Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
"Mom, can I do some more math?"
These are words that I hear often from my 10-year-old who has fallen in love with CTCMath and was psyched when we received another 12-month family membership for review. They are also the words that come to mind whenever I find myself recommending CTCMath to other homeschoolers.
Why?
Because CTCMath has proven itself easy and enjoyable here and has driven my youngest to want to do math regularly even during his free time while also becoming his big brother's go-to math curricula and remaining a resource that my daughter occasionally goes to practice Speed Skills and Times Tables.
Seriously, our 12-month family membership is one of few math resources that has consistently stood the test of time in our home and has required very little from me.
So, if you are looking for a mainly an online math program that your children can progress through with success and independence - and one that you can also easily check in on, print things from, and even make assignments with if you wish - I highly recommend a 12-month family membership from CTCMath!
It works beautifully here - and is 1/2 off for homeschoolers!
What is CTCMath
CTCMath is an online, subscription-based math program for grades K-12 that is used by over 200,000 students worldwide to learn math from Kindy to Calculus. Created by Pat Murray, a math teacher and homeschool Dad of 10, the program aims to help students progress easily through math with short, interactive lessons that speak to a variety of learning styles.
Courses within the program include ones for grades K-6, plus:
- Basic Math and Pre-Algebra
- Elementary Measurement
- Elementary Geometry
- Algebra I
- Geometry
- Algebra II
- Triginometry
- Pre-Calculus
- Calculus
Each course is delivered through brief video tutorials, interactive online questions, printable worksheets and solutions, diagnostic tests, and reports of progress.
Families have separate student pages for each child and a separate parent/teacher page, too, all of which are easy to navigate.
The teacher pages gives access to tracking information, scores, tasks to be assigned, tools, and more. It also allows you to easily switch to student view pages, which is quite handy when checking in with a child side-by-side or on your own.
Student pages allow students to easily jump back and forth between grade levels and skills as they need to or to progress on a more linear track. This works fabulously well in our home and makes this math program stand out among others we have tried as one that offers the ultimate in family and student-friendly flexibility.
I am so grateful for how all the features of CTCMath come easily together so that students can work independently with some freedom as to what they wish to work on while parent/teachers can also assign specific tasks.
All you need to use the program is an internet connection and a device with a web browser, plus, if you like printed material, a printer, ink, a pencil, and paper, are good, too, since there are optional printable portions to lessons.
Our CTCMath Experience
We began using CTCMath with all three of my children about a year ago and, it quickly became the go-to curricula for my oldest and a surprise success with my youngest.
When I posted a review about the program a year ago, my then 9-year-old has the least enthusiastic words to share about it, saying:
CTCMath is good. I like the time tables and speeds skills games. They help me enjoy practicing, and I think I am getting faster.
The regular lessons are okay. I don't like how long some of the tests are, but it's easy to use. I'd like to keep using it as a supplement.
Then, something changed and my now 10-year-old began liking the main lessons more and more, whipping through his 4th grade math and moving onto 5th grade lessons even after I told him he could take a math break for the late spring and summer since he'd completed 4th grade skills.
Indeed, my boy did not want a break, had already complete 1/3 of the 5th grade lessons, and regularly asks, "Mom, can I do more math?"
Wow! That is success!
Here is what he has to say about CTCMath now:
CTCMath is a great program. It is easy to access, and kids can do it by themselves.
It is perfect for me, because I can do as many lessons or as few lessons as I want a day, and I am already 1/3 of the way through 5th grade before I even start my 5th grade year.
When I use it, I ask Mom if I can get online (sometimes. Sometimes, I just get on.) Then, I look at the first question in a lesson. If it is hard for me, I go back and watch the video. Then, I do the lessons.
If I get stuck, I do it again and again until I get it. Very occasionally, I ask Mom or Dad for help.
The way the program teaches is good. There are examples, they explain what they are doing, and it moves step by step.
I would recommend it to everybody!
My 14-year-old is also succeeding, and had this to say:
Yep! You heard that right. My 14-year old has big plans for his math progress using our current 12-month family membership! That delights me!
I just love how the program allows my oldest son to meet his goals for independent learning and working through his high school credits. I also appreciate that the program allows me to easily check in on how he is doing.
Truly, since beginning with CTCMath when we reviewed it previously, I have come to depend on the program as the "easy button" it has become for us.
It works wonderfully for my boys and has stood the test of time as an easy-to-use, helpful, and expedient way for them to successfully progress in their homeschool math studies!
All I have had to do for my boys' main math studies in the past year is provide them with online access, check in via the parent access occasionally (typically when an email prompts me about their progress), and offer them some quick help on one or two lessons when they got stuck.
That's it!
I like CTCMath, because it is easy to use and helped me get through Algebra 1.
While I was doing that, I also worked on Geometry, because I wanted a break from Algebra, but still wanted to work on my high school math credits.
In the year or so I have used CTCMath, I worked regularly and ended up finishing Algebra and am about 75% done with Geometry.
To do the lessons, I log in, click on the next lesson, and usually just jump right into the questions.
If I get stuck, I watch the video or use the pdf lesson summary. (An example of one is below.)
If I am still stuck, I keep working through it or jump to a lesson in a different category. I appreciate how easy CTCMath is to navigate.
I was happy to get another year subscription and hope to finish Geometry, Algebra II, and Trigonometry this year. I am ambitious!
Yep! You heard that right. My 14-year old has big plans for his math progress using our current 12-month family membership! That delights me!
I just love how the program allows my oldest son to meet his goals for independent learning and working through his high school credits. I also appreciate that the program allows me to easily check in on how he is doing.
Truly, since beginning with CTCMath when we reviewed it previously, I have come to depend on the program as the "easy button" it has become for us.
It works wonderfully for my boys and has stood the test of time as an easy-to-use, helpful, and expedient way for them to successfully progress in their homeschool math studies!
That's it!
Learn More
You can learn more about 12-month family membership from CTCMath by watching this video:
I wholeheartedly recommend the program since we get a lot of us out of our 12-month family membership with two children working independently at their own pace and another logging on for Speed Skills and Times Tables at times.
I appreciate the ease and effectiveness of CTCMath and can attest that is has become a staple in our homeschool.
If you and yours seek a straightforward, clear, easy-to-use independent math resource that can be used by children at various grade levels with Mom or Dad easily checking in on progress and occasionally helping, this is it!
I appreciate the ease and effectiveness of CTCMath and can attest that is has become a staple in our homeschool.
If you and yours seek a straightforward, clear, easy-to-use independent math resource that can be used by children at various grade levels with Mom or Dad easily checking in on progress and occasionally helping, this is it!
As we continue to use CTCMath, I have witnessed:
- my 10-year-old become a bit of a math lesson "addict" (in a good way) asking to get online to do lessons even in his free time.
- my 14-year-old appreciating the short, to-the-point lessons as a way to progress with necessary math skills so he can earn high school credits in more than one course concurrently.
- my 13-year-old supplementing her math studies with CTCMath Speed Skills and Times Tables.
- my children learning at their own paces, sometimes with the video tutorials and sometimes just jumping right into the problems.
- only "healthy" frustration during math time - you know, the kind where a kid gets "stuck" for a bit, takes a break, then, comes back and has the "click" happen, which gets the endorphins going, and spurns more math progress
- stress-free math learning and easy check-ins on progress.
Great stuff!
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