Most maths struggles in Classes 4–7 are not about intelligence. They are about gaps: a child who never became fast with tables in Class 3 will find fractions slow in Class 5 and algebra frightening in Class 7. The fix is not more explanation — it is regular, well-chosen practice that closes the gaps in order.

Here is a routine that works for thousands of families, in three parts totalling about 30 minutes.

Minutes 1–5: warm-up on old skills. Quick questions on things the child already knows — tables, mental addition, yesterday’s topic. Starting with success changes the mood of the whole session. Never start with the hardest thing.

Minutes 5–25: the day’s main practice. One topic from the current school syllabus chapter, 10–20 questions, done by the child with a pencil in hand. The parent’s job here is presence, not solving: sit nearby with your own work. Resist the urge to explain the moment a child pauses — a struggle of 30–60 seconds before asking for help is where learning happens.

Minutes 25–30: review the wrong answers. Not a scolding — a detective game. "Interesting, what happened on this one?" Children who learn to inspect their own mistakes improve twice as fast as children who only hear the correct method again.

Two traps to avoid. First, random question hunting: pulling questions from three different books gives a jumbled difficulty curve. Use one consistent source that progresses sensibly. Second, only practising the child’s favourite topic — comfort practice feels productive but leaves the weak areas weak.

This routine is precisely what Practice30 automates: the warm-up, the right next questions at the right difficulty, and re-serving anything answered wrong until it is mastered — 30 minutes a day, tracked so you can see the streak grow. But the routine works on paper too. What matters is that it happens every day.