Teaching Math Made Easy for Homeschoolers – CTCMath

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Teaching Math Made Easy for Homeschoolers – CTCMath

We have been homeschooling for a long, long time, and I believe teaching math has been one of the top most difficult subjects to teach. Well, that is until CTCMath came along.

Seriously, I am not exaggerating!

CTCMath has been a lifesaver in our homeschool!

I understand that teaching math to your child can seem challenging to say the least. Some days it’s more like pulling your hair out, banging your head against the wall, while crying your eyes out kind of day.

We started homeschooling back in 1993. When my oldest son, Judson, hit Algebra I, we came to a screeching standstill. I scrambled to figure out how on earth I was going to be able to teach this class. I never took Algebra in school. Business Math was my specialty.

Where was CTCMath when I needed them?!?

I found an Algebra course on VHS. I can still see Leonard standing in front of a whiteboard, and speaking in a monotone voice throughout each lesson. We were thrilled when we popped that baby into the VCR.

Judson stated, “Boy, I like this math teacher way better than my last one!” 

Me too, Jud, me too!

As much as we loved our Algebra videos, they just can’t compare to what’s available via the internet today.

We fell deeply in love with CTCMath at first sight. (Site?) (Pun is definitely intended!)

CTCMath is a Full Math Curriculum

Math courses include everything you could ever need to teach your children, or even upgrade your own knowledge of math. Courses cover teaching preschoolers about shapes and numbers all the way up to teaching your high schoolers about Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, and even Trig! No more worrying about teaching all of that in-between stuff either! There are both printables and online lessons on everything math.

As a side benefit, there’s no longer the boring, monotone voice of Leonard in our living room. Now it’s an amazing Australian accent coming across the house, and who wouldn’t love that!?!

There are so many things that I love about CTCMath that I am not sure where to even begin.

Parent’s Area

There are a ton of cool features where parents can set and forget lessons for each student, encourage independent learning, or get custom worksheets. The parents can easily control and adjust the duration, difficulty, and set of questions.

I love having the ability to go into the Parent’s Area and see exactly what each one of my students has been doing in their math lessons.

CTCMath provides parents with extremely detailed progress reports. These reports show which days and exact times everyone has logged into their accounts, how long they worked on their math, and exactly which problems they worked on.

It gives grades on each lesson, so it is easy to see at a glance which topics are giving your students trouble and which ones they are excelling at.

This program makes it literally impossible to fool Mama by saying you completed your math when you didn’t!

Although each student has the ability to sign into their own personal account and work on any level they prefer, I like being able to go in and assign tasks. I review all of the reports, which are sent both directly to my email, and found in the Parent’s Area on their website. Then, I assigned tasks according to what each child needs to work on.

Simply start out by choosing a student, and clicking on +Add task.

There are some how-to-videos created just for parents, in case you need some guidance on how to use the Parent’s Area, but a lot of the features are very self-explanatory and easy to use.

Full Math Curriculum

My children have spent the last 28 years asking me which grade they’re in.

Mom, am I in 3rd, 5th, or 7th grade? Did you know that public school children actually know which grade level they’re in!?!

Homeschoolers are famous for never knowing exactly which grade level our students are actually in. I, personally, don’t think grade levels are for the real world. I think it’s more realistic that our homeschoolers answer the Which grade level are you in question with I am doing 11th-grade science, 12th-grade social studies, and 9th-grade math all at the same time.

CTCMath fits perfectly with this type of homeschooling. When you subscribe to CTCMath, you will have full access to all of the levels from Kindergarten through Calculus.

All I need to do is go into the Parent’s Area and pick tasks from any level.

Pick the dates you want your student to start and finish their tasks.

Do you want your student to pass with a certain grade? Choose which grade you want them to receive in order to pass these tasks. I choose for each student to score at least an 80 to pass.

Multisensory Learning

Everyone learns differently. CTCMath has done its best to cover a variety of learning techniques.

Video Lessons

My favorite part of CTCMath as a teacher is definitely the pre-recorded Video Tutorials for each and every concept!

Seriously, thank you, CTCMath for these videos!

Each video explains and teaches the lesson thoroughly.

Each lesson starts out with a teaching video. These short and to-the-point lessons. Each one is very thorough and completely detailed. I really like that we are able to watch these short videos over and over as many times as it takes. We normally don’t need to watch the videos too many times though because the lessons are taught with extremely clear explanations.

Interactive Questions

After the video, there are questions to answer. Since it’s interactive, students find out immediately if they got each question right or wrong. At the end of the questions, the student’s work is given a grade.

Worksheets and Solutions

Worksheets can be printed out to give students a little paper and pen workout. I really like this feature because I’m able to incorporate both online work and pen and paper lessons into each of my children’s lesson plans.

Printed worksheets also work great if you are creating a yearly portfolio for your student.

Question Bank Wizard

The question bank wizard is fairly new to CTCMath. It gives the ability to create custom-made lessons for each student. Best of all, you can choose to have your child complete these lessons online just like all of their other lessons, or you can print these lessons out as worksheets.

I am always asking my kids, “Where’s the game,” to which they reply, “Up here,” while pointing to their brain.

Judy had determined to be in the game.

Judy Loves CTCMath

My daughter, Judy, determined a few years ago that she was going to stop hating math. She decided to get good at it.

Here is a little paragraph that Judy wrote about CTCMath:

CTCMath is an amazing online math program that has helped me a lot. I love CTCMath! It makes math easy to understand. I used to not be good at math. I would get 50’s. Since we’ve had CTCMath, I’ve been getting 90’s and 100’s. This course is not super easy; it’s still math, but it does explain it in a way I can understand. It’s a great program.

CTCMath for Homeschool

We have used CTCMath’s FAMILY MEMBERSHIP in our homeschool for quite a few years now, and we don’t plan on ever switching math curriculum again. I have used it with my last six children, and I wish I would have had it for the other six children!

Yes, I really do have 12 children!

CTCMath offers homeschool families a super deal on a twelve-month online family membership for up to five students. You can get this full math curriculum for ONLY $148.50! This is a savings of 50% when you pay for the entire year upfront!

You can also choose to pay in 12-monthly installments of $19.97 each month.

Do you only have one student?

Single membership equals $14.97 per month or just $98.50 for 12 months!

CTCMath is unique in that they offer a 12-month moneyback guarantee!

Is your child struggling to learn their math lessons? Are you struggling right along with them?

My family HIGHLY recommends CTCMath. I truly can’t recommend it enough.

Let me know if you subscribe to this math program already, or if you are signing up for the first time this year.

Click here, or on the graphic below to read what more people are saying about CTCMath’s Family Membership!