All About Math is the new multisensory math curriculum from All About Learning Press, makers of All About Reading and All About Spelling. Here’s an honest review for homeschool families with dyslexia.
If you’ve been around my site for any length of time, you know exactly where I stand on the dyslexia-friendly curriculum All About Reading and All About Spelling. After homeschooling seven of my eight kids with dyslexia over the past 30 years, and after test-driving nearly every reading and spelling program on the market, All About Learning Press earned its place as our go-to. Both programs were built on solid Orton-Gillingham footing, and I’ve written before about why that combination of multisensory teaching, explicit instruction, and built-in review works so well for kids whose brains need information to come in through more than one door at a time.
Read my review of All About Reading & Spelling here.
So when All About Learning Press rolled out a math program, I wanted to see whether the same philosophy that made their reading and spelling curricula so effective would carry over. Short answer: it does, and if your family already loves AAR and AAS, All About Math deserves a look.
What All About Math Actually Is
All About Math is a five-level, mastery-based math curriculum covering kindergarten through roughly fifth grade. All five levels are available now. Like AAR and AAS, it doesn’t map neatly onto grade labels. Level 1 covers kindergarten and part of first grade, Level 2 finishes first grade and covers second, and Levels 3 through 4 track more closely with third and fourth grade content. Free placement tests on the All About Learning Press site help you find the right starting point instead of guessing based on age.
Each level comes with a teacher’s manual and a student packet containing a full-color activity book, cardstock math tools, and stickers for a progress chart. A one-time manipulatives kit, built for reuse across all five levels, includes counting bears, connecting cubes, two-color counters, base-ten blocks, and fraction tiles. That kit is the same idea as the letter tiles in AAR and AAS: one purchase, used again and again, so kids are handling real objects instead of just staring at a page.
The lessons themselves are scripted, similar to AAR’s teacher’s manual approach, so a parent who lacks confidence teaching math doesn’t have to come up with their own explanations on the fly. Concepts move from concrete (manipulatives) to pictorial (drawings and models) to abstract (standard notation), which is the same progression that makes Orton-Gillingham reading instruction so effective for dyslexic learners. Lessons are designed to run about 20 minutes a day, and because it’s a mastery program rather than a spiral one, a child stays at a skill until it’s solid before moving forward. This is important for kids with dyslexia, who often need more repetition than a typical scope and sequence allows for.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Cathy Duffy, one of the most respected names in homeschool curriculum review, named All About Math one of her Top Picks and highlighted a detail you will appreciate: Level 1 and Level 2 deliberately use different numeral-writing styles for 6 and 9 so kids don’t confuse them, a small design choice that shows real attention to how struggling learners actually get tripped up. She also notes the teacher’s manuals explain the “why” behind each concept, like subitizing, so parents without a strong math background can still teach with confidence.
Ginny Yurich of 1000 Hours Outside, writing from a very different angle, praised the program’s screen-free, hands-on design and its refusal to rush kids through content just because a calendar says it’s time to move on. Parent reviews on the All About Learning Press site echo the same themes: kids asking for math instead of dreading it, and parents surprised that a 20-minute lesson could cover so much ground without a fight.
What This Means for Your Dyslexic Learner
Everything I’ve written about All About Reading and All About Spelling on this site comes back to the same principles: multisensory input, explicit teaching, and enough review that skills actually stick. All About Math is built on that identical foundation, just applied to numbers instead of letters and sounds. If your child struggles with reading and writing, there’s a real chance math instruction that leans on abstract symbols alone will trip them up too. A program that lets them touch, build, and talk through a concept before putting pencil to paper plays to the same strengths that made AAR and AAS work for our family.
All About Math also offers the same one-year money-back guarantee and lifetime support that make AAR and AAS low-risk to try. If you’ve already trusted this company with reading and spelling, math is an excellent next step to test out, especially if your current math curriculum feels like a battle every day.
If you’re looking for an open-and-go, multisensory math program from a company you already trust, and your child needs more concrete, hands-on instruction than a typical textbook offers, All About Math is worth checking out.
0 Comments