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The Teacher’s Continuing Education

We are thrilled that Yesterday’s Classics has reprinted Teaching the Essentials of Arithmetic by Dr. Philip Boswood Ballard. We consider this book the teacher’s handbook for a Charlotte Mason math education and highly recommend reading it.

Beginning in Programme 113, under the supervision of Charlotte Mason’s protege, Elsie Kitching instructed teachers to read Dr. Ballard’s book in the Arithmetic assignments. Mrs. W. A. Stephens also heartily recommends it in one of our favorite Parent’s Review articles, Number a Figure and a Step Onward.

Printing Service

We are excited to announce our partnership with Humble Heart Press as our go-to printer. Humble Heart Press seeks to make “the print process as easy and affordable as possible, without ever compromising the quality your homeschool deserves.”

As a Beauty & Truth Math customer, use the coupon code BEAUTYMATH to enjoy 10% off your entire purchase, provided it includes at least one of our products in your cart when ordering.

Strayer-Upton Practical Arithmetic Series

If possible, we highly recommend purchasing both the print and digital versions. A page printed from the Strayer-Upton PDF is significantly larger than the book, making it much easier to read and write on. As such, it is a great option for printing review pages so students can use them independently during the week.

Print Version: Rainbow Resource provides quality reprints of Book 1, Book 2, and Book 3 at a great price.
Digital Version: Yesterday’s Classics has both Books 1 and 2 for sale in digital format. Book 3 is coming soon!

In our arithmetic guides, Book 1 is used for Years 2-3 and Book 2 is used for Years 4-6. Book 3 will be used in all three years of Consumer Math.

Recommended Supplies

We want you to get your money’s worth out of the materials you purchase for our guides. Below are the core materials we use over multiple years. Our guides list additional special materials, but these are the ones we recommend investing in due to how often we use them.

The products we link to are examples of what to purchase. Due to fluctuating prices, we cannot keep these links up to date with the best deals we can find.

All Grades Supplies

Bamboo Book Stands

We love using a book stand to hold the math textbook during any independent math work for the student. The foldable bamboo book stands are our favorite. Two such examples are this option and this one. Since prices fluctuate frequently on Amazon we recommend seeing if a cheaper alternative is available.

Visual Timers
- We typically use a wall clock to track the lesson time but for our students, we have two favorite visual timer options.
- For younger students the colorful visual timers are great. The downside is that they tend to make noise as the countdown.
- For older students, we LOVE this large kitchen timer. The best parts are the flashing light when the countdown is done (so you don’t have to deal with any noise) and the quick-set buttons that make setting lesson times super fast.

Arithmetic Supplies

Years 1-6 Supplies

1/2″ Grid Paper

Cardstock Paper
Money

Two-Color Counters
Grid Dry-Erase Board & Markers (Optional in Year 1)
- Budget-Friendly
- Super Durable and More Expensive*
Math Wrap-Ups**
Pop Beads or Beads with Binder Rings or Pipe Cleaners (Years 1-4)
Popsicle Sticks (Required for Year 1 & Optional for Year 2)
1-Inch Blocks (Years 3&4)

*These boards are our favorites, though we recognize the shipping cost is incredibly high. We recommend purchasing at least two to offset the price per board.

**Math Wrap-Ups are not a part of the Beauty & Truth Math curriculum. However, we highly recommend them for quick practice.

Consumer Math Supplies

TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator
- PLEASE NOTE, this link goes to one option on Amazon, but prices fluctuate frequently so we recommend seeing if a cheaper alternative is available. The brand must be Texas Instrument, and the model must be 84-Plus. Its color does not matter.

Statistics & Probability (Blue Series)
- Students will use this resource for Chapters 5 & 6 and then again in later chapters. We recommend buying the digital PDF since it is a consumable product.

Geometry Supplies

Years 1-2 Practical Geometry Supplies

YOU MUST PURCHASE THE 1911 EDITION of Lessons in Experimental & Practical Geometry by Hall & Stevens.
- There is a free version available to print on archive.org.
- Yesterday’s Classics has reprinted Lessons in Experimental & Practical Geometry. This is the only version on Amazon that we can guarantee will be the 1911 edition and highly recommend it!
Geometry Tool Kit
- This includes compasses, a protractor, a ruler, set squares, and a divider.
Ruler
- This unique ruler provides various measurements, including inches in sixteenths and tenths and millimeters and centimeters.

Algebra Supplies

Elementary Algebra Supplies

TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator
- Students need this calculator beginning in Term 3 for Elementary Algebra and will use it in all future guides. PLEASE NOTE, this link goes to one option on Amazon, but prices fluctuate frequently so we recommend seeing if a cheaper alternative is available. The brand must be Texas Instrument, and the model must be 84-Plus. Its color does not matter.

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