21+ Surprising (and really impressive!) Features of Teaching Textbooks Math

When you start searching for a math curriculum for your homeschool, odds are you are looking for a few basic features… but have you ever stopped to ponder the unexpected features of a math program? You know, the unique aspects that make a homeschool math program really stand out, or those features you may not have initially thought about, but are just what you need?

Well, that’s what we are talking about today and I’m bringing you a huge list of 21 unexpected, unique, and unconventional features of Teaching Textbooks math that help make this homeschool math program one of our family’s favorites!

This post is sponsored by Teaching Textbooks. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Using Teaching Textbooks Math In Our Homeschool

If you’ve hung around this site for any length of time, you already know how much our family relies on this online math program.

And if not, well, I’ll link to all of our Teaching Textbooks reviews below and you can learn why we have been with the TT family for years!

We have been avid fans of the Teaching Textbooks homeschool math program for YEARS! What started out as this homeschool mama simply looking for a better way to help my kids learn math has turned into a cornerstone program that all of the kids know to expect.

Is Teaching Textbooks A Good Math Program?

Year after year we renew our enrollment because Teaching Textbooks math is a solid, video-based math program that teaches mathematics in a way that I am confident helps my children learn and improve their math skills.

Standard features in the Teaching Textbook app, like the scratchpad, hints, video lessons, and a digital textbook, are all aspects of the program that our family knows and loves.

This year we are starting our 6th year as part of the Teaching Textbooks family. In fact, we have used every level of TT math except Pre-Calculus at this point. And we’ve been with them through several transformations, each one making the program so much better.

Speaking of better… let’s get into this because I am so excited to share with you some of the lesser-known features of Teaching Textbooks math so you can see for yourself just how amazing this homeschool math curriculum is!

Did You Know Teaching Textbooks Offers…?

And now, here are 21 features of the Teaching Textbooks math program that, perhaps, you are unaware of. All of these features help make Teaching Textbooks one of the best math programs for homeschoolers, and our personal favorite curriculum.

Plus, they make the experience of learning math in your homeschool just a little bit easier for you and your children.

💡 Interactive lectures – Your child won’t just be sitting and listening to the video lessons, they will be active participants receiving feedback, encouragement, and a little extra help if they need it all before the lesson work even begins!

💡 Strategically Placed Hints – A gentle prompting on trickier problems to help encourage your child to recall the information they learned and be successful. (Hints can be turned off from the parent dashboard).

💡 Second Chances – Offered on every problem, the second chance allows your child to rework the problem for full credit. (Again, you can turn this feature off if you’d like.)

💡 Offline Use – Take Teaching Textbooks on the go by simply downloading the app to your mobile device.

💡 Reward Stickers – Always motivating in our home, reward stickers pop up after successfully completing every problem to celebrate with your child.

💡 Buddies – These guys are for the younger students (Math 3-7) and they are there to help motivate and encourage (but can be turned off if they become a distraction).

💡 Scratchpad – Work out those harder problems within the app with a digital scratchpad. My kids LOVE this feature and use it even when they don’t actually need it. 😉

💡 Real Life Examples – Unlike your school math textbook, Teaching Textbooks doesn’t feature a guy buying 58 watermelon or 107 bananas. It does, however, feature real-life examples that help your children see just how they will utilize the math skills they are learning.

💡 Practice Problems – After each lecture, your child will work on 5 practice problems. These aren’t graded, but they are there to make sure your child is ready to move on to the assignment.

💡 Reference Numbers To Prior Lessons – An especially helpful feature in the upper levels, these reference numbers help you know which lesson to go back to if you need some help on a particular problem. They also can reference the practice problems.

💡 Audio & Video Lessons – While I frequently share how much we love the video lessons that Teaching Textbooks offers, they also make sure that your auditory learners are supported by reading everything aloud and dictating the entire program.

💡 Independent Work – Yup. I’m going to say it… I LOVE this one! In fact, this was THE reason we searched out a new math program all those years ago – independent learning. With video lessons, automatic grading, built-in hints, and second chances, I knew that my kids could learn math independently.

💡 Student Gradebook – Your kids can peek at their progress anytime they want using the student grade book.

💡 eBook – Need a little more help? The printable ebook with its interactive index makes finding the information you or your child needs super simple. Whether you need to print out a lecture, see a problem worked out on paper, or simply create a small book of vocabulary, this feature is great (and one we used a lot in geometry!).

💡 Extra Practice Problems – Log into the parent portal and print off some extra help for both pre-Algebra and Algebra.

💡 Online Parent Portal – Keep an eye on your child’s progress, turn off or on hints, second chances, the scratch pad, and more all from the portal.

💡 Pause Feature – If you know you are going to be on an extended break, you can pause your enrollment for 7-90 days.

💡 Daily Progress Reports – Emailed right to you, daily progress reports help you control the chaos and see just how well your child did on their math.

💡 Edit/Delete/Change Lessons – A feature we utilize for review, you can edit, change, or delete lessons from the parent portal. Before the kids take their tests, I delete the problems they got wrong in their daily lessons as a review opportunity.

💡 Live Customer Support – Available weekdays from 8-5 (central), you can get help from Teaching Textbooks. Whether you are struggling with your account, the app, a disc (you know, version 2.0), or have a quick question, you can chat with a real person via phone, email, or chat.

💡 Free Tutoring – Oh yeah, there’s actual math tutoring available for students! If after utilizing the Teaching Textbooks program your child is still stuck, you can contact Teaching Textbooks directly and have a tutor walk them through the problem step by step.

So What Else Do You Want To Know About Teaching Textbooks Math?

That was a long list, right?!

But did you know, that it’s not everything! Teaching Textbooks math has so many features – all aimed at supporting the students who are enrolled year after year, as well as homeschool moms like yourself who want a well-rounded, robust math experience.

Teaching Textbooks Reviews

Oh, and as promised, here’s our full line of Teaching Textbooks reviews. These run the gamut from our first experience with TT 2.0, through the launch of TT 3.0, and even include the updated TT 4.0.

Plus, there are even a couple of posts that focus on the features we love like video-based lessons.

• A Better Way To Teach Homeschool Math
• Build A Solid Math Foundation with Teaching Textbooks
• Homeschool Math Made Easy with Teaching Textbooks 4.0
• Why We Love Video-Based Math Lessons For Our Homeschool
• Math Matters: Why Even Relaxed Homeschoolers Need A Math Curriculum

What Features Surprised You?

So there you have it, my friend – 21+ unexpected and amazing features that you can find in Teaching Textbooks math.

Which ones surprised you? And which ones would you add? Be sure to add your comments below!

And if you want to give Teaching Textbooks math a try in your home, then check out this bonus feature – a 15-lesson FREE TRIAL!

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