GAME - Get Ahead Math & Engineering LLC

Hello Lamorinda Families!

We invite all young scientists and engineers to join us for our after-school, hands-on Math and Physics classes! The second Fall session at our new downtown Lafayette location begins tomorrow!

First of all, we want to thank all of you who trusted us with your kids’ time and joined us for our first Fall session after-school classes! We hope they enjoyed our hands-on math and physics classes as much as we did! It is wonderful to see children's curiosity and creativity, and we feel so privileged to help them grow their skills and confidence.

Five weeks went by so quickly—it’s hard to believe it’s October already! That means our second Fall session starts this coming week!

Our Math Playtime and Physics Playground Makerspace classes for elementary school children are gaining popularity, and we are so happy that more families are joining us! For our returning students, we will be building on the skills they mastered in the first session. However, our classes are designed so that new kids can join at any time without feeling like they are behind. It’s never too late to start a learning journey, and it never has to stop!

We would also like to highlight our new offerings:

Family Free Build (Fridays, 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM)
Drop in with your children on Friday afternoons to work together on school projects, arts and crafts, custom toys, or holiday decorations! Enjoy making something creative and unique in the company of like-minded folks!

Team Spontaneous Challenge Training
Attention to coaches of all youth STEM teams! If you are preparing your team for a competition, or simply would like the kids to practice rapid problem solving and build cooperative skills, please come check out our hands-on technical and verbal challenges!

Join Us & Sign Up Today!
For more information please visit our website where you’ll find classes description, reviews, gallery, full schedules, tuition and discount rates, and a link to a parent portal.
https://ProperMath.com/classes

We are looking forward to another session of learning, creating, engineering, and problem-solving with our students!

If you have any questions, please feel free to post in the comments below or send us an email at [email protected].

Highly recommend The Physics Show venue organized by Physics department of Foothill College! Both our families went to see the show today, so educational and fun!
https://www.thephysicsshow.com/home

Here is a guide to our prorating and discounts, it looks like it was hard to find on our website! The website is updated and you can see the same information on the After School page.

FALL 2026

3 Sessions for Fall 2026
• Fall 1: August 30 – October 3 (no classes on Monday Sept 7)
• Fall 2: October 4 – November 7 (no classes on Monday Oct 12)
• Fall 3: November 8 – December 19 (no classes on Wednesday Nov 11 and Nov 23–27)

All classes are limited to 16 students and are team-taught by Dr. Holl and Ms. Maria. The ultra-low student-teacher ratio (no more than 8 students per teacher) allows us to provide personal attention, guidance and support to everyone!

Prorating and Discounts
• Flexible Enrollment & Prorated Tuition: Students can enroll at any time during a session! If your child joins after a session has already started, your tuition will be automatically prorated at checkout.
• Back-to-Back Class Discount (25% Off): Physics students are welcome to enroll in both the 3:30 PM and 5:00 PM classes on the same day and receive 25% off the second class! For the 15-minute transition window the kids stay in the classroom. It allows continuous time to work on their projects, ask questions, and prepare for the next lesson—giving the students 2 hours and 45 minutes of total hands-on learning and building time!
• Sibling Discount (5% Off): We offer a 5% discount for each additional student enrolled from the same family.

TODAY IS THE DAY!

We are so excited to welcome Lamorinda families to our brand-new G.A.M.E. classroom & makerspace!

Join us for our Opening Social today, anytime between 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM. Bring your kids, bring their friends, and come help us celebrate!

Location: 3468 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Suite B-108, Lafayette
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Info: https://propermath.com

What to expect:
Open-ended building challenges for the kids
Frozen treats
Meet our team and connect with other local families
Enter the raffle for free trial lessons
Tour our dedicated learning space!

Whether you’ve been with us since our early days or are new to our programs, we’d love to see you there! Stop by and say hi!

Just a reminder: Last day to use 10% Early Bird Discount on all our Fall classes is today, August 25th!

A parent asked us a fantastic question. How do we teach a group with a few years’ age gap? It gets right to the heart of why we built our program the way we did.

Even within a single age group, every child comes in with a unique set of skills, abilities and motivation to learn. Traditional school settings often have to adjust to the average or lower level to ensure no one is left behind. Unfortunately, that often leaves advanced or eager kids stuck with "busy work."

Our approach is completely different. We use a "low threshold, high ceiling" philosophy, opening topics with logical puzzles, and engaging discussions that don't require students to have special prior knowledge to participate. This lets us see how familiar the students are with the topics and how willing they are to explore it further. If a student is motivated but needs extra support, we provide one-on-one help or form a mini-group with a second teacher so they can catch up. If anyone feels tired or needs time to process what they’ve learned, they can freely switch to math board games, spatial puzzles, origami, pattern making, or reading STEM books. Kids don’t have to “perform”, we have no tests or worksheets except when students specifically ask to test their new skills! Of course then we happily oblige.

We structure our classes much like a gifted program—even though we don't require giftedness. We respect kids' intelligence, let them regulate their learning flow, and familiarize them with advanced concepts so they walk into middle school, high school, and college completely unintimidated. Time after time, our students impress us with how far they go when their curiosity is ignited without pressure!

Spanning the age gap in physics might be even easier because our focus is on hands-on building, from structures and vehicles to siege machines and electrical circuits. The live demonstrations and builds captivate kids of all ages. Younger students absorb the practical, intuitive mechanics of how things work, while older students get to dive deeper into the physics laws and more detailed technical explanations behind their creations. Younger kids take in as much as they are ready for, while older kids get challenged to optimize their designs. Everyone learns real physics, both practically and conceptually, at a pace that feels exciting to them. In kids' projects, engineering often merges with artistic expression, and we love supporting their creativity just as much as helping them with the technical side of design!

We strive to never hold children back, making sure everyone feels supported in their unique learning journey with us. When kids are motivated to learn, they are unstoppable!

If this sounds like a good fit for your child, please sign up for our fall after school classes at https://propermath.com/classes !

The G.A.M.E. is on!
Registration for our Fall season is open!

We are excited to invite your young scientists and engineers to our new downtown Lafayette location for another season of hands-on learning. Let’s have some Serious Fun!

Here is what’s on the Fall schedule:

Physics Playground Makerspace (Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 3:30 PM & 5:00 PM): Individualized hands-on building projects, engineering demos, and science experiments! Sign up for one 75-minute session or join back-to-back blocks at a discount.

Math Playtime (Wednesdays at 2:30 PM): A pressure-free space to play with advanced math, solve puzzles, and learn big concepts through games and fun activities.

NEW class! Math Tutor Training for Adults (Fridays at 10:30 AM): A 5-lesson course for parents and caregivers to master Common Core standards, avoid homework struggles, and help kids gain confidence.

Spots are limited to keep group sizes small!

Learn more and register directly on our website https://propermath.com/classes

We can't wait to see you and your kids at our new learning space!

Maria & David

ANNOUNCEMENT: PHYSICS PLAYGROUND CAMP NEXT WEEK IS RELOCATED!

Summer power outages are like bad weather – can't do anything about them! We just learned that PG&E scheduled their maintenance work and power outage at School St. right in the middle of our Physics Playground camp. Not cool, literally – to leave the kids without AC on a hot summer day!

Thankfully, the wonderful Lafayette Parks & Rec team came to the rescue. At the very last moment, they found us a space at the Lafayette Community Center! We are so excited to be back at LCC. We love the building, the great playground for the breaks, and the beautiful shady area outside!

Finding out about a planned power outage just a few days before camp was a bit worrisome, but it might just be a blessing in disguise.

Please join us next week for Physics Playground camp, the week of “Mechanical Wonders” at the Lafayette Community Center, West Madrone room! We still have a few spots left in the group, and would love to include more young engineers and scientists!
We have prepared many exciting hands-on activities and projects for our campers – the glue guns are ready, and the beautiful room is fully powered. All we need is your kids' creativity and curiosity!

Since the event is hosted through Lafayette Parks and Recreation, please register at their website – the link is in the comments.