ShillerMath is a Montessori-based math program that covers PreK-Pre-Algebra concepts through three kits (all sold-separately): Kit I (PreK-Grade 3), Fractions (most ages), and Kit II (4th Grade-Pre Algebra). Each math concept is covered through bite-sized lessons that cover the four learning styles (visual, tactile, auditory, kinesthetic), giving students a deeper understanding of the material. No Montessori or math knowledge is required-nor any lesson preparation! Teachers simply read what's in quotes.
Time spend on the program will vary by age, from 15 minutes per day for 4 year olds to 30-45 minutes per day for students ages 9 & up. Instead of marching from lesson to lesson, teachers observe whether students understand and are ready to move on to the next lesson, understand but want to do more problems on it, or don't understand and the lesson needs to be revisited at a later date. Each lesson in the book is clearly laid out with the lesson objective, list of manipulatives needed, learning styles used, and any consumables required, followed by the scripted lesson. The Answer keys feature the student workbook pages with the correct answers overlaid in red ink.
ShillerMath Kit 1 Contents Include:
- Audio CD with 25 original ShillerMath Songs
- Lesson Book 1, 2, and 3; spiralbound softcovers.
- Parent Guide
- Foam Ball
- Bag with String Tie
- Geared Clock
- Sort of assorted plastic US coins
- Set of 8 crayons
- 6-pip dice
- 1-cup measuring cup and 2-cup measuring cup
- Mirror
- 22" x 24" work mat
- Each of squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, diamonds, trapezoids, parallelograms, hearts
- 1" 3-ring binder
- Set of 55 dominoes 0-9
- Pencil
- 12" ruler
- Balance
- Thousand cubes (Flat)
- Operator set
- Numbers Bank partitioned wood tray with 27 each of: 1 number tiles, 10 number tiles, 100 number tiles, and 1000 number tiles
- 100 unit cubes, 27 ten rods, 27 hundred flats, 1 thousand cube,
- Materials bank wooden tray
- Each of 1-9 number card sets, 10-90 number card sets, 100-900 number card sets, 1000-9000 number card sets
