All About Math

Yes! We want to be sure your child is placed in the correct level, and the placement tests are a great place to start. Here is the placement test for All About Math Level 1. To see if your student is beyond Level 1, use the Level 2 placement test. If you have additional questions about placement, please contact us!

All About Math will have five levels covering elementary mathematics (K-5th grade).

All About Math Level 2 will tentatively be released later this summer, with Levels 3, 4, and 5 to follow within the next year.

Here are the All About Math Level 1 samples:

• All About Math Level 1 Teacher’s Manual
• All About Math Level 1 Activity Book
• All About Math Level 1 Brinda’s Math Tools

You can see the scope and sequence for All About Math Level 1 in the appendix of the Teacher’s Manual sample.

Our All About Math Level 1 placement test can help you decide whether your child is ready to begin the math program.

Concepts in All About Math are presented in an incremental order to help develop mastery along the way, so the levels don’t have an exact alignment with grade levels. However, there is a closer correlation in All About Math to grade levels than in our other programs:

• All About Math Level 1 is kindergarten and part of first grade
• All About Math Level 2 is first to second grade
• All About Math Level 3 is mainly third grade
• All About Math Level 4 is mainly fourth grade
• All About Math Level 5 is mainly fifth grade

We recommend spending about 20 minutes per day on math lessons, but you can adjust this recommendation for early learners or struggling students.

Yes. The All About Math Manipulatives Kit contains all the manipulatives required for all 5 levels of All About Math. It is a one-time purchase used throughout the program. The majority of lessons in every level will use one or more of the manipulatives.

I’m sorry, we don’t have the manipulative components for individual purchase, as the manipulative sets come to us pre-packaged from our supplier. However, you can contact Hand2Mind to order the specific components you need.

No. One kit will be enough for 2 or 3 children working at the same time, and more than enough if the children are working on math separately.

While you may be able to substitute other manipulatives at times, our manipulatives were carefully chosen to make specific concepts clear. You may have to make your own adaptations to lessons to use different manipulatives, and that may cause some lessons to be less effective.

Yes, All About Math is designed to support students with learning differences, including those with dyscalculia. It incorporates several elements that are particularly beneficial for these learners, such as explicit instruction broken down into manageable steps, real-world connections when applicable, math tools to help organize thinking, hands-on manipulatives, and multiple opportunities for guided and independent practice. These features align with best practices for supporting students who struggle with number sense and mathematical reasoning.

Yes, All About Math gives you the flexibility to work at your student’s pace. Also, it goes into the whys and deeper understanding of mathematics that advanced learners often crave.

All About Math’s goal in working toward math fact fluency is not to focus on having students memorize a list of facts. Rather, the goal is to build fluency from conceptual understanding and the use of effective strategies. To do this, All About Math provides an abundance of opportunities for students to work with numbers and operations to develop fluency.

All About Math is mastery at the level a student is currently working at, but spiral in that broad topic areas are covered in more depth and complexity as students move through the levels.