ShillerLearning divides its math curriculum into three parts: Kit I, Fractions Kit, and Kit II and its language arts curriculum into two parts: Kit A and Kit B
Kit I contains Books 1, 2, and 3 and their associated answer guides, for a total of six full-color, wire-bound, lay-flat books. These books include the diagnostic tests, test answers, and a list of lessons to revisit when a test question is answered incorrectly.
Kit I also contains over a dozen different manipulatives, including a balance, number cards, number tiles, foam ball, dominoes, a US/metric ruler, wooden shapes, dice, measuring cups, and operator cards.
Kit I contains a wide range of decimal material, including 100 unit cubes, 27 ten rods, 27 hundred rod, and 17 thousand cubes (1 plastic and 16 cardboard) along with a wooden decimal tray.
Kit I also contains a parent guide, lesson and diagnostic test tracking sheets, and an audio CD with 25 catchy songs that integrate directly into the lesson books.
Kit I also comes with a lifetime download license for all children of one generation in the family. This is a handy and money-saving feature for families with more than one child.
Fractions Kit contains the Fractions Book and answer guide, both full-color, wire-bound, lay-flat books. These books include the diagnostic tests, test answers, and a list of lessons to revisit when a test question is answered incorrectly.
Fractions Kit also contains fraction circles (including sevenths and ninths, which are only available from ShillerLearning).
Fractions Kit also contains a parent guide, lesson and diagnostic test tracking sheets, and mp3 songs that integrate directly into the lesson books.
Fractions Kit also comes with a lifetime download license for all children of one generation in the family. This is a handy and money-saving feature for families with more than one child.
Kit II contains Books 4, 5, and 6 and their associated answer guides, for a total of six full-color, wire-bound, lay-flat books. These books include the diagnostic tests, test answers, and a list of lessons to revisit when a test question is answered incorrectly.
Kit II also contains several different manipulatives, including decimal chips, 3-D plastic see-through shapes, and geo nets.
Kit II also contains a parent guide, lesson and diagnostic test tracking sheets, and an audio CD with 25 catchy math songs that integrate directly into the lesson books. These are Kit II songs and are completely different than those from Kit I.
As with Kit I, Kit II comes with a lifetime download license for all children of one generation in the family. Again, this is a handy and money-saving feature for families with more than one child.
All lesson books are scripted: Students may begin self-study as soon as they are ready.
Each kit comes with everything you could possibly need. There is no lesson preparation required by the parent, and no advance knowledge of math or Montessori is required.
Schools typically purchase manipulatives, CDs, decimal material, lesson books, answer guides, and download licenses separately depending on the number of students and classrooms.
The ShillerLearning Kit. Everything you need in an Open 'N' Go box.