What is MathKEY?
MathKEY is a powerful and efficient way to teach math to all elementary students. It presents a sequential listing of all math skills that should be taught in each grade (1 through 5).  It is designed to make the math instruction process easier for teachers and parents while also making the learning process more efficient and successful for students.   While MathKEY is highly effective for children in the regular school (or home school) setting, it is also extremely powerful as a tool for rapidly "bringing-up" math ability in students who are currently performing below grade level. 

Are all Math Programs the Same?
While all math programs cover basically the same math skills and concepts, MathKEY goes beyond other programs by using a vastly superior organizational format. This provides easy and quick access to desired math support materials. MathKEY will enable teachers and parents to easily pinpoint problem areas and provide students with the concentrated practice they need to master any particular math skill.  In other words, it is the organization and delivery strategies that make MathKEY a superior math education program. 

A Logical Math Program
MathKEY was developed by conducting a complete analysis of math textbooks from a variety of different sources (including math textbooks from the highest scoring school district in Florida).  From this base of information, we were able to create a detailed list of the specific math skills that should be taught in each elementary grade.  Order of instruction is critical since the ability to learn a new math skill is dependent upon how well the student learned  previous math skills.  For example, to successfully answer a long division problem, a student must first be able to perform basic addition and subtraction, and also have memorized the multiplication facts.  If these pre-requisite skills are not mastered, it becomes very difficult for the student to correctly answer a division problem in any reasonable amount of time.

Rapid Progress!
Whether you are working with a student who is years behind in math ability or a talented student with exceptional math ability, MathKEY provides an efficient format for advancing through grade level math skills at a much faster pace.

Here's how we do it...

MathKEY is divided into 3 sections:

SECTION 1 - CONTENT OUTLINE
After clicking the "TRY MATHKEY FREE" link above and choosing a grade level, MathKEY begins by showing a text description of each math skill that should be taught for that grade.  For example, when you enter the Grade 1 section, you will see text descriptions of over 70 specific math skills on the left side of the page (counting objects - adding 2 digit numbers - basic word problems addition - basic word problems subtraction - geometry circles - geometry squares  etc).  Click on this text description to view a "real" example of the math skill on the right side of the page.  This type of organization and clarity makes it very helpful as either a general outline for instruction or as a highly effective method for providing practice in identified weak areas. 

SECTION 2 - PRACTICE
Practice makes perfect as the saying goes.... and this is certainly true in mathematics.  MathKEY provides you with many pages of practice worksheets on each math skill if needed.  If you are working with a talented student, you may need to practice only a handful of problems to achieve mastery.  If your student learns math at a slower pace, you have the option of providing many additional pages of practice worksheets. Once you've found a math skill you would like to practice further, just click the "WORKSHEET" button for several pages of high quality practice worksheets.

SECTION 3 - TALENTED INSTRUCTION
We will also be giving additional help to instructors by suggesting various "techniques" - "tricks" - and "attention-getting strategies" that can greatly enhance and accelerate the learning process.  If you ever do need further help, we will be there with detailed written instructions and video tutoring (planned for the future). 

It's Easy to Get Started
The best way to get started with MathKEY is to simply give us a try.   So take a look around - click the "TRY MATHKEY FREE"  link above.  The first nine weeks of each elementary grade is currently available. Weeks 10-18 will be available in the next few weeks.

MATH TEST COMING SOON!
MathKEY will soon have an online multiple choice test which your students can take.  It will determine the math skills they have (and have not) mastered and automatically compile practice worksheets for the skills they do not know.  Teachers can keep a record of their students' performance on MathKEY all year in the MathKEY database.  Our thanks to Expede IT for developing the database and programming for this online MathKEY Test.   We expect to have this completed for Grades 1 & 2 sometime around November.