Math Can Be Puzzling Courses
Live, remote courses for kindergarten and 1st grade
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1:1 AssessmentKindergarten (16 Weeks)
Math Can Be Puzzling: Kindergarten is an engaging, interactive kindergarten math class where we help young learners build strong number sense and confidence with all early math skills. This course covers counting, number recognition, addition, subtraction, shapes, patterns, early measurement, and teen numbers using highly engaging Nearpod lessons. Our structured, cumulative curriculum supports kindergarten students, homeschool learners, early learners, and children who need extra math practice or intervention.
What Will Be Taught (Kindergarten Math Skills)
Students will learn:
✨ Counting to 20 and beyond
✨ Number recognition and number writing 0–20
✨ Comparing numbers and quantities
✨ Addition and subtraction within 10
✨ Solving word problems using pictures and models
✨ Identifying 2D and 3D shapes
✨ Creating and continuing patterns
✨ Sorting and classifying objects
✨ Measuring using nonstandard units
✨ Understanding teen numbers and early place value
1st Grade (16 Weeks)
Math Can Be Puzzling: 1st Grade is a structured, interactive first grade math course designed to strengthen foundational math skills while helping students build confidence and accuracy. Through live, teacher-led lessons and highly engaging Nearpod activities, students develop a deeper understanding of core first grade math concepts.
This course supports first grade students, homeschool learners, and children who need extra practice or reinforcement in math. Lessons are cumulative and intentionally designed to move from concrete understanding to more abstract problem-solving.
What Will Be Taught (1st Grade Math Skills)
Students will learn:
✨ Understanding and solving missing-number equations
✨ Developing strong place value skills (ones, tens, and hundreds)
✨ Adding and subtracting within 20 and 100, including regrouping (carrying and borrowing)
✨ Solving column addition and subtraction problems
✨ Reading and writing inequalities (>, <, =)
✨ Identifying and understanding fractions (½, ⅓, ¼) using shapes and visual models
✨ Telling time on analog and digital clocks to the hour and half hour
✨ Working with U.S. money: identifying coins, counting coins, and solving money word problems
✨ Exploring measurement concepts such as length, height, and comparing objects
✨ Introduction to beginner multiplication concepts through repeated addition and equal groups
What is included???
Preschool - 4th grade Courses
- 16 weeks of cumulative classes to get your child through an entire grade level of math
- Classes 2X per week
- 1:1 Assessments
- Available at parent request!
- Nearpod Access
- Interactive and gamified lessons for both live and student-paced formats.
- Worksheets & Printable Resources
- For writing and math practice.
- Organized Learning Portal
- An organized portal that contains everything above in one place!