They can always go back and re-watch the videos as needed, or they have a PDF of the lesson they can look over! They can also go back as far as needed since you have access to all grade levels.
Thank you for watching! I know many that love Teaching Textbooks, but unfortunately I have not tried it myself so can't compare. Maybe someday I'll have to do that!
Okay so this may be an answer to my prayers with my 5th grader. Last year was our first year of homeschooling and I was a fish out of water. But realized by the end of the school year that my son is really great at math, however he has some pretty big gaps that need to be filled. I had to pause our math curriculum this year and have been searching for something for him while working in subtraction facts that stick and xtra math in the meantime. Thank you for this video!
I'm glad it was helpful!! Yes, we definitely had to fill some gaps, that's why I love the option of the diagnostic tests CTCMath offers. It was very easy for me to see where we needed some extra work, and then simply assign those lessons. Hope you find some luck with the program!
For a grandmother who is very challenged when it comes to using technology, especially computers. I'm also homeschooling my grandson. Someone recommended this math but watching you go through that it looks way too complicated just to get to a math lesson that is definitely not open and go. I guess I will have to stick with a workbook lol
Not going to lie, it was definitely tricky to figure out at first!! It's easier now that I know my way around. But there is a learning curve. However, if you have a chance, please check out my latest video. They recently released an update which makes it MUCH easier to schedule classes: ruclips.net/video/wijECLbrXZc/видео.html It still may not be a good fit...you've got to find what works best for you! But let me know if you have any other questions :) Thanks for watching!
Awesome video! Thanks! My question is if you all share 1 or 2 devices... Does each child get their own log in or does mom have to log in under main account?
Can you limit the number of questions or skip questions? I think this might be a helpful tool for my daughter, who is in 6th grade but has a few gaps. However, she has ADHD and gets really overwhelmed at a lot of question. She can really only handle a few at a time.
Great question! I have found that the number of questions that are asked after each lesson are typically only around 10 or less. So there are not that many...as long as you get them right! And they tend to be pretty repetitive. However, if questions are missed, it will have you do more of them to make sure you understand the concept. When that happens with my kids and they start getting frustrated, I usually have them take a break, or sit with them and work through the problems with them to make sure they are doing ok. The good thing is you don't have to require "mastery", so if you want your kids to stop after the initial round of questions, they can. Unfortunately you can't limit or skip questions after a lesson otherwise, but, you could also do a few and come back to the rest later if you wanted! If you are using the "question bank" tool for reviewing specific concepts, you absolutely can limit the questions you have on these, but they aren't part of the original lessons. Hope this helps/makes sense!
Great video - thank you for taking the time to go into such depth! Two questions: do you have to assign lessons or can they just progress through the grade? Do you typically give your child the diagnostic test before each unit and then just assign lessons based on results so they are not "bored" with things they already know? Thank you again and God bless!
Thank you for watching! Yes, you can choose to either assign lessons or allow them to just progress through the grade. For me, I only used the diagnostic tests because we were coming from another curriculum and I wanted to make sure they didn't have any gaps. So, I assigned them and then had them review the lessons they needed a bit more work with. I would typically assign a few diagnostic tests at a time, then lessons, then diagnostics, then lessons again, etc. Eventually, we got to a point where they were pretty much failing each diagnostic test because they weren't familiar with the material. From there, I just assigned the lessons (no more diagnostics). It was at that point that I also began to assign the weekly revision sets CTCMath offers, so they are continually being given old problems to practice. Hope this helps!
@@blessedhomeschool very helpful! Thank you so much! I didn’t realize that they offered weekly revision sets, so I will look into that! Is that like a lesson you can assign amidst the other lessons?
@@blessedhomeschool Do you mind telling what curriculum you came from? We have use a different one each year! Trying to find one that works best for him! We've used TT and BJU.
Great question! For us, now that we're established with CTCMath/have been using it for a while, I have my kids work through the grade levels. I personally like to assign tasks each week, and I do go in a row (and ask that my kids complete them in order!). So, each Friday (usually), I go in and create a new "task" for each of my kids for the upcoming week. I'll assign them new lessons to complete (and the number of lessons varies, honestly). If they end up completing the current grade level before the year is up, we'll just move on to the next one! Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!
Not going to lie, it was a bit confusing for me at first too...but I watched ALL the tutorials they have on their site, and that helped a LOT. And once I dug in it became easier. There is a ton of content, and it's great that it's broken down so well because you can really personalize things and target what your kids need to work on...but it's a lot lol. I'd recommend printing off the checklists they have available (under tools) to help you keep track of what you have assigned/worked on. I did this because it made sense for my brain to see it on paper. Just a tip!
Do you feel that CTC is rigorous and complete? My kids will be coming from a private school where they used Saxon. I’m hoping to continue the rigor but perhaps make it less stressful and tedious.
Great question! If they get a question wrong, they will be given similar questions to try. If the student misses it because of a simple mistake (I've had to teach my kids to carefully type in or choose their answers!), they will hopefully get the next problem right. But if there's a lack of understanding, it's a good reason to go back and review the video or get help from someone. My kids have had questions that they are really stuck on, though, and in those cases, I sit with them to work out the problem, or they might go back and watch the video again because they have missed something. Finally, it will depend on your settings...you can set it so you require kids to achieve a passing score before moving on, OR, you can set it so that they at least need to attempt all of the questions before moving on. If they at least attempt all questions, it would then allow them to move on, but they might not truly grasp any questions they miss yet. Hope that makes sense!
If you put in the day you start and the day you plan to be done with school for the year will it tell you how many lessons need to be done a day or a week?
Do you use ctc exclusivity for math or do you use it as a supplement to your regular math curriculum? And is the membership something you pay per year or is it a lifetime fee?
We are using it exclusively for math! And it’s a yearly fee, but covers ALL kids and ALL levels. Make sure you get the homeschool discount if you purchase it! Hope this helps!
Thank you. This video is helpful. We've been using the good and the beautiful math. It's great but the kids are overwhelmed by the amount of questions in each lesson. I am checking out the free trial for now and we will see how the kids respond. We currently only do typing online. We will try this and see how the online learning works with them. My daughter is a kinesthetic learner so I'm not sure if it will work well for her. Thank you!
@lucyfrench7 absolutely - good luck! It took us a little bit to get the routine down (there is so much content in CTCMath!), but we’ve got a nice rhythm now.
@@lucyfrench7did you end up trying it? I was tempted to switch from apologia to the good and the Beautiful math because of the video lessons, but I'm still weighing my options, and now I'm considering CTC. I have a kinesthetic learner also.
It really does vary...the best way to tell is to check out the scope and sequence. If you go to this link, and click on the question "What grade levels are taught in CTCMath?", you can download the complete lesson list. www.ctcmath.com/faq Hope this helps!
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Is there a reteach portion if a student doesn't understand?
They can always go back and re-watch the videos as needed, or they have a PDF of the lesson they can look over! They can also go back as far as needed since you have access to all grade levels.
Thank you so much for this! Trying to decide between TT and CTC math for our online math program for next year.
Thank you for watching! I know many that love Teaching Textbooks, but unfortunately I have not tried it myself so can't compare. Maybe someday I'll have to do that!
This was incredibly helpful! Thank you for taking the time to share!
I’m so glad! Thank you for watching!
Okay so this may be an answer to my prayers with my 5th grader. Last year was our first year of homeschooling and I was a fish out of water. But realized by the end of the school year that my son is really great at math, however he has some pretty big gaps that need to be filled. I had to pause our math curriculum this year and have been searching for something for him while working in subtraction facts that stick and xtra math in the meantime. Thank you for this video!
I'm glad it was helpful!! Yes, we definitely had to fill some gaps, that's why I love the option of the diagnostic tests CTCMath offers. It was very easy for me to see where we needed some extra work, and then simply assign those lessons. Hope you find some luck with the program!
For a grandmother who is very challenged when it comes to using technology, especially computers. I'm also homeschooling my grandson. Someone recommended this math but watching you go through that it looks way too complicated just to get to a math lesson that is definitely not open and go. I guess I will have to stick with a workbook lol
Not going to lie, it was definitely tricky to figure out at first!! It's easier now that I know my way around. But there is a learning curve.
However, if you have a chance, please check out my latest video. They recently released an update which makes it MUCH easier to schedule classes: ruclips.net/video/wijECLbrXZc/видео.html
It still may not be a good fit...you've got to find what works best for you! But let me know if you have any other questions :) Thanks for watching!
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Awesome video! Thanks! My question is if you all share 1 or 2 devices...
Does each child get their own log in or does mom have to log in under main account?
Thanks for watching! You’ll create a log-in for each child 😊. Each of my kids has their own log-in and I have a separate parent account log-in.
Super helpful! Thank you so much ❤
I’m so glad! Thank you for watching!
Can you limit the number of questions or skip questions? I think this might be a helpful tool for my daughter, who is in 6th grade but has a few gaps. However, she has ADHD and gets really overwhelmed at a lot of question. She can really only handle a few at a time.
Great question! I have found that the number of questions that are asked after each lesson are typically only around 10 or less. So there are not that many...as long as you get them right! And they tend to be pretty repetitive.
However, if questions are missed, it will have you do more of them to make sure you understand the concept. When that happens with my kids and they start getting frustrated, I usually have them take a break, or sit with them and work through the problems with them to make sure they are doing ok.
The good thing is you don't have to require "mastery", so if you want your kids to stop after the initial round of questions, they can. Unfortunately you can't limit or skip questions after a lesson otherwise, but, you could also do a few and come back to the rest later if you wanted!
If you are using the "question bank" tool for reviewing specific concepts, you absolutely can limit the questions you have on these, but they aren't part of the original lessons.
Hope this helps/makes sense!
Great video - thank you for taking the time to go into such depth! Two questions: do you have to assign lessons or can they just progress through the grade? Do you typically give your child the diagnostic test before each unit and then just assign lessons based on results so they are not "bored" with things they already know? Thank you again and God bless!
Thank you for watching! Yes, you can choose to either assign lessons or allow them to just progress through the grade.
For me, I only used the diagnostic tests because we were coming from another curriculum and I wanted to make sure they didn't have any gaps. So, I assigned them and then had them review the lessons they needed a bit more work with. I would typically assign a few diagnostic tests at a time, then lessons, then diagnostics, then lessons again, etc. Eventually, we got to a point where they were pretty much failing each diagnostic test because they weren't familiar with the material. From there, I just assigned the lessons (no more diagnostics).
It was at that point that I also began to assign the weekly revision sets CTCMath offers, so they are continually being given old problems to practice.
Hope this helps!
@@blessedhomeschool very helpful! Thank you so much! I didn’t realize that they offered weekly revision sets, so I will look into that! Is that like a lesson you can assign amidst the other lessons?
Yes! Take a look at this page, and click on the "weekly revision sets" part - it will give you a great idea of how they work: www.ctcmath.com/guides
@@blessedhomeschool Do you mind telling what curriculum you came from? We have use a different one each year! Trying to find one that works best for him! We've used TT
and BJU.
We used BJU Press right before switching to CTCMath. I LOVE BJU Press, but this has been a better fit for math for us 💜.
Thank you so much. Very good presentation.
Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for this. This was very informative. 😃
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely!
Wow, very helpful!! Thank you so much!!
Thank you for watching - I’m glad it was helpful!
What confuses me is do you complete a whole grade or do you jump around based on the mastery? Next question, do you assign the tasks in a row?
Great question! For us, now that we're established with CTCMath/have been using it for a while, I have my kids work through the grade levels. I personally like to assign tasks each week, and I do go in a row (and ask that my kids complete them in order!).
So, each Friday (usually), I go in and create a new "task" for each of my kids for the upcoming week. I'll assign them new lessons to complete (and the number of lessons varies, honestly). If they end up completing the current grade level before the year is up, we'll just move on to the next one!
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!
@@blessedhomeschool this is super helpful! I briefly did the trial a year ago and it was so confusing. I am considering trying it again.
@@blessedhomeschool one more question, do you use their additional worksheets?
Not going to lie, it was a bit confusing for me at first too...but I watched ALL the tutorials they have on their site, and that helped a LOT. And once I dug in it became easier. There is a ton of content, and it's great that it's broken down so well because you can really personalize things and target what your kids need to work on...but it's a lot lol.
I'd recommend printing off the checklists they have available (under tools) to help you keep track of what you have assigned/worked on. I did this because it made sense for my brain to see it on paper. Just a tip!
So far we have not printed anything; my kids just do the work online, or, they write out problems in a notebook we have dedicated for math.
Do you feel that CTC is rigorous and complete? My kids will be coming from a private school where they used Saxon. I’m hoping to continue the rigor but perhaps make it less stressful and tedious.
Oh absolutely rigorous enough. Especially because if it’s too easy, they can progress more quickly since you have access to multiple levels.
Wow this was so helpful thank you!
I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!
If they keep getting jt wrong, not understanding the math problem, how can they move forward? Wouldnt they be stuck on that question?
Great question! If they get a question wrong, they will be given similar questions to try. If the student misses it because of a simple mistake (I've had to teach my kids to carefully type in or choose their answers!), they will hopefully get the next problem right. But if there's a lack of understanding, it's a good reason to go back and review the video or get help from someone.
My kids have had questions that they are really stuck on, though, and in those cases, I sit with them to work out the problem, or they might go back and watch the video again because they have missed something.
Finally, it will depend on your settings...you can set it so you require kids to achieve a passing score before moving on, OR, you can set it so that they at least need to attempt all of the questions before moving on. If they at least attempt all questions, it would then allow them to move on, but they might not truly grasp any questions they miss yet. Hope that makes sense!
Can you just assign a grade, like 4th grade, and just let the child go lesson by lesson automatically. Or do I have to assign stuff for everyday?
Nope, you don’t have to assign anything if you don’t want to! They can just log in and go 😊
If you put in the day you start and the day you plan to be done with school for the year will it tell you how many lessons need to be done a day or a week?
Yes it will! It will break it up by week. You can do this through their course planner.
Thank you. Is this compatible with Amazon Fire tablets?
Yes, CTCMath works on Amazon Fire tablets via the browser 🙂. Thanks for watching!
Do you use ctc exclusivity for math or do you use it as a supplement to your regular math curriculum? And is the membership something you pay per year or is it a lifetime fee?
We are using it exclusively for math! And it’s a yearly fee, but covers ALL kids and ALL levels. Make sure you get the homeschool discount if you purchase it! Hope this helps!
Thank you. This video is helpful. We've been using the good and the beautiful math. It's great but the kids are overwhelmed by the amount of questions in each lesson. I am checking out the free trial for now and we will see how the kids respond. We currently only do typing online. We will try this and see how the online learning works with them. My daughter is a kinesthetic learner so I'm not sure if it will work well for her. Thank you!
@lucyfrench7 absolutely - good luck! It took us a little bit to get the routine down (there is so much content in CTCMath!), but we’ve got a nice rhythm now.
@@lucyfrench7did you end up trying it? I was tempted to switch from apologia to the good and the Beautiful math because of the video lessons, but I'm still weighing my options, and now I'm considering CTC. I have a kinesthetic learner also.
How many lessons in each grade?
It really does vary...the best way to tell is to check out the scope and sequence. If you go to this link, and click on the question "What grade levels are taught in CTCMath?", you can download the complete lesson list.
www.ctcmath.com/faq
Hope this helps!
Does ctc have extra math games to practice memorizing math facts or anything to help with that?
Yes, they have two games and these are actually free - you can play them on their website without an account.
What's the difference between a single subscription and a family subscription? When signing up thank you.