Level B is intended for average children in year 1.  Level C corresponds with year 2, etc. However, Milestone Maths is designed to allow children to move at their own pace (once they are reading independently) so it may be appropriate for a student to be studying a book that is ‘above’ or ‘below’ their nominal year level.

In the primary years, lessons should take between fifteen and thirty minutes to complete. Enrichment or game activities may take longer, especially if the students are enjoying them.

If your child regularly takes longer than thirty minutes to complete a lesson, please see our posts on studying maths efficiently and placing your child in Milestone Maths.

Short answer: probably not but there are some must do.

Long answer: read our posts on how to study maths efficiently and not negotiable activities.

Two words: flexibility and student appeal. Breaking the year up into four terms (mirroring the school year) allows you to more finely grain placement of your student. Also, by making four books per year, the material is broken down into more “bite sized” chunks for the child. This has more appeal and feels less daunting to students that one or two bigger volumes. Less comprehensive curricula may consist of only one or two books per year that are contain around the same number of pages as a single book of Milestone Maths but these will often require considerably more teacher input or significant supplementation to be adequate.

Sumstix, also known as Cuisensaire rods, are the essential resource for the primary levels of Milestone Maths. They make teaching and learning even difficult mathematical concepts child’s play. For more information please see our post: What are Sumstix?

We plan to release at least one level of Milestone Maths in time for each new school year. If your child begins on Level B or Level C in 2025, and they complete one level per year, a new level will be ready for them as they need it.

Milestone Maths is aligned to Version 9 of the Australian Curriculum.