FAQs, Helps, and Extras

For children right on level with the lessons, most lessons take 15-20 minutes.

• If the child takes longer than 15-20 minutes per lesson but is understanding and retaining the information, don’t worry; complete as much of a lesson as the child’s attention span allows each day. It is OK if this course takes longer than a school year to complete.
• If the child takes less than 15-20 minutes per lesson and is learning new things, we suggest not moving to Math 2 so that your child doesn’t have holes in his or her math foundations. Rather, consider having the child do multiple lessons a day and move through the course quickly before starting Math 2.
• If the child takes less than 15-20 minutes per lesson and seems to already know all the information, consider having the child take the assessments in the course (see the Table of Contents) to see if the child can skip any units or the whole course.

Our thorough piloting program proved that most children in Math 1 thrive with having math for 15-20 minutes a day, as this curriculum is carefully designed to maximize time and effectiveness. If you or the child feels more time is needed, consider doing two lessons a day.

Items needed:

• Separate whiteboard
• Learning clock
• 2 left-right dice (1 inch square); To download the templates for the left-right dice, please click here.
• 6 double-sided learning clocks; To download the templates for the learning clocks, please click here. We highly suggest printing on something very thick.
• 7 boats; To download the templates for the boats included in the course, please click here. We highly suggest printing on something very thick.
• Tangram pieces and pattern blocks; To download the templates for the tangram pieces and pattern blocks, please click here. We highly suggest printing on something very thick.
• 1 six-sided die
• Plastic or real coins including 5 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 nickels, and 5 pennies

Welcome! We encourage you to start with our Math Placement Test found here:

Math Placement Test

We also encourage you to review the extensive sample pages on our website. The sample pages for each course include the table of contents.

Yes! However, our manipulative items are mainly made from wood and not from chipboard, paper, or cardstock and are not offered in PDF format.

Just like our Language Arts, Simply Good and Beautiful Math K-7 PDFs are free to download. 

No. Simply Good and Beautiful Math K-3 each have different Math Boxes. Simply Good and Beautiful Math 4-5 do not have Math Boxes.

Simply Good and Beautiful Math is mainly a spiral curriculum, constantly reviewing concepts your student has learned to ensure he or she understands and retains the information.

You can also view our blog post about why spiral math works.

Our courses are aligned to be on average grade level. Many concepts are considered advanced but are introduced in lessons that are easy to follow for both the child (in the self-guided levels) and the parent (in levels 3 and under).

Each child will need his or her own consumable Course Book.

If the children are being taught as a group, ideally each child should have their own Math Box. Sharing the manipulatives in the Math Box would render the lessons less effective and cause them to take a much longer amount of time.

If the children are being taught individually, the Math Box may be shared.

Every level of Simply Good and Beautiful Math has an answer key except for Math K since this level is so basic.

Simply Good and Beautiful Math 1 has a free PDF answer keys available. Simply Good and Beautiful Math 2-5 have both free PDF and purchasable physical answer keys available.

A huge focus of Simply Good and Beautiful Math is increasing the simplicity and ease for children and parents. Simply Good and Beautiful Math has a minimum number of items and moving parts in the math boxes. The lessons are also concise while maintaining the highest academic standards.

Yes! Simple, short stories about children like yours and everyday life are woven throughout the course books.

Yes! Our Simply Good and Beautiful Math Courses feature a significant amount of diversity.

Yes! We want to make learning fun for you and your child. Games, puzzles, and more are included right in the course book. No need to search for game mats or instructions as they are part of the lessons.

Our curriculum does not follow Common Core standards, but it does match or exceed most national public school standards. The academic spine of our curriculum was developed by compiling national state standards and then determining which ones match Good and Beautiful moral standards and the abilities of our pilot families. We believe that children who work on The Good and the Beautiful curriculum consistently each day will find that they are far above public school standards.

No, the goal of our curriculum is not to teach doctrines specific to any particular Christian denomination but to teach general principles, such as honesty, hard work, and kindness. All Bible references in our curriculum use the King James Version.