Why our courses?

ACT / SAT Prep

The math sections of the ACT and SAT exams do not focus on your child's ability to use math - instead they focus on whether your student understands the math! Most math courses will drill your child into being able to do math - using brute force to cram through formula. This is similar to your child being trained to use tools in a toolbox - they can use them all and not understand when a hammer is needed as opposed to a screwdriver.

Our focus is understanding the material. We do this by explaining the why before the what - why we need to use math tools before we get into what the specific tool does. It is only with this level of understanding that a student can perform 60 math problems within 60 minutes on the ACT and SAT.

Math you use!

We also focus on real world applications of math. The history of math has not been about the study of numbers - it has been about the study of nature. We use lots of real world problems in explaining the techniques of math. We introduce areas such as biology, engineering, economics, astronomy, physics, construction, and chemistry. Math to us is a set of tools to understand and subdue the world - not exercises in academics like most math courses.

Help for the Homeschooling Parent

We homeschool! We understand that even if you do remember the subject matter, your time between normal duties of being CEO of the household and raising and teaching children of multiple ages on multiple subjects limits your ability to develop teaching and testing material. We do not leave that out - in fact we consider it critical that you have the tools to teach and evaluate. We include

• a complete course syllabus
• tests built to reinforce learning
• simple test grading guides so you know exactly how to grade
• teaching videos for your child
• solutions to the key problems
• parent teaching guides on paper and in video