Compare Math-U-See with us
Math-U-See equips a parent to teach math with lesson videos, manipulative blocks, and workbooks, one concept at a time. We teach your child math, and every other subject, one-on-one, starting at the level they have reached.
Teaching with blocks or lessons that teach your child
Math-U-See, from Demme Learning, is a Kindergarten through Grade 12 math curriculum with levels from Primer through Calculus. Each level comes with manipulative blocks, student workbooks for practice and review, and test booklets. It follows a mastery approach, so a student moves on only after mastering each concept, at their own pace with no set calendar.
Your child works through our lessons one-on-one, without a parent presenting it first.
Where your child starts
Math-U-See uses an online tool to place a student by skill. The result helps the family choose a starting level, rather than buying a course only because of the child's grade.
To start your child where they actually are, we write a placement test for each subject. It has 25 questions, or 12 for younger learners, and it adapts as your child answers.
From every answer, we estimate where your child is solid but not yet finished, and that's where they start. Each subject is placed on its own, so your child might begin in the middle of fourth-grade math and the beginning of fifth-grade reading. In grades 3 to 12, a child who prefers paper can print the free placement test, then upload a photo of the answer sheet for grading.
What a school day looks like
In a Math-U-See day, the parent watches the lesson video, presents the concept with the blocks using its Build, Write, Say method, and the student practices in the workbook.
Our Parent Dashboard lays out today's lessons by subject. You can build the week around your family's hours and print it for the fridge.
Interactive articles weave in your child's interests, with images and videos made for them. Reading checks confirm understanding, then your child applies the idea in a project, such as optimizing lap times for F1 or working out a rocket’s fuel load.
When your child gets stuck
Math-U-See gives the parent an instruction manual and lesson videos. The parent presents each concept and answers the child's follow-up questions, drawing on those materials when an explanation needs more work.
Our Always-On Mentor sits beside every reading and project, so help is there the moment your child needs it.
The mentor also steps in on its own when your child seems stuck, explains the idea another way, and can make it visual by drawing on its board. In a reading check or a project, it guides your child's thinking without giving the answer away.
Learning to keep a notebook
From Grade 3, our readings offer an optional Notebook guide to help your child organize their learning. It encourages lesson headings and unit labels, and the printable guide offers tips for taking notes in their own words rather than copying the article.
The guide encourages your child to note where they struggled and how they got past it. One tip is to star a useful takeaway, then gather those takeaways into a review page. When your child scans and uploads their notebook pages, we help them remember those ideas and shape practice problems around the places they struggled.
Who grades the work
Math-U-See includes solutions in its instructor materials for the parent to use. The parent judges whether the child has mastered the idea and uses the test booklet to check progress.
We grade everything your child submits as soon as they submit it, so grading never lands on you. When your child gets something wrong, we help them work through it, and projects come back with feedback so they can revise them.
Records, state paperwork, and the transcript
At TheHomeschoolingCompany, your child's school record builds as they work: daily check-ins log attendance, and everything they finish is saved automatically. Attendance logs and learning summaries are ready to export, and we draft the documents your state asks for from that same record, including portfolios with real work samples.
Our high school transcript builds from completed work, with courses, letter grades, credits, and GPA calculated for you.
Moving from Math-U-See to us
School in a Box includes up to 12 subjects, from the core to custom electives on anything your child is curious about. Single Subject covers one course, if you would rather start there.
Start the 14-day trial and choose School in a Box or Single Subject.
Pick your child's subjects, including any topics they have been asking to learn more about.
Your child takes a placement in each subject, and their whole curriculum is built around them.
Other questions
- Can my child redo math placement?
- Yes. Your child can retake placement in one subject while their other courses carry on, and completed work stays saved.
- Can my child read lessons on paper?
- Yes. Lessons, reading checks, and projects can be done on paper. Your child scans and uploads the finished pages for the same detailed feedback as online work.
- Can siblings be at different math levels?
- Yes. Each child is placed and taught separately, with their own records, under one parent account.
- Can we use ESA funds?
- We are approved in Arizona, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Utah. Program rules apply.
Your child's curriculum. Your family's time.
Keep hands-on math activities while a course handles the next explanation and checks the submitted work.
$149/month per child after the trial.