The Math Map
Every adventure needs a map. The first truly comprehensive classical, Christian maths curriculum, from kindergarten to college, now available in South Africa.
Maths is an adventure. Get your map.
The Math Map contains everything your family and your community need to explore the world of mathematics together. It is the resource that unifies the maths conversation on community day, giving Foundations, Essentials and Challenge families a common, shared language and rich discussion each week during the Logic strand.
At home, it lets you nurture the habits of a mathematician in your student. And above all, together, you and your student learn to see the unseen in God's good creation through mathematics.
"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18
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The Math Map teaches the way we learn
Navigate the world of maths with confidence: the founders introduce the map.
A classical, Christian maths curriculum
Designed to help homeschool families seek God through mathematics while equipping students and parents alike for success.
What is The Math Map?
With guidance from The Math Map, your family develops fluency with the language of mathematics in order to see the unseen; mathematical unity within families and communities in order to support one another; and the habits of classical mathematicians in order to know God and to make Him known.
As the only comprehensive classical, Christian maths curriculum, it fits right in with your regular Classical Conversations studies. No more adapting non-curricular lesson plans to your homeschool.
Why The Math Map?
Navigating another country is much easier when you speak the language, and maths is the same. Solving any problem, from elementary arithmetic to analytic functions, requires an understanding of the symbols, notation, words, concepts and ideas foundational to maths.
The Math Map is your family's tour guide to this terrain, building fluency in the language of maths so you can break any problem into manageable pieces.
How does it work?
A classical approach that aligns with the way your student naturally learns. Each year's level builds on the previous, approaching the beauty of maths logically, sequentially and cyclically, with a sense of marvel at God's creation.
- Flexible weekly lessons in a supportive community context
- Consumable booklets with everything you need to cover the topics
- Engaging content: art, games and flashcards
- A 13-year sequence and 30-week scope
Introducing The Math Map
Leigh Bortins and Dr Kirsty Gilpin on why they built a classical, Christian maths curriculum, and what it does for a family.
The Math Map Q&A with Leigh Bortins
Parents' questions on why a classical, Christian maths curriculum, answered by the founder.
Everything you need, each week, each semester, each cycle
Presented in lightweight, consumable, portable weekly booklets. Goodbye, 300-page maths textbooks.
Each manageable lesson plan includes:
- Lesson pages
- Solutions to every problem
- Reference charts
- Art, conversation starters and games for fun
Classical Conversations members also receive online support through CC Connected in the form of The Math Map Companion: an instruction manual for the whole family with worked examples, additional explanations, glossary, audio glossary, videos and more.
A maths curriculum that returns to the way we naturally learn
The Math Map is not new; it is reclaimed. Directed by a Christ-centred worldview, guided by the classical tradition and supported by community, it brings the truth, goodness and beauty of maths back to classical education: 30 weeks of lessons a year, 13 years of study, weekly booklets with lessons, charts, solutions and games, and maths integrated with art, quotes, Scripture and reflection.
Thoroughly classical (grammar, dialectic, rhetoric) · Intentionally Christian (wonder, work, worship, repeat) · Supported by community (at home, in community, in partnership).
Download the infographic (PDF)The Math Map in your hands
Weekly booklets, flashcards and the manipulatives kit: a short look at the tools.
Maths proficiency is the ultimate life skill
From unlocking a career in engineering or programming to managing personal finances and applying logical thinking to real-world situations, the student who understands maths is primed for success in every area of life. In a world where the only constant is change, logic, numeracy and problem-solving are in high demand, and those are exactly the skills a rigorous study of mathematics builds.
The Math Map gives your student a rock-solid foundation, equipping them with lifelong skills and opening doors that will enrich their personal and professional lives.
Discover the benefits of maths with The Math Map
Classical. Christian. Community-based.
Classical
Young students meet the basic concepts and symbols of maths, memorising this grammar through repetition. As they progress, students build on that foundation through the classical art of dialectic, tackling increasingly challenging equations and ideas, before engaging in rhetorical conversation and writing about the foundational concepts of mathematics.
Christian
The goal is to enable students to see the unseen through mathematics. From the fundamental laws of physics to the Fibonacci sequence in nature and art, God speaks to us about His character and creation through maths. Students' eyes are opened to the reality and personality of the God who wove mathematics through the structure of our universe.
Community-based
The Math Map unifies communities around one maths resource. Foundations and Essentials families work through the same material at home each week, so lunchtime parent conversations are shared and supportive; in Challenge it is the primary resource of the Logic strand, so seminars go deeper into the truth, beauty and goodness of mathematics.
The levels
One level per year, from Naturals onward. Prices are in Rand and include VAT; Classical Conversations South Africa families see their member pricing when signed in.
Flashcards, manipulatives and binders
The tools that travel with the map: flashcards for the language of maths, the manipulatives kit for hands-on learning, and binders for the weekly booklets.
You are never lost with The Math Map
Many parents carry the weight of their own past struggles with maths. The Math Map helps you redeem your own maths education by giving you a detailed map for your student's journey, and plenty of support along the way: the Companion, curriculum assistants in the CC Connected forums, and a weekly book club hosted by Leigh Bortins and Kirsty Gilpin, two of the curriculum experts behind the map.
Discover the confidence to navigate the world of mathematics. Reclaim your one-family schoolhouse, and see maths the way God intended.
Voices from the map
"I love The Math Map because of the connection to God. He is able to reveal Himself through the Contribution to the Conversation. I also appreciate the Companion, the extra information and the Big Ideas spelled out up front, with the vocabulary for each lesson."
Rebeca, CC parent
"I like the repetition year after year. The artwork and quotes are amazing. I'm learning so much from this along with my son."
Ruza, CC parent
"I love how it all points to order and God and His being approachable yet unfathomable. The smarter you get, the more you realise how big God is, instead of feeling that knowledge can exist apart from Him."
Grace, CC parent
From the blog
The Math Map: A Classical Approach to Mathematics Education
What makes a classical maths curriculum different, and why it matters for your family.
Read the articleTrace, Draw, Copy: Becoming a Math Person the Naturals Way
How the Naturals level builds mathematicians from the very first year.
Read the articleOvercoming Math Anxiety in Your Home School
For the parent who dreads maths lessons: practical, gentle ways through.
Read the articleHow to Get Better at Math: 5 Tips for Parents
Small habits at home that make a large difference over a year.
Read the articleWhy Math Is Important: A Student's View
A Challenge student on why the work is worth it.
Read the articleChristian Math Curriculum: The Math Map for Classical Elementary Education
An overview for families in the Foundations years.
Read the articleQuestions about The Math Map?
Not sure which level to start with, or how it fits into Foundations, Essentials or Challenge? Ask us, or your Director.
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