the same evening the class learned the topic. | At a time booked in advance, when the tutor is free. |
| How long | One topic per lesson, at your child’s pace. | A fixed length agreed in advance. |
| What it covers | What the class learned today, at your child’s grade. | Whatever you agree with the tutor. |
| After a wrong answer | Explains why the answer was tempting, and remembers to come back to it. | Depends on the tutor. |
| Who teaches | Maya, on a screen, with lessons written in advance. | A person who sees and hears your child and can change the plan as they go. |
A human tutor is the better choice for exam preparation, for teenagers, for practising a spoken language, and for a child who needs a person beside them. Maya is for the everyday: the evening after school, when a topic did not land and nobody is free to explain it again.
You can also have both: if your child sees a tutor once a week, Maya can cover the other evenings.
Questions parents ask
Which grades does Maya’s math cover?
Grades 1 to 10, in 80 lessons. Maya is made for grades 1 to 6.
How can I help with math at home?
Use what is around you: coins for decimals, floor tiles or a rug for area, a wall clock for time. When your child makes a mistake, ask first what made that answer look right, and only then correct it.
Can Maya help with a math worksheet?
Yes. Your child shows Maya the worksheet, and she builds a lesson on the topic behind it.
Is the first lesson free?
Yes. The first lesson is free, and no card is needed. After that, Maya Plus is a subscription for more lessons.
No card needed.
Every lesson by grade and subject
Every lesson has its own page: the topic, the mistake it was written to catch, and a sample question.
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