That makes me so happy to hear, Ashley! 😊 I’m glad the products I created are helpful to you. The more we can make learning just a natural, non-stressful part of our already full lives, the more likely kids are to see themselves as lifelong learners. I’m glad to have helped ease some of the tension in your home so you have more time to enjoy your homeschooling life together. My oldest is going into 11th grade and it really does go too fast!

Absolutely! The more positive memories we can help our kids have related to math, the less likely they are to be “people who hate math.” The more they see themselves as someone who enjoys math, the more potential they have to grow in their math skills regardless of their current abilities. 😊

We have been using your minimalist math for a few weeks and it is a breath of fresh air for us. Math is no longer this black cloud hanging over homeschool. Her younger sister joined us from public school to homeschool after Christmas and I’ve also put her on minimalist math this past week. I was beginning to have different but equally bothersome struggles with sister. We do the one lesson a week, a math equation crossword puzzle, and a couple of other math fact, quick drill type things for the week. We run a very “minimalist” simple homeschool in general and home life so this has just been perfect for us.

We also use the minimalist grammar too. Thank you so much for your products and being a blessing to our family. Your products are brilliant, unique, and you deserve all the recognition.

Hi Kristi! Once kids are older, if parents need help understanding how to do the problems beyond what is in the answer key, I’ve been recommending Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook which is less than $10 on Amazon. However, it’s important to me that my kids don’t think of math as a list of procedures to memorize, so we just look at each problem one at a time and I help them solve them using as much or as little assistance as needed. I want the problems to make sense to them, but I would rather them make connections on their own as much as possible rather than me tell them the answers so we don’t do typical math “lessons.” I hope that’s helpful!