LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Parents across Kentucky and the country have concerns about the impact of the pandemic on their child's education. That has many seeking out-of-school tutoring to help their kids make up for pandemic learning loss.

Hannah Warren spends her afternoons tutoring kids at Mathnasium in Louisville. She said she noticed many are behind on grade-level math skills — particularly the younger students.

“They were missing a lot of the basic things they need to keep growing in math," Warren said.

She works with them on things like multiplication skills. With each student, she tailors the lessons to best fit what they are working on in their classrooms at the time.

Manager Liz Warlick said demand for enrollment at Mathnasium skyrocketed during the pandemic. She speaks with parents regularly about their concerns.

“They either felt like they couldn’t help their kids with math homework or they were really finding out what their kids knew and didn’t know," Warlick said.

Sixth grade student Mohammed Mohiuddin said being a student during the pandemic has been far from easy.

“During the pandemic when we had to do online, I kind of found it hard to work. Home is supposed to be a comfort place,” Mohiuddin said.

He's now back at school in person, but the challenge isn't over. He said it's been helpful to come to Mathnasium for some extra lessons.

“Because of the pandemic a lot of teachers cut corners on what learning materials they gave the kids. When they move on to the next grade and they are in person, I found it was kind of hard to get back used to in-person classes,” Mohiuddin said.

Warlick said he's not the only kid feeling that way.

“Now that school is back in session, I find a lot of kids are saying they need help keeping up or catching up because the pace is faster when they are in-person," said Warlick.

Researchers from McKinsey found students were, on average, five months behind in math at the end of last school year. The tutors at Mathnasium try to help students make up any gaps from pandemic learning loss. Warlick said it is particularly important to do so in math.

“It’s sequential, so if you can’t do a certain skill it will come back, so you have to make sure you have that down solid," Warlick said.

Tutoring demand has slowed slightly from the rush while students were in NTI. However, Warlick said the enrollment numbers at Mathnasium St. Matthews are still far above pre-pandemic levels.