How it works

One family account. Each child gets their own space. Parents get a Teacher view with everything they need to help.

For parents

  1. Create your family account. Email and password, or Continue with Google. Sign in once on each iPad or computer.
  2. Add each child. Name, birthday, grade, math book and current chapter, and how they learn best: reading support, dyslexia-friendly font, daily time, and Focused, Balanced or Full fun mode.
  3. Set a Teacher PIN. It keeps reports, answers and settings behind a PIN only you know.
  4. Check in from Teacher. See problems done, how many hints were used and at what level, which skills need a sit-down, and every Snap & Learn question.
  5. Help with homework. Pick the book and lesson to see how the book teaches it, how that maps to the way you learned it, worked examples and videos. Type or photograph any problem to get the answer and every step.

For kids

  1. Tap your name. (And a PIN, if your parents set one.)
  2. Find your starting place. The first time in Abacus, a short, untimed placement checks what you know. “I haven’t learned this yet” is always an option.
  3. Do today’s practice. A warm-up, your lesson, review of things you missed before, and one gap to fill. About 15 minutes.
  4. Stuck? Use the hint ladder. 💡 a nudge, 🧭 a strategy, 👣 the next step, ✅ the full solution, then “try one like it.” Or take a short break.
  5. Snap & Learn. Take a picture of any problem. You’ll be walked through it step by step instead of just being handed an answer.

About the hint ladder

💡

1. Nudge

A question that points the right way: “What do you need to find first?”

🧭

2. Strategy

A specific method: draw a bar model, find one unit, make a list of multiples.

👣

3. Next step

Reveals one step of the worked solution at a time.

✅

4. Full solution

Every step and the answer, followed by a fresh problem just like it.

📊

Every hint is counted

Parents see hints per day and per skill, so “needs help” is based on what actually happened.

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Never a penalty

Using a hint is how you learn. Kids earn a bonus for solving on their own, not a punishment for asking.