Mathnasium of Westwood

This place is amazing! My 5 year old came out from her first tutoring session beaming ear and asking me if she can come back every day! She started reciting her 10s times tables and telling me she loves math more than anything, even toys! I have never heard my five year old speak so enthusiastically about any academic subject, much less math, which she has had very little exposure to since starting school. Chris is wonderful and he helped us understand the way the whole process would work. I highly recommend this wonderful place to all parents with children of any age, for enrichment and intellectual stimulation.

My son started Mathnasium over the summer as way to ensure he had mastered all the 4^th grade material before beginning 5^th grade. He had substantial improvement after just 12 sessions from his assessment at the beginning of the summer. We decided to sign up during the school year as well. He is a lot more excited about math and looking forward to getting ahead of his classmates.

My kids have been going to Mathnasium for a number of summers now. For the past 2 years, my daughter has taken BYU on line classes. She studies on her own, but Mathansium provides a lot of guidance and checks her work. Chris Symmes is also a proctor so my daughter can take her final exam there and Mathnasium takes care of sending back the exam to BYU. Chris and his staff are very accommodating, patient and they work hard to make math fun!!!

Mathnasium is amazing! I first put my son in the summer sessions to prepare for 4^th grade. It made a tremendous difference. He felt way more confident and prepared going into the school year. We continue to go before every upcoming test and on days where he cannot do homework on his own. It is worth every penny. Chris the Director is incredible with kids. He makes sure every child that comes in is welcomed and has the patience of a saint with every last one of them. He is also the best multi tasker that I have ever seen. Can literally help numerous kids and answer parent questions without missing a beat! Thank you Chris as there is a lot less frustration when doing math homework these days! I highly recommend!!!

My daughter has struggled with math for quite some time. While working with Chris and his staff at Westwood Mathnasium, my daughter has grown in confidence and is starting to understand math fundamentals. For those with kids that seem to ‘hate’ math, they even have a rewards system that encourages kids to achieve certain goals. It definitely created some excitement for my daughter in attending classes. I would definitely recommend this Mathnasium to those that might be on the fence.

Mathnasium is a wonderful positive learning environment. It’s our first tutoring facility and I highly recommend. The director Chris is top notch and is great at what he does. He takes the time to get to know your child and your family… He goes out of his way to help all families. They assess your child and find out where they «fell of the math wagon» and strengthen the skills that are weak. They also do nightly homework. My son is in 4^th grade and the teacher noticed a difference ! She actually asked if my son started going to a tutor.
Thank you Mathnasium ! They are a great learning facility with wonderful people.

When my first grade daughter told me that she didn’t like math, I decided to find her an enrichment math program that might make her be excited (and confident) about math. I looked at Kumon and decided it wasn’t for us — Kumon assigns daily homework and utilizes a repetition/​memorization approach to teach math. I wanted a program that would teach math concepts in a process-​driven rather than results-​driven way. That is exactly what Mathnasium does! Also, there is no homework (which I think is a big plus). The flexibility of the program is wonderful — we can drop my daughter off for an hour whenever she has free time, without the need to stick to a strict schedule. The best part is that my daughter LOVES going to Mathnasium (and still loves going after 6 months). She has become very confident in her math skills and says she loves math now (you love what you’re good at, right?). Her math skills have improved dramatically in the 6 months she’s been going to Mathnasium, and we fully intend to continue going in the elementary school years to come.

We love Mathnasium Westwood! Both my 7^th grader and 5^th grader go once or twice a week to stay on top of their math skills and it has really helped. The flexible schedule makes it really convenient and the staff is friendly and knowledgable. Looking forward to taking advantage of their help with high school test prep in the Fall! Thank you Mathnasium for making math fun!!!

My daughter struggles so much with math. this place is awesome! Keeping her attention is not easy when a child doesn’t even like the subject to begin with is not easy. Some how Chris managed to keep her attention better than anyone I have taken my daughter. My hat is off to you. Keep up the good work.

My kids love Mathnasium. They find math to be fun and cannot wait to go each week. The teachers at school say my kids are advanced in their math skills. I highly recommend going.

Our daughter was really struggling in 6^th grade math. But with private tutoring at Mathnasium she was able to bring her grade up from a low C, to a solid B for her final grade! She is much more confident in math this year (7^th grade), but we would definitely go back if she gets stuck in a math concept in the future. Chris is great and the whole staff and atmosphere there is positive and welcoming.

Let me just tell you that mathnasium of Westwood was a life saver for us. My 5 th grader was struggling in math. But not any more after we started here. Beside the great leadership and instructions and kind and gentle environment. My daughter is now being challenged in such a positive way. Her grades have improved right away and confidence up and she is loving math. All math tutors are awesome. I highly recommend this to any family. Our plans are to stay here thru high school

This was a great place for my daughter to get ready for specific state exam. I gave them the parameters of the test and they made sure that she was proficient in those areas. She said the tutors were very helpful, attentive and they were good at directing her in how to solve the problems on her own so that she had a better understanding of that math concept. And, she passed the test!

Our kindergartener had fun learning math one grade level ahead of her classmates at school. As parents who feel that the U.S. education system is rather weak, we too liked to see this. We moved away from Westwood, and now are anxiously awaiting the opening the new Mathnasium in the Mar Vista /​Marina del Rey area.

My daughter loved the independent way that she could get her own notebook (w/​her name on it) and scan it and it was easy and organized for her… the kids (grad. students in Math from UCLA or similar) really seemed to know their stuff and were pleasant for her to work with… although at busy times she really had to wait to get her «turn»…and I liked the accountability and constant feedback… I love the documentation… and Chris, in charge, was the absolute best guy… really available, approachable, and kind. It was a bit difficult to get to (for us) in busy Westwood traffic at times (the hours made it tough… I would have appreciated an earlier start to the day for homeschoolers & more hours on Sun.) and the lack of parking is a drawback… but, overall, for the fluency it gave my daughter in math… well worth the effort…(Unfortunately, it is a bit pricey & it probably limits the client availability… could maybe come up with package discounts?)
Still, if you need to engage your child in math in a way that will serve to upgrade their report card and standardized test scores, you couldn’t do it better than Mathnasium!

This place is amazing, the staff is great with the kids, my girls have improved in many ways with schools work. They love this place & I like the my girls can help others because of Mathnesiums help …

Mathnasium has been incredibly helpful for my daughter who really struggled with learning fractions and decimals in 4^th grade. They have helped her catch up and learn in a fun and engaging way. Wish I had signed up for a full year. Staff and director are highest quality individuals. My second grade son even wanted to start attending because he saw how fun it is. Highly recommended.

This place is great. It’s not cheap but it has made a HUGE difference for my 13 year old son who hates math. We tried Kumon and a private tutor and nothing worked. he was failing math and feeling more and more defeated until we tried Mathnasium. Chris and the team there are great. Very helpful but not too leading. Chris was very diligent in creating a program that worked for my son and in personalizing the kind of help that my son needed i.e. not so much attention that he did not do his own work but enough help that he really began mastering concepts. Thanks Chris and Team!

Mathnasium is very well run by the center directior, Chris. He knows each and every child and family and is aware of what they are working on. His management of the tutors that work with him is excellent. The tutors seem to get to each child at a good pace, as they are independently working. My daughter was motivated to sit for an hour and work on her math skills with the proper help, encouragement and guidance!

I love this place and so does my duaghter. I wanted to get her ready for 6^th grade and was looking for a place to help her with her math. I have passed this place many times and never thought of sending her. I was so sad that I didn’t find this place earlier. I just love the staff and they know there stuff. Chris who is the director there is really nice and also is one of the teachers. The staff is great they truly take there time to teach the kids. It is well worth it !!!