Math on the Level

Provides comprehensive guidance for parents including free conference calls, detailed instructions, and strategies for different learning needs.

Free conference call offered to each purchaser; extensive guidance in overview materials; strategies for hands-on activities and different learning styles

Requires significant direct instruction from parents but provides flexibility in presentation methods rather than scripted lessons.

Lessons must be taught by the teacher/parent; parents do direct teaching for new concepts and direct hands-on learning activities

Strong emphasis on retrieval practice through the signature 5-A-Day review system that provides spaced, systematic review of previously learned concepts.

Daily review set of five problems based on previously taught concepts, spiral review that gradually spaces out from daily to every 3 weeks for long-term retention

Uses a mastery-based approach where students work through 146 objectives at their own pace without grade-level constraints, allowing acceleration or extended practice as needed.

No grade-level designations, students progress through sequential objectives, and parents can select which objectives to cover based on individual student needs and abilities

The review system naturally identifies gaps and weak areas, and the program is designed to easily identify what students need to learn or review.

Review process covers all math concepts and makes it easy to identify gaps or weak areas; easy to transition into from other programs to identify missing skills

The curriculum appears to balance conceptual understanding through real-life applications and hands-on activities with procedural practice through daily review problems.

Program incorporates hands-on learning, games, and real-life math applications while providing daily practice through the 5-A-Day review system and problem worksheets

Integrates word problems through real-life situations and provides templates for creating additional word problems, though systematic schema instruction is unclear.

Much teaching done using real-life situations expressed as oral word problems; Math Resources section includes templates for creating written word problems

The curriculum provides examples and strategies but relies heavily on parent teaching rather than structured worked examples for students.

Lesson presentation offers strategies, examples, and directions but is not scripted step-by-step; parents do direct teaching for new concepts

Emphasizes hands-on manipulatives and real objects rather than formal visual models, using household items and concrete materials for teaching.

No particular manipulatives required; suggests real money, bundles of straws, blocks, and household objects as teaching aids