Semper Math
Math, one step at a time, with Pip.
Short chalkboard lessons that teach the idea before the trick. Pip draws it, works it out one line at a time, and then hands your child the pencil.
Every lesson, the same five moves
How Pip teaches
- 01
A picture first
Every lesson opens with something you can see: a balance scale, a bar, a number line. The idea makes sense before the rule has a name.
- 02
One step at a time
Pip writes each line of the work and says why it is allowed. Nothing appears out of nowhere, so your child can follow every move.
- 03
The common mistake
Pip shows the wrong turn most kids take, then checks it, so your child learns to catch it on their own paper.
- 04
Your turn
Pause the video, grab a pencil, and try a few problems. Then Pip works through each answer on the board.
- 05
Checked by code
Every number on the board is computed and verified by a program before the lesson is recorded. The answers are right.
About ten minutes each
Lessons
We add lessons grade by grade, in the order a school year teaches them. Grade 6 pre-algebra is first.
- Grade 1, coming later
- Grade 2, coming later
- Grade 3, coming later
- Grade 4, coming later
- Grade 5, coming later
- Grade 6, lessons available
- Grade 7, coming later
- Grade 8, coming later
- Grade 9, coming later
- Grade 10, coming later
- Grade 11, coming later
- Grade 12, coming later
Coming soonSolving One-Step Equations
Pip puts a mystery bag on a balance scale to show why you do the same thing to both sides, then solves all four kinds: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.
New lessons land on our YouTube channel first.
Check it: 13 minus 4 is 9. You got it.
The app behind the lessons
Pip, live
Slate is a voice tutor on a digital chalkboard. Your child writes the work, and Pip reads each line as it goes, talks it through out loud, and points at the exact step that went wrong.
- Reads your child's handwriting, line by line, as they write.
- Talks, listens, and waits for your child to answer before writing the next step.
- Skills from counting to precalculus, so it meets each learner where they are.
- A grown-ups view shows what clicked and what to practice next.
Slate is for learners 13 and older
Pricing
The video lessons are free for everyone, on YouTube. Live lessons with Pip in the Slate app are paid by the minute, from time you buy ahead.
$17.50 per 30 minutes of live lessons
- Your first purchase includes 20 bonus minutes.
- Time is used by the minute, only while a lesson is running.
- Bought time lasts 12 months. Unused time is refundable within 30 days.
- One parent account for the whole family. Each learner must be 13 or older.
Prices in US dollars, plus tax where it applies. See the terms for the details.
For parents and guardians
Join the beta
Slate opens to a few families at a time, for learners 13 and older. Leave your email and we will send one message, when there is a place for yours.
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