At our home we have been using Math Facts Now which we received to review as a part of the TOS Homeschool Crew. It is a math program that we downloaded to our computer that drills you on the basic math facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. As the parent you set up lessons by selecting which operation you want to use the lesson for and which number to use in the lesson. For example you can set up a lesson on the addition facts for the number 2. You name the lesson and choose how many correct answers they need to get right to finish the lesson, how long they have to answer each question and how many times they need to repeat the correct answer to a missed one. You can also set up a reward for your child when they successfully complete a lesson.

Check out the full features of this program here on the Math Facts Now website.

This program is a straightforward no nonsense math fact drilling program for children from K through 6th grade or anyone needing help learning their math facts. If that is what you are looking for in a math facts program then this might be what you are looking for. At our household we supplemented our normal math with lessons from this program instead of using traditional flashcards. This made it nice for me as a homeschool parent because I could see progress information and my kids could work on it independently. Another benefit of this was that I could work on something else with my other child.

The only thing that my kids did not really like with this program was that if they made a mistake that they had to type the entire equation and the answer instead of just the correct answer when going through and having to type in a correct response after missing one. However, as a a parent, I saw this as good reinforcement of the math facts.

You can try it out for yourself for a free trial by going to the Math Facts Now website here.

This program is only currently available for PC and not yet for Mac. You can purchase it on the Math Facts Now website for $15.95 as a download or a CD for $15.95 plus $3.95 for shipping.

Check out what my fellow TOS Crew members have to say about this program here on our Blog.

Note: I received this product for free as a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew in order to provide an honest review for my readers.

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