Homeschool Review Crew - CTC Math Family

If you've read my blog for long, you know that math is one of those subjects that turn my otherwise happy children into an unreasonable, arguing bunch, so I was thrilled to get a chance to review the one-year subscription of the Family Membership for my entire family from CTCMath, and homeschoolers can get a Free Trial or  60% off + 6 bonus months.

AS A HOMESCHOOLER AND READER OF MY BLOG, CTCMath WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR SPECIAL OFFER:

*~*~*~

Free trial

- - - - - - -

60% off + 6 bonus months

*~*~*~

Other members of the Review Crew reviewed the Individual Membership plan, so be sure to check out their reviews as well.

What is CTCMath?

CTCMath is an online Math curriculum. It provides you with all grade levels of math skills from Kindergarten through Calculus. The lessons consist of a short video followed by a quiz (or for higher level math, a worksheet) that you complete onscreen with immediate feedback. There is also the option to print lesson summaries, reports, tests, and questions from pdf files. The solution keys and answers are also provided, and if you need to, you can go back over lessons to really make sure the student is learning. The higher level math lessons also provide a worksheet that you can print if you prefer pencil to paper solutions and then enter the answers onscreen. There are also online diagnostic tests that comply with your individual state's standards.

The time it takes to complete each lesson varies. For instance, a Kindergarten lesson may take just a few minutes whereas the high school level lessons include a longer video, some videos are about 10 minutes long, followed by problems to complete that may take some time depending on how quickly the student is learning.

There are also game-like drills for Speed Skills building and a couple others. Please note, a couple of these require the use of Adobe Flash:

How Did We Use It?

Our family now range from Grade 5 (who is really skirting Grade 4 skills) to Senior in High School, so I got to experience a wide range of CTC teaching. As soon as I logged on as a parent/teacher, I could immediately see my children's progress and assign tasks. I really had more in mind my younger child who is a math phobic, but quickly realized the benefits this site offers for my high schoolers. It's difficult to find a solid math program out there for higher level math that fits my children's learning styles.

From the parent/teacher perspective, all of the information I needed to see their online activity was right there on my Home screen. When you log in as a student, each student is able to change their background colors if they want. Obviously, my children's screens changed to their favorite colors. From there, all of the lessons and diagnostic tests are easy to find and follow.

What Did We Think?

CTCMath is an amazing resource for families who have a wide range of math learning level students like we do. It is also fantastic for an individual to customize lessons. I'm so excited that we have the opportunity to experience this level of teaching. I was really happy that it provides multiple resources and not just the video teaching. While the lessons and the tests are done on screen, there are some aspects of the program that are provided in pdf format, so you can print them. I loved that the answer, and for higher level math, the solution key was available so the student could immediately see what they did wrong on problems they miss.

FIND CTC MATH ON SOCIAL MEDIA @:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ctcmath?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctcmathofficial
Periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/ctcmathofficial
Pinterest: https://au.pinterest.com/ctcmath/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWn5e6974bpIEAe46VnovZw

Maths Online (Australia Only)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mathsonline.com.au
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MathsOnlineAU

Read what other members of the Homeschool Review Crew thought by clicking on the picture below:

TOS Review - CTCMath

Math is one of those subjects that I really appreciate finding and using a solid curriculum to help in teaching my children, so I was thrilled to get a chance to review the CTCMath Homeschool Membership from CTCMath.

What is CTCMath?

CTCMath is everything you need to master math skills throughout all of the elementary, middle, and high school years. I received a one-year CTCMath Homeschool Membership to the CTCMath site. With this, an overflowing abundant stream of math instruction was opened up for my children. We were given access to every lesson at every learning level, from Kindergarten through Trigonometry and Calculus.

The site provides individual lessons that are presented in a short video lesson, followed by a series of questions. Also included are online diagnostic tests that fall in line with my specific state's standards. As your student progresses, he or she receives achievement awards on-screen that can also be printed.

There is a parent login and a student login. The parent site allows you to see progress reports of each of your children, up to 10 students. It also allows you to see when they log on or complete assignments and lets you assign tasks individually.

While work is viewed and completed online, the site also gives you the option of a PDF format viewing and printing of the lesson summary, reports, tests, and questions.

How Did We Use It?

I was anxious to get started. I logged into my parent account and set up my three children as students. I tried out assigning a task. Though, I have control of assigning tasks to my children, I don't have to do that step in order for them to see and complete each lesson. When my students logged on, they were able to select the appropriate level and lesson that pertained to their individual grade level and ability.

My one daughter is hoping to master the ACT this year and knows she will need to be fairly fluent in higher level math skills, so I had her select Algebra for starters. My younger daughter is all over the place on math ability and usually quite terrified to go beyond multiplication, so I started her out at a level below her capabilities and had her take a diagnostic test from the start. My son is headed into his junior year and has previously enjoyed CTCMath for Geometry and a bit of Pre-Calculus. Though, the site seemed to have upgraded nicely with up-to-date features recently.

ONE VERY NICE FEATURE IS THE OPTION TO PRINT WHAT YOU CHOOSE.

When the student logs on, they are able to customize their dashboard colors.



From there, they are offered a short, standard or comprehensive diagnostic test and a list of lessons. Any tasks that I assigned as the parent will show up on their dashboard as well, along with reports of their progress and awards that the student is able to view. There is also a section where the student can complete speed drills, a times table game that's like Space Invaders, and a critical thinking game.

We were able to not only use it on my laptop but also pull it up on my iPhone and on my younger daughter's PSVita. Other than the video lagging to load at first on the PSVita, it worked great on every device we tried. This is FANTASTIC in my overtly flexible, on-the-go homeschool environment.

   

   

What Did We Think?

As a side note - My older daughter especially loves that the instructor has an Australian accent. This held her interest well. It is wonderful to have math concepts explained, not only in words on paper but also to see the problems worked on screen and listen to the solution be described. It's nice that you can review the video if you need to. I also loved that the program gives the option to print a PDF whenever you prefer to hold something tangible in your hands for a worksheet, test, or for filing reports in school records.

FIND CTCMath ON SOCIAL MEDIA @:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ctcmath?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctcmathofficial
Periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/ctcmathofficial
Pinterest: https://au.pinterest.com/ctcmath/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWn5e6974bpIEAe46VnovZw

Maths Online (Australia Only)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mathsonline.com.au
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MathsOnlineAU

Read what other members of the TOS Review Crew thought by clicking on the picture below:

TOS Review - CTC Math

I was thrilled to get a chance to review the 12 Month Family Plan for the online US curriculum from CTC Math.

What is the 12-Month Family Plan for the US curriculum from CTC Math?

CTC Math is an online program that presents short video lessons followed by tests, called questions. The questions are also in an online, fill-in-the bubble style of on-screen test. Though, there are some features that are printable, such as the lesson summaries, as well as test results. Also included are Speed Drills. The lessons are presented with visuals of the math concept being learned for that specific lesson - Not a teacher standing in front of a classroom lecturing.

The 12 Month Family Plan allows you to use it with up to ten children. There are diagnostic tests and also Speed Skills games. Lesson Summaries and Test Results can be easily printed for record keeping or reference. The program also generates weekly updates in the form of an email that comes directly to the parent/teacher's inbox.

The program covers Kindergarten through Trigonometry, Algebra, Geometry and Calculus, with family plans for up to ten children.

I thought that allowing the program to be used for up to ten children was wonderful for many homeschooling families who have several children to teach. Since we don't have ten children, I will share how two of my children put the 12-Month Family Plan to use in learning math.

How Did We Use It?

I was most excited that my oldest son was offered the opportunity to use this program. Not only because he is an online learning junkie, but he also is now in high school and I am looking for curriculum to give him proper higher level math instruction. My son is unique in that he really excels when unschooled rather than following textbooks. So, my main concern was where to place him. The Algebra seemed to be almost too easy, bu then the Calculus was almost too challenging. Thankfully, there are diagnostic tests that paint a clearer picture of what the student knows before deciding on where to place them. In the end, geometry was the winner for where to begin, which was perfect since he loves, breathes, sleeps and eats computer coding and especially dealing with 2D/3D on-screen animations.

I also checked out what CTC had to offer for my youngest, who is 8 but has a birthday that falls in late September. This technically put her in 2nd grade this year, but she has been doing some 3rd grade work. So, I was excited to see where she actually placed.

I first had her complete a diagnostic test for her grade level, and she mastered it. So, I was confident to know that starting her off at the next grade level would be ok.

The graphics for my younger daughter's level were so wonderfully colorful, and the short lesson presentations work so much better for this little antsy, can't-sit-still, easily bored learner. The way the lessons are presented in very short, 2-minute or so snippets, made these online math lessons so much more appealing for her.

What Did We Think?

I like how the lessons are usually just short, presenting only the facts that are needed to master that particular lesson, a little bit of information at a time, so as not to overload the student. On a side note, we also love the instructor's voice and accent - So pleasant to listen to that you almost forget you're learning a somewhat complicated core subject.

I love how you can print out the test results and also are able to print out the lesson summaries of each lesson. These printouts provide an at-a-glance resource for learning. I love that some of the high-school level lessons also have printable worksheets.

I appreciate how it gives the student three tries to achieve higher scores on the tests if they didn't get everything right the first try. It then averages the total percentage from the three tries to provide a final percentage, which can so easily be translated into a letter grade for the transcripts. The final averaged grade really reflects the child's true ability.

Find CTC Math on Facebook.

Read what other members of the TOS Review Crew thought by clicking on the picture below: