RightStart Mathematics vs Teaching Textbooks

RightStart Mathematics is a paid hybrid mathematics program for kindergarten through seventh grade, with Android, iOS, and web availability. It is designed for elementary and middle-school children to understand, apply, and enjoy mathematics. Lessons visualize quantities, reduce emphasis on counting, and use strategies and games for learning math facts. The main tool is the two-sided Cotter Abacus, which provides visual and kinesthetic learning and supports place value through thousands. Math card games supply practice and review while the program minimizes review worksheets and eliminates flash cards. Homeschool materials are organized by levels rather than grades, allowing students to begin at a recommended level and progress at their own pace. Lesson plans, parent guidance, and offline access are included. The maker also describes tutoring and classroom offerings, apps, and a placement test that requires no account. The Level A homeschool book bundle PDF is listed at $109.25, paid once.

Teaching Textbooks provides digital math courses from Math 3 through Pre-Calculus for students and homeschool families. Course apps combine interactive lectures with step-by-step video solutions, then automatically grade student work and save it in a printable gradebook. Each app has a searchable eBook that parents can view or print through the Parent Portal, where they can also review grades, change student settings, pause enrollments, and access answer keys. Students can work offline for up to six lessons before reconnecting. A free trial covers the program through lesson 15, has no time limit, and carries completed grades into a purchased course. Enrollments provide one student with one grade level and 12 months of access, with 90 days of pause time; moving to another grade requires a new enrollment. Listed prices begin at $48.95, paid once for Math 3, Math 4, and Math 5, and reach $83.95, paid once for Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus. Apps are available for Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Chromebook, and Kindle devices.