Tell me about the Math With Confidence series – Well-Trained Mind

Read the series description on our website. Be sure to look at the extensive sample pages linked on each product's page.
Get teaching tips, instructions for metric measurement, and more from the Math With Confidence Resource Area.
Check out our Math Playlist on our YouTube Channel
Read the Scope and Sequence, which goes into great detail about the contents of each year's curriculum.
Check out Cathy Duffy's review of the series to date.

How Is the Curriculum Structured?

Math With Confidence is a fun, hands-on, and straightforward curriculum that builds kids’ confidence in learning math and helps parents teach math with confidence, too. The curriculum covers all the essential grade-level topics in short, hands-on lessons.
The Instructor Guide’s scripted, open-and-go format makes it easy to teach math consistently. The friendly notes, tips, and illustrations help you excel and grow as a teacher. The lessons focus on one concept at a time and offer continual review. Optional activities extend the math concepts into daily life, giving the student additional practice.
The Student Workbooks reinforce the instruction and previously acquired skills. Itamar Katz colorfully illustrates the simple, beautiful, age-appropriate workbooks.
Each grade level is organized into several units, each focusing on one topic for 2-4 weeks. Each week has five lessons; the fifth lesson is optional for enrichment and review. Short and straightforward daily lessons have three parts: memory work and review, hands-on teaching, and workbook time.

MWC will have eight levels: Preschool and Grades Kindergarten through Sixth Grade. To learn more about the series and to find direct links to the product pages, click here: Math With Confidence: Scope and Sequence.

We make these available to you at no charge. To download a copy, go to the product page in the store and click the button under the cover image on the title's product page. You can reprint as often as you like for the students in your household family. This download does not include the practice pages.

This article from our website will help you determine the right level for your children. We also provide extended samples on the website; look at the sample to see which level best fits your child/ren. The samples are on each product's page - click the sample button under the cover image. You can find additional details in the Scope and Sequence.

You must buy the Instructor Guide for the teacher and the Student Workbook(s) for each student.
In most cases, you will use simple household objects for manipulatives. Look at the Sample on each title's product page (or read the Scope and Sequence) to see the supplies needed for each grade level.

Paperback Instructor Guides and Student Workbooks are available from our online store and other vendors.
PDF Instructor Guides and Student Workbooks are available only from our online store. The Instructor Guide prints in black and white; the Student Workbook PDFs for Kindergarten and First Grades include printer-optimized color and grayscale options so you can choose the best printing option.
The Instructor Guide is available in ebook format from ebook vendors. The Student Workbook is unavailable as an eBook because the student has to write in it.

Yes. The curriculum provides options for teaching your student using any form of coin as well as standard units of measurement like centimeters and meters. We make the supplementary pages available online so those wishing to use the metric system can access these lessons.

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Take a look at the author's website, where you can read Kate’s articles, recommended book lists, curricula recommendations, and responses to customer questions.
For other questions about products in the Math With Confidence series and our publication plans, check out the Customer Help Center- FAQ Math section.