Math Mammoth

I like the fact that it can be done offline and the comprehensive presentations on any topic without alot of busy work

We switched to this after using a different math curriculum. My daughter lives this so much more. It's visually appealing to her. There is also enough repetition without overdoing it.

We've used Math Mammoth now for 3 years with 3 of my kids. Overall it's a good curriculum, very thorough and it exceeds core standards. Very little teacher prep involved which is great to free up time elsewhere. My kids still need daily help getting started and sometimes help throughout the lesson. There's not a whole lot of extra explanations so we sometimes get stuck and then I need to intervene. So far I've been able to help them figure out how to do the problems. There are videos on the website that can help, but not for every topic. They use a mastery-based approach with review at the end of each chapter. My 6th grader who is the one who has the most problems, is adamant on getting the Math Mammoth for 7th grade, which is comparable to pre-algebra and will put him ahead of the game. We will continue with Math Mammoth!!

I love this curriculum. It's worked well so far. It can be a main source OR it can be a supplement. I use it as my main math textbook "guide". We do the worksheets and the tests but add our own lessons in, especially if my son needs extra practice in a particular area. I really love the master-based learning.

I purchased her entire collection of materials from Educents and love the curriculum, but if i use the light blue general book, I do not need the green and yellow books because the problems are exactly the same. I feel I wasted money on that. Otherwise, I feel the program is superior to most out there for homeschool and public. My other comments are listed in the pro and con area.

I discovered Math Mammoth three years ago when I was asked to tutor two little girls twice a week. Not being available to answer questions during the week, I found other curriculums to be quite difficult for us to get through since they wouldn't do their homework if they had a question. Math Mammoth has all the explanations and examples of how the problem is to be done right there with the homework. We are able to get through a grade level in one school year with me seeing them only twice a week! The pages are colorful and there is enough practice, but if you need more, you can always print extra. Maria also has several websites listed at the beginning of each new topic so that you can try something different if needed to help a child understand a new concept. I love the fact that she also teaches them how to do mental math and challenges them to use what they've learned at the puzzle corner! I wish I had discovered Math Mammoth while I was homeschooling my five children! I will definitely be using it to help my grandchildren!

I was so thankful to discover Math Mammoth early in my homeschooling career. My son adored the self-teaching worksheets. This is a mastery-based curriculum, and has made math learning easy and fun for us. My daughter didn't take to Math Mammoth quite so well (she needed a lot of stories and color and fun for her math lessons), but I still use many of the worksheets and concepts for practice with her.

Maria's newsletters are fantastic and I appreciate the incredible value she has added to the homeschool community.

I recommend this program without any hesitation. I love it. Maria manages to approach concepts from many different angels, in way that has a lot of depth. When you finish with it, you understand it. She doesn't skim over things and give a shallow overview.

Maria herself if very helpful.

I am so happy I have found Maria Miller and her website.. The workbooks are excellent and the value is also something we can do more with when it comes to purchasing more workbooks

I loved the value for the money, love the support Maria Miller offers online at her website (plus loads of freebies), and love the fact that she teaches each concept from many different angles and approaches, so that the student is not left with mere rote as the only foundation for arithmetic, for instance. She connects concepts to each other, and never wastes space: even the practice exercises call for the use of mental math skills that she has taught previously, to keep those skills fresh and avoid the tendency to rely exclusively on the calculation algorithms where mental figuring would suffice. I love the flexibility to purchase by single topics, or by entire grade levels aligned to current standards.

If you want to discover any weaknesses and address them, her free assessment tests will detect those, and her free samples of worktexts either by topic (Blue Series) or by nationally-normed grade level (Light Blue Series) will let you try before you buy. Even then, the price is so low, that the risk is minimal.

Whether your purpose is making sure that your child has a strong conceptual foundation from the beginning so as to avoid problems later on, or to prepare for doing well on nationally-normed standardized tests at a given grade level, or to make sure your child has no holes in his or her abilities before entering school, or to detect and remediate existing conceptual weaknesses before moving to the next level in math, Math Mammoth suits the purpose.

Although the size of the worktexts may look intimidating at first (two hefty books per grade level), there is no fluff or wasted space in Math Mammoth: they are large because they remove the need to keep up with or find a separate textbook, workbook or notebook, and teacher's manual, by incorporating ALL the conceptual explanations, graphics, and teaching, along with activities and practice, AND space to do the calculations, in the worktext. Therefore, the teacher/parent (or older, more independent student) can simply "open and go" and taking the lessons on the go is as simple as putting the worktext (or the printed sheets for that day) into a bag along with a pencil.

No lesson planning, preparation, or gathering of separate workbooks and textbooks, needed.

It should be noted, however, that this is not a spiral approach, but a mastery approach. However, additional practice worksheets can be downloaded and printed off, free of charge, from her website or as part of the downloaded bonus packet that comes with the purchase of Math Mammoth as a download, such that returning to a skill for review later, is easily accomplished.

My daughter finally TRULY understood long division with remainders, and what remainders actually are (as opposed to just memorizing rules about what to do with which number) thanks to Maria Miller's 3rd grade Multiplication review worksheet that I downloaded from her site. If I could have a do-over for my daughter's math education, I would have started with Math Mammoth from the beginning. However, we have had success at overcoming areas where my daughter lacked conceptual mastery, since using it.

Lastly, some find Math Mammoth to be too thorough, or slow to get through. Again, there is flexibility to suit the individual student: you can assign only a few problems for each topic, for the swift learner, or in the case of a child whose level of challenge is not met by grade-level materials, use the topical Blue series instead, and work at their individual level of challenge.

Best of all, for those who feel shaky on certain math topics, you not only do not have to become an expert in them first, for your child to learn very well using Math Mammoth, but you will probably find yourself understanding things now, that never made sense before, by learning alongside your student. I certainly wish I had been taught this way, as a child, but it's never too late!

We've only used the dark blue series as catch up after pulling our daughter out of school. It is working wonders for bringing her up to the grade level she should be at. Looking forward to trying the light blue 5th grade soon.

I am so happy with MM. Just a great all around mastery math program.

The individual math topics are wonderful for children who are struggling with individual concepts. The telling time and money work texts were just the thing my 1st grader needed.

The online teaching videos were a huge help in explaining concepts in more than one manner, because not everyone understands the first way. I found that watching the videos really helped when the subject matter didn't click as well after reading the work text.

The program can be used, and reused for all of your children, so it's definitely the most bang for your buck.

MM is an incredible early math program. It gave my children excellent foundational math skills and taught them the concepts of beginning math I had no idea how to relay. (How do you explain that 1 is one?) You get so very much product for your money; an excellent investment. And, not to be scoffed at, the customer service is fabulous - quick & personal.

After my first child was struggling and crying daily with Singapore Math in first grade we made the switch to Math Mammoth and haven't regretted the change for a day. It has been so easy for each of my three school aged children to follow, doesn't require much in the way of teacher prep or one on one time, and I feel is giving them a solid math foundation.

I have really liked Math Mammoth. It's not a flashy program. Just a plain worktext that teaches the fundamentals in multiple ways, but in a sequential, master based sequence. This program also has taught my children to love word problems. When they see a word problem, they jump to do it first, so I'd call that a success since many kids struggle with word problems.
We switched to Math Mammoth when my oldest was in 2nd grade from Saxon because of the cost and the less-hands-on help needed from me, and since that time, we've used levels 1-5 with great success.

We have used these books for the past 6 years and our 1st grader will start on them this year. Overall, it's the best option we've found for our family and would recommend it!

We decided to remove our children from public school in 5th and 2nd grades. My daughter, the fifth grader, had always had near perfect math scores her entire school life. However, after a few weeks of doing math at home, I realized that her math capabilities were under what was always reported on her report card.

Math Mammoth has been an incredible tool for her as she now really "gets" math. Her foundational skills have improved so much and she looks forward to tackling new math challenges. She takes great pride in her work and now has a solid math base that will continue to grow and flourish as she ages.

As for our 2nd grader, he too enjoys Math Mammoth and I am thankful to have found it for his math education.

Love Math Mammoth! Have been using it for the past four school years and will continue to use it until my son completes the program. Maria has made a very user friendly math program that is very open and go. I love that it's pdf so I can reprint pages if I need to and it's usable with multiple children. It's a no nonsense program that has worked very well for my son to teach him basic math concepts in a clear manner that is easy for both parent and student to understand.

We use Math Mammoth along with Life With Fred. It's a perfect combination. The price can't be beat, but I would pay more for it if needed. It's no nonsense (yea! No silly distracting pictures!). They do a great job of explaining not only how to work the problem, but why you do it that way . Layout is simple and clear. We love Mammoth!