Math Mammoth complete math curriculum -- grades 1-6 (Light Blue Series)

Math Mammoth Light Blue Series is included in Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks!

Math Mammoth Complete Curriculum (Light Blue series) constitutes a full elementary mathematics curriculum for grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Grades 1-5 are currently aligned to the Common Core Standards. Grade 6 will follow during 2013.

This curriculum has proven effective, and can be used in homeschool, in schools, or in tutoring. It is also very affordable as compared to many other curricula, especially when purchasing the download version.

Each grade level in the curriculum consists of two student worktexts (A and B), and supportive materials, which include answer keys, tests, and additional cumulative reviews.

Additionally, the download version of the curriculum includes an additional worksheet maker (Internet access required), and the money chapter in grades 1, 2, and 3 is available for U.S., Canadian, British, European, and Australian money.

Please follow the links below to read description of each grade level, see the samples, the table of contents, and find specific purchasing information.

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129 lesson pages


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Grade 1 (US version)
Grade 2 (US version)
Grade 3 (US version)
Grade 4 (US version)
Grade 5 (US version)
Grade 6 (US version)

South African version is also available for grades 1-3!

Placement tests & advice

I also offer:

Kindergarten math—suggestions and advice
Prealgebra—suggestions and advice
Algebra 1—suggestions and advice

Purchasing

I do not personally sell anything on this website, but use several resellers (Kagi, Currclick, Lulu, Rainbow Resource Center).

1. The download versions are available in two places:
   
   • At Kagi store
   • and at Currclick


2. CD - you can purchase each grade level on a CD, or a bundle of all six grade levels on a CD. These are available at Kagi and at Rainbow Resource Center.


3. Printed versions are available at Rainbow Resource Center and at Lulu. Please see links to those stores in the pages for the individual grade levels.

The PDF files in the download or CD are enabled for annotating. This means that the student can actually complete the PDF file on the computer, using the typewriter and drawing tools available in Acrobat Reader version 9 or higher, or on a tablet device such as an iPad, using a PDF app that has annotating tools.

It is also possible to buy either A or B part (half) of any grade (download only). Discounted bundles and CDs are available for all six grades, for grades 1-3, or for grades 4-6 (download/CD).

Main Features

Some main features of the Math Mammoth complete curriculum are:

• mastery oriented: it concentrates fairly long on one topic, with fairly few topics per grade;
• focuses on conceptual understanding;
• uses lots of visual models and exercises based on those;
• emphasizes mental math and developing number sense;
• nearly self-teaching since the explanations of concepts are found in the student worktext. Thus this curriculum requires fairly little preparation time from the teacher.

*BONUS*: If you buy the above products in Kagi store (as downloads), you will also get Soft-Pak elementary math & language arts programs completely free.

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (Light Blue series).

Customer feedback/reviews

I'm a homeschooler & my two kids have been in public school until March of this year. I have tested them and my 1st grader made a 37 while my 2nd grader made a 57. Public school had my kids as straight A students and had told me that both had test out for the year so no worries on them moving up!! I am having them repeat 1st & 2nd grade math obviously & I gave them the option of what they wanted to learn first.

My 1st grader picked double digit math so we started learning place value today. He absolutely loved the virtual abacus!! We also had an ah ha moment. He now understands what the tens place is & what it represents. It is so nice to see that lightbulb go off!! As for my daughter, well she picked geometry & fractions and completely lived today's lesson & got very excited when she saw her A+ in the geometry picture once colored. Excellent added bonus for her. Just joined a local group & will be discussing your stuff for sure!! Thanks so much. Great product.
Channa
April 2013

Dear Maria,

I wanted to tell you what a wonderful success MM has been for us. I have now used it with our 3 youngest children. The older 2 started with Horizons. I purchased Math Mammoth to use just with our youngest, who is now 7, but when I saw how much it made sense, I had the other 2 switch to it as well. My 10-year-old is now working on long division, and something about how you explain it made it so much easier than Horizons ever was for the oldest 3 children, which I still consider pretty good. For my 7-year-old, he just gets it so very well. Your explanations are wonderful, and he can already add and subtract large numbers in his head, which is awesome. Thanks so much!

Best regards,
Carla Hanson
www.CatholicHomeschool.com

P.S. I have recommended MM on my blog and will be doing so again soon.
April 2013

I'm usually a quiet user of curriculum which means I rarely let publishers know my likes and dislikes. Also, I'm a curriculum junky! Between my three children I have used so many different math curriculums that I've lost track. I'm saying all of this to tell you .... I LOVE MAMMOTH MATH! As a prior elementary teacher and now a homeschool mom for 7 years, even I am learning new ways to look at math and problem solving. I am so thankful I accidentally found Mammoth Math. Thank you!

Kristi Canfield
March 2013

Hi Maria,
I just wanted to let you know that I homeschooled my son for math for the first time using strictly your curriculum with only a supplemental practice in a few places. On the NWEA he scored at the 98th percentile for 6th grade (he is in 4th grade)! Thank you for your approach and focus on problem solving and skill mastery! I will not use anything else.

Becky Gersich
March 2013

Dear Maria,

We tried the samples with our oldest (of three children) and liked them so much that we purchased the grades 1-3 bundle on Currclick.

It's hard to know where to begin with thanking you. Your website, blog, and videos are rich resources. The samples alone would have been a great help. The seven-day tour is a great idea. I'm really impressed with all that you offer to parents and teachers.

I love the format. No more juggling a bulky Teacher Manual or making copies or complicated planning. My oldest is only six, so I sit with her, but the format of Math Mammoth really eases the organization and planning. She enjoys being able to read the lesson and do as much as she can with me close by to help.

You have given us a wonderful resource. Thank you again.

Sincerely,
Sarah
December 2012

I have tried a couple of the blue series worktexts and my children and I loved them. We have struggled to find a good math curriculum that suits our learning styles, teaching styles, and budget and I feel like after sampling several math mammoth worksheets and worktexts, it is the perfect fit for our family. Thank you Maria for answering all of my questions when I emailed you and for writing such a parent and kid friendly curriculum that is aligned with common core standards!

Shanna
November 2012

Just want to thank you for Math Mammoth! Very affordable. I have thrown everything else out and this is all we are using. My math-hating daughter who just finished third grade is doing the multiplication from the blue series to prepare for 4th grade next year. She is doing this on her own over the summer because she likes it! Never thought I'd see that. She has really struggled with multiplication and she says this is making it so much easier for her to understand. I love the ability to use the blue series to fill in the gaps of what they don't "get" the first time around. This is so customizable for different kids. I love the pdf format also. I can put the book together in any order I want. I love the no teacher's manual thing. With three kids it is hard to shuffle around 3 books. This is so much better because when each kid has questions they already have it all with them when they bring it to me. I was so excited to find this. Wish I had found it a couple of years ago! Thank you for this curriculum and thank you for making it affordable. I bought all 6 levels at once. I could never afford to do that with any other curriculum. This has ended the struggle (for the most part) with my daughter. Thank you for making teaching my kids math affordable, easy, and even enjoyable!

Sara
July 2012

Hi, Maria! I just wanted to thank you for your math curriculum! My 7 year old son was struggling with math using a different, rather more expensive curriculum, so I took a crazy chance on Math Mammoth after remembering your blogging about it. Just a few weeks into the second grade books, and he's having no trouble at all! He doesn't cry during math anymore. I am so very relieved that I just had to tell you. Thank you for your no-nonsense, easy-to-understand approach to math.
Sincerely,
Cindy Dyer
October 2011

Hi Maria...I just recently purchased Math Mammoth for my 3 children... here are the things I've been hearing in my house for the first time:

"Mommy, this is fun!"
"Mommy, can we do math first today?"

I'm enjoying teaching the math...and the girls are already feeling more independent (the two who are reading well, anyway)...sometimes needing a bit of clarification. I think they're carrying themselves a bit more confidently these days as well.

Thank you!
Tracy Emery
February 2011

I LOVE this curriculum. I have 7 children and you make it affordable to homeschool... they can do their math pretty independently... and best of all... my kids all "get it"! Thanks! I am even learning how to do my fractions!

Ruth
November 2010

Dear Maria,
I pulled my 2 daughters out of public school to teach them at home. Now, this was a very difficult decision for me as it is for a lot of parents. I am not always confident that I am teaching them as well as a school teacher would. I also work full time and teach them by myself as a single parent.

Finding a thorough math curriculum was at the top of my priority list. I needed something that I could easily explain and that they would quickly learn. Math Mammoth has been the perfect Math source. It has given my youngest daughter the confidence in learning that she was not getting in public school. After getting used to the instructions given in the books, she practically teaches herself with the Light Blue series. I come home from work, check her lessons for the day, and usually find that she has completed them on her own with very few errors, if any at all! It has made our afternoon/evenings much more enjoyable.

In using the Math Mammoth books, I have become more confident that my daughters will succeed in all areas of Math.

Thank you,
Darlene Brown

November 2010

Maria, I have your complete set... I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed using your math lessons in my special ed classes... You have done a terrific job, my students love as do I... I encourage everyone to at least try the sample and I promise you will want to purchase it... Thank you for everything!

Sheila Brown
Ganado ISD
October 2010

My children are learning SO much from your teaching style. I LOVE the way you teach different ways to look at the problems, so that it is not rote, but conveys more the intricacies of playing with numbers. I backtracked when starting with Math Mammoth to make sure our two boys had a strong foundation, and I'm glad I did. (4th grader doing 3rd grade worktext, 2nd grader doing 1st grade worktext)

Again, I thank you for this wonderful resource!

Angela Maddox

October 2010

Dear Maria Miller,
My daughter had been struggling with Singapore Math in 3rd grade and had disappointing scores on her standardized test at the end of the school year, so last year we switched to Math Mammoth for 4th grade. She understood and enjoyed math again, and she had much higher scores on this year's test! She has renewed confidence in her ability and is eager to do her math lessons every day. There was no question in my mind about ordering Math Mammoth for 5th grade this year. Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Heather Martz
August 2010

We are enjoying the program and it is definitely pushing the kids' minds. It seems to be a perfect mix of repetition and interest. You've done a great job!

Arpyl Macleod
November 2009

I am a Canadian homeschooling mum of four living in Switzerland. My school age children are 11, 9 and 6. My preschooler is 2 1/2. I absolutely adore the complete curriculum series. I am currently using grades 1 and 4. My six year old flies through the pages asking if he can do just one more most days. I suspect that he will be on the grade 2 books by Easter at this rate. Prior the starting the grade one curriculum, he attended a Montessori school. His passion for numbers may be inborn for but this was not the case for his older brother or sister and they enjoy the work as well!

Last year I decided to homeschool our 10 year old son. He is bright outgoing and articulate but he had lost his spark for learning. As there was no complete curriculum available for 5th grade I used the fourth grade one and supplemented with the green and golden materials for 5th grade. Within a few weeks, he stopped groaning about math and began to genuinely look forward to the work. Words cannot express how pleased I am that he has found a love of numbers again. I found it very, VERY challenging to choose a program for him this year but settled on YourTeacher.com pre-algebra which I supplement with gold and green grade 6 materials.

Our 9 year old daughter has never found math easy or interesting but I hope to see that change as we embarked on a homeschooling journey with her this year as well. She is diligently working her way through the complete curriculum for fourth grade and when she finds that too daunting, I print something from the third grade books to refresh her memory. I don't expect her to look forward to her daily math lesson BUT she no loknger dreads it and we are only 7 weeks into the year.

My communications with you have far exceeded my expectations. You answered my emails promptly when I was begging for a 5th grade curriculum in February 2008 and I am so pleased to see that it is now available. Well done!

There was a time when I lost all of my data because of a hard-drive malfunction and this meant that I no longer had access to the Math Mammoth materials. I was about to re-order when I thought that it might be worth asking if it might be possible to have them re-sent. They were in my inbox within hours.

We also own the clock and multiplication book which are being used by our 6 and nine year olds respectively. They are thorough and progress in a slow and steady manner that makes learning these tricky concepts easy.

I always look forward to reading your latest articles about teaching math. I do not have a true passion for numbers myself but I am thankful for the math teachers in my life who did. It is thanks to them that I never struggled with the concepts. From your articles, it is clear that you are one of those teachers and I am grateful to have stumbled upon your website.

Thank you so much for all that you do to instill a love of math in children!

Respectfully,
Denise
30 November 2008

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