Basic premises incorporated into the RightStart Mathematics curriculum:
• Designed for the child to discover math.
• The two-sided AL abacus, grouped in fives and tens, for visualizing quantities.
• Minimum counting, not used to find the facts.
• The "math way" of counting (for example, 2-ten 3 for 23) used for a limited time.
• Work in the hundreds (Level A / Kindergarten) and thousands (Level B / First Grade) to help understand place value.
• Part-whole circles used for problem solving.
• Two-digit addition and subtraction done mentally.
• Four-digit subtraction and multiplication in Level C / Second Grade.
• Fractions introduced early with the linear model.
• Understanding and problem solving stressed throughout.
• Daily lesson plans for the teacher and consummable workbooks for the child.
• Worksheets all include the new Game Log to help you track card games played.
• Geometry introduced early and continued with drawing boards in Levels C / Second Grade and beyond.
Samplers of the various RightStart Mathematics homeschool level manual and classroom grade manuals are available for download.
Each manual will need required manipulatives. Download a detailed graph to review what is needed for each level.
