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Math with Confidence

By Kate Snow (Well-Trained Mind Press)Checked October 31, 2026No affiliate links. Programs never pay to appear. How we label

Math with Confidence, by Kate Snow, is a parent-taught math program from kindergarten to 6th grade. Each level has a scripted, open-and-go Instructor Guide and a Student Workbook (two parts from 3rd grade), and lessons use games, pretend play and household objects. It stays on one idea for several weeks while daily review keeps earlier skills fresh; the books are sold by Well-Trained Mind Press.

Grades it covers

  1. PK
  2. K
  3. 1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. 6
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
As the publisher states it: Kindergarten to 6th grade, with a separate Preschool Math at Home book.
Subjects
Math
Grades
Kindergarten to 6th grade, with a separate Preschool Math at Home book source ↗
Method
Mastery source ↗
Format
Books and workbooks source ↗
Faith label
Not labelled
Parent time a day
In 3rd grade most families spend 25 to 35 minutes a lesson: about 10 to 15 minutes taught by the parent and 15 to 20 minutes of the child's own work. source ↗
Cost a year
No price on the publisher’s own site when we checked. Ask the publisher.
Placement
Readiness checklist for each level ↗

What it does well

  • The Instructor Guide is scripted and open-and-go, with notes that help a parent who feels unsure about teaching math.
  • Lessons use games, pretend play and everyday objects like coins, dice, playing cards and a clock instead of a costly kit.
  • Each unit ends with a checkpoint, so the parent knows whether to move on or spend longer.
  • A clear readiness checklist for every level helps choose where to start.

Watch for

  • The program stops at 6th grade, so another course is needed after that.
  • Every lesson starts with the parent teaching, so it is not a program a child does alone.
  • The author's pages show no prices; books are bought from Well-Trained Mind Press or other booksellers.
  • The author calls the difficulty middle of the road, so a child who wants hard puzzles may need more.

It fits

A family with a parent who wants a friendly script, hands-on games and short daily lessons in the elementary years.

It doesn’t fit

A family that wants a child to learn math alone on a screen, or a single program through high school.

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Compare Math with Confidence

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  • The Good and the Beautiful Preschool to 12th grade; high school has language arts and biology only
  • Horizons Math Kindergarten to 8th grade, ending with Algebra I
  • Khan Academy Kindergarten to 12th grade, plus early college courses

Lists it is on

What we read, and how we label

Every fact on a card was read on the publisher's own website on the date shown, and the page it came from is linked. A fact we could not confirm there is left out. Costs are for one child and one year of the main package, as the publisher's page showed them that day; prices and sales change. Method and format are the publisher's own description where it gives one. The only thing we say about religion is one label, secular or faith-based, given by the rule above; where the publisher's pages don't settle it, the card has no label.

The publisher’s pages we read on October 31, 2026:

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