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For the kid who's already decided they're "bad at math."

A New Page Math is a nightly story adventure β€” fifteen minutes at the kitchen table β€” where your child stars as the hero and the math is the magic. Underneath the story: the explicit, step-by-step teaching that struggling math learners actually need. Designed with math-anxious and dyscalculic learners in mind β€” and for any kid with gaps.

Always free Β· installs on any tablet & works offline Β· from the team behind A New Page, the reading program

A peek at one night

This is what your child actually sees.

Painted story art: a lantern-lit trail winding into a dark forest, a small hooded traveler and a badger setting out by compass-light.
Every expedition opens on hand-painted story art. Your child is the hero β€” always shown from behind, so it's always them.

β€œBramble tips his cap. β€˜No Wayfinder walks out with an unpacked crate. Bread first.’”

The crate holds ten. Bramble sets in 8 loaves; Pip flies in 5 more. Fill the frame β€” how many loaves?

πŸ”Š Read it to me Β· ten-frame stays one tap away

The math lives inside the story β€” with hands-on tools that never disappear. Miss it once and it becomes a hint, never a red X.

…and every night ends at the campfire with a plain-English note for you: what we saw, what it means, and one 60-second thing to try at the table.

Why this one is different

Most math apps are built for the average kid. This one isn't.

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No timers. No red X's. Ever.

Math anxiety is mostly built out of timed public failure β€” so we removed all of it. A miss becomes a hint, then a guided walk-through, then tomorrow's gentle warm-up. The night always ends on a win.

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Real teaching, not endless quizzing

Every new skill is shown, then guided, then handed over β€” with hands-on tools (ten-frames, number lines) that never disappear. That's the method the research says struggling learners need. Most apps just quiz.

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The story IS the math

No worksheet wearing a game costume. Your child packs the crates, bridges the gorge, splits the treasure. The math is the adventure β€” which is why they come back tomorrow night.

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Dignity for older kids

Three storytelling voices β€” read-together (4–7), adventure (8–12), and a drier teen voice (13+) β€” over the same math. A 14-year-old rebuilding foundations never sees a babyish screen or a grade label, ever.

How it works

Fifteen minutes a night. That's the whole ask.

The free math check

Five friendly minutes, together. It gives a friendly starting estimate across four strands β€” number sense, operations, fractions, story problems β€” and explains the plan in plain English. Not a diagnosis; a kind place to begin.

One expedition a night

A 60-second number warm-up, a story beat where the hero needs the math, and a closing challenge. Wobbly skills quietly return the next night until they're solid. Every word can be read aloud at a tap.

You see everything

After every session: what we saw, what it means, what we're doing next β€” and one 60-second thing you can do at the table. Written by the program, in plain English, every night.

"It was never the compass. It was the counting. It was you, working it out, every night."
β€” the season finale your child earns

Built on the science of how struggling math learners actually learn

Explicit, systematic instruction. Concrete-to-visual-to-abstract teaching with real manipulatives. Number sense first β€” subitizing, magnitude, the number line β€” the skills research identifies at the core of math struggle, including dyscalculia. Strategy-based fact fluency instead of memorization pressure. Story-shape problem solving instead of key-word tricks. Spaced review built into every night. These are the principles used in structured math intervention β€” delivered as an adventure your child asks for.

No catch

Free on purpose. And what your child does stays yours.

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Why it's free

This one is free on purpose. It's how families meet the way we teach. If it helps your child, our reading program, A New Page, goes deeper.

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Your child's data never leaves home

There is no account to make and no card to enter. No tracking scripts run in the app, so we don't watch sessions or build a profile of your child. Their progress is saved right in your browser, on your own device, not on our servers. Nothing to sell, because we never collect it.

Find your child's starting point β€” free β†’

No account. No card. About five minutes.

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