Hi, I'm Amber, a math writer with the Good and the Beautiful. Today I'm going to give you a
look inside the Simply Good and Beautiful Math 5 course, and then share some reasons why I believe
you will love it. Simply Good and Beautiful Math 5 comes with this full-color course book,
a mental math book, a physical answer key, and access to all the videos needed for the student
to complete each lesson. The Math 5 course is designed to be almost completely independent,
allowing the student to complete each lesson with little to no help from the parent.
I'll start flipping through some of the lessons in the coursebook while I tell you about it.
All Simply Good and Beautiful math courses include 120 lessons. At the beginning of each unit,
you will find a unit overview page that lists what your child will learn in that unit. Watch
our Spiral Math | Why it works video on YouTube to see how our well-planned spiral approach makes
these courses so effective. Each unit ends with an assessment that gives you a clear picture of
what your child has learned and what he or she may need to review before moving on. Okay, let's look
at the layout of a typical lesson. Math 5 has a mature look that encourages focused learning while
still engaging students. Each lesson includes a section found in the mental math book along
with a video lesson, a mini-lesson, a practice section, and a review section. In the coursebook,
this lesson teaches about divisibility strategies. Before we look more closely at this lesson,
let's take a brief look at the mental math map mysteries book for math 5. The mental math work
can be done before, during, or after the lesson. This spiral-bound book is specifically designed so
the parent and the child can complete the mental math practice quickly. The parent holds up the
book so the child sees the questions page, and the parent sees the answer key page. For each lesson,
the child answers the mental math questions aloud while the parent checks the answers and provides
any corrections needed. This mental math book is very unique because, at the end of each page of
four or five lesson boxes, the student is directed to place a sticker from the back of the book
onto a designated space on the map. Once the child finishes the Math 5 course
he or she will have a completed map and as a reward for completing the course,
the child is then able to read the you choose book included in the course: Ivy and the Ice Village.
The map that the child creates shows places included in the book. Mental math is an important
skill that helps children strengthen number sense, understand mathematical relationships,
and solve math problems more efficiently, and Simply Good and Beautiful math makes practicing
mental math interactive and engaging. Now let's go back to the coursebook and continue our way
through the lesson. The next part is the lesson content. Although the student is given a choice
between the video lesson and the mini-lesson, we highly recommend watching each video lesson.
The videos contain the bulk of the teaching, often bringing in real-world applications of the math
concepts being taught. However, if your child feels confident in the topic being taught, he
or she can skip the video and read the mini-lesson instead or, if desired, the parent can teach the
child using the mini-lesson rather than have the child watch the video lesson independently.
A student who struggles with the lesson practice should be encouraged to go back and watch the
video. Let's take a look at a few clips from some Math 5 video lessons. The first video
clip shows how we relate math to real life. Take a look. This lesson is all about temperature.
Have a look around! The scenery is breathtaking. It's so peaceful and quiet out here. As you can
imagine, it's also pretty cold out here. Can you guess what the temperature is? This second
video clip highlights our use of nature to teach math. Butterflies are fascinating creatures. There
are so many types of butterflies and each one is beautiful. Have you ever just watched a butterfly
flit around? If you're patient, one might land on a nearby flower and you will get a chance to study
its wings. Butterflies and flowers are going to help us with our lesson today as we learn
about transformations and symmetry. This final video clip demonstrates how math is taught in a
lesson on 3D shapes. Watch how we use engaging visuals to teach this concept. If you imagine
these 2D shapes changing to have height they would become 3D shapes. If the rectangle gains height,
it becomes a rectangular prism. Notice that the base of a rectangular prism is a rectangle.
If the circle gains height it becomes a cylinder. Notice that the base of a cylinder is a circle.
Our pilot families raved about these videos, finding them easy to understand and super
engaging. Each one-of-a-kind video lesson walks the child through learning new concepts step by
step. Our team took care to incorporate real-world math and also connections to cultures, nature,
art, God, and high moral character. The video box included in the lesson is for the child to work
alongside the teacher in the videos as the child practices problems for each new math concept.
Video lessons are approximately 8 to 12 minutes long, making the instruction concise to help the
child stay focused on the topic. The mini-lessons in Math 5 are short half-page to full-page lessons
that cover the math concepts in a concise manner. You'll notice that the mini-lesson is all math.
This is because we bring those beautiful, real-world connections into the videos where
additional content is included. That cannot be found in the mini-lessons. This is another reason
to encourage your child to use videos instead of just the mini-lessons. Following the lesson,
you'll find two to three pages for the child to complete independently. The first part is
the lesson practice. This page is dedicated to practicing the math concept taught in the lesson.
In this lesson, the child practices the divisibility strategies he or she learned
from the video lesson or mini-lesson. It even includes a fun riddle. The review section reviews
concepts from previous lessons or math levels. Now I'd like to highlight a few pages throughout
the course that showcase the beautiful variety of this Simply Good and Beautiful Math level.
Throughout this course, you'll find stunning full-page illustrations, like this one
in a lesson that practices prime factorization. There are many engaging math pages like this
build a farm activity that practices finding perimeter and area and includes fun stickers.
You'll also find lesson practice and review pages that incorporate riddles, puzzles, and mazes.
There are a few lessons throughout the course that do not have a video, like this one that reviews
concepts in a fun and captivating way. You'll find art extension activities like this tessellation
activity. There is so much packed into this wonderful book. Now that you've taken a look at
this beautiful Math 5 course, I'll tell you why I love it and recommend it for homeschool families.
First, it is open and go and children love the fun interactive lessons. Next, it is thorough and
academically solid. The course meets and exceeds national standards. You can trust that your child
is getting a fantastic math foundation. Also, the lessons are an appropriate length and the course
is gorgeous. And to top it all off, the physical course set is extremely inexpensive and if you're
on a budget, our entire Math 1 through Math 5 courses can be downloaded completely free. Listen
to some brief comments from our pilot families. These are the reasons that we decided to make
this course free. One parent said the following: "We have loved this math program instead of just
doing math every day, my child was constantly learning and retaining every math skill.
The videos are fun and simply teach every math concept. The reviews at the end of every lesson
are quick and easy assessments for me to see if there is anything we need to review again.
We've tried several math programs in the past. This is the math program I'm using going forward."
Listen to this one: "These videos are engaging Natalie in a way no other curriculum has done.
She is really starting to like math more! I can see her interest in math growing along
with her confidence. I'm so grateful for the Good and the Beautiful math curriculum!"
And this one made our whole math team beam. "I know I say this all the time, but the amount of
info he retains from these lessons literally makes me cry. The fact that he completes assignments and
understands them is a miracle...These lessons are helping him become a mathematician."
What inspiring messages from families who have used Simply Good and Beautiful Math 5.
If you choose to use our curriculum, I hope you'll share testimonials just like these in
the comments below. We hope this video was helpful. For more information about Math 5
or other levels in the Simply Good and Beautiful Math series, go to goodandbeautiful.com.