Overview

All lessons, plans and assessments in Mathology TEACH are linked to curricula and syllabus outcomes for both the current and all available new curricula from F-6.

  • Year Levels F–6
  • Curriculum ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
  • Subject Mathematics
  • Resource Formats Print, Digital
  • Last Updated Oct 2023

What it is

Pearson Mathology F–6, comprising Mathology Little Books and Mathology TEACH, is a teacher resource designed to support the effective teaching of Mathematics in primary classrooms.

It focuses on learning by doing and incorporates engaging hands-on lessons, as well as support for differentiation, formative assessment and progress tracking.

Using Mathology in your Primary maths classroom

This video provides an overview of the time-saving platform, including how it supports teaching to the curriculum, what is included with each Mathology lesson, how it can be used for assessment and differentiation, and the flexible planning support available. It is a must-watch if you are looking for new resources to boost maths in your classroom!

How it helps

Learners

Build confidence: Each Mathology Little Book includes in-built audio to engage students with story and maths concepts regardless of their reading ability, and all lessons include multiple differentiation options allowing all students to enjoy success.

Learn to love maths: Introduce a range of fun fiction and non-fiction titles, games and activities to entertain a wide variety of students.  

Hands-on learning: Interactive and classroom-based activities keep students invested as they learn. 

Educators

Simplified lesson planning: Captivate students with in-built differentiation tips and hands-on classroom activity ideas for consolidating maths concepts. 

User-friendly assessment tools: Benefit from formative assessment and in-depth tracking and reporting, including an interactive assessment rubric.  

Ongoing professional development: Develop teaching skills on your own terms with bite-sized professional learning videos and teaching tips easily accessed from Mathology TEACH.

Why it works

Co-developed with teachers utilising insights from teacher interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations.
Based on an easy-to-understand Maths learning progression that shows growth over time.
Designed following the best pedagogical approaches and academic research.

What it includes

Discover how Pearson Mathology improves teaching outcomes.

Mathology Little Books F–3

Overview

Mathology Little Books Overview image of print cover and laptop access

Mathology Little Books will help you meet students where they are by supporting: 

Differentiation 

  • Provide students with a personalised learning experience by matching Little Books to an individual or group's level of maths understanding. 
  • Help students consolidate learning by focusing on building blocks of Big Ideas. 

Flexibility

  • Provide teachers with targeted maths content for whole class, small group, and independent settings. 

Engagement

  • Use real-life contexts and encourage positive attitudes towards maths with engaging stories and activities. 

 

The books are sold in title packs that include: 

  • 6 x print copies of the same Little Book title 
  • 1 x print Teacher's Guide 
  • Easy access to a digital copy via QR code 
  • Related interactive activity

Mathology Little Books F–3

Little Books

Mathology Little Book cover for Dan's Doggy Daycare and two inside pages of the story.

The 63 fiction and non-fiction Mathology Little Books are suitable for learners in years F–3 and feature engaging stories focusing on big ideas in Maths.

They can be used as stand-alone resources or combined with Mathology TEACH.

Mathology Little Books F–3

eBooks and digital activities

Mathology Little Books Digital version shown on laptop screen

Each Mathology Little Book is also available as an eBook.

These eBooks: 

  • are accessible via a QR code on the print book
  • don’t require student sign ins to access
  • include interactive activities
  • feature in-built audio to engage students regardless of reading ability
  • support reading in learning groups without regular teacher involvement. 

Mathology TEACH F–6

Overview

Mathology TEACH is your on-call Primary Maths consultant, filled with engaging Maths lessons that are carefully curated to support your state curriculum. 

Mathology TEACH helps you: 

  • find and deliver engaging maths lessons
  • teach these lessons in any classroom setting, in-class or virtual
  • undertake meaningful formative assessment
  • differentiate your instruction through explicit next steps that support student growth
  • save planning time through built-in year or curriculum plans that you can modify
  • access professional learning videos at point of need
  • easily incorporate your own non-Mathology teaching resources.

Mathology TEACH F–6

Planning

Use the library of curriculum aligned sample plans available in Mathology TEACH or customise them by rearranging lessons and activities or loading your own content to your plan.

Mathology TEACH F–6

Formative assessment

Assess and track students with a simple-to-use, practical, and powerful assessment tool. 

Mathology TEACH F–6

Professional learning

Mathology TEACH activities include bite-sized videos to support maths learning, such as the Skip-Counting Flexibly Learning Highlights video. 

Teaching resources

Teacher's Guides

Mathology Little Books Teachers Guides image of cover and page inserts showing teacher support

Each Mathology Little Book has a corresponding Teacher's Guide to simplify running and planning lessons.

They feature: 

  • detailed discussion points to use while reading 
  • differentiation tips 
  • hands-on classroom activity ideas for consolidating maths concepts 
  • a cross-strand maths focus.  

Teaching resources

Teaching Companions

Mathology Little Books Teaching Companion covers for years F to 6

Mathology TEACH Teaching Companions are available for years F–2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.  

These include:

  • Australian and state curriculum/syllabus correlations for all Mathology TEACH lessons
  • warm-up and exit-ticket classroom activity ideas for each maths topic
  • summaries of all activities available on Mathology TEACH
  • images of all formative assessment rubrics based on the underlying learning progression.

Teaching resources

Pearson Mathematics Learning Progressions

Mathology Little Books Learning Progression covers and one page from inside the book

The Pearson Mathematics Learning Progressions for Years F–3 and 4–9 show how students’ mathematical learning and knowledge grows over time. They are based on the best-known developmental continuums worldwide, and are the foundation upon which the Mathology classroom resources were built.

Overall, I love that the Mathology program is hands-on and games-oriented. The kids really enjoyed that aspect of it. Everything's in there, there's the whole-group lessons, small-group lessons, and independent activities. The whole program is just so fantastic!
— Shammy Gill, Year 1 Teacher

Samples & downloads

Support materials, sample pages and curriculum mapping to help you unlock Mathology.

The Pearson Mathematics Learning Progression is the result of a study of the most commonly used and respected world-wide frameworks, current research, and curricula. It is the theoretical underpinning behind the Pearson Mathology resources.

Mathology TEACH Attribution List

We’d like to thank the following sources for illustrations, photos, and other materials used in Mathology K-6 online classroom resources.

Level F-2 Attributions

Activity cards

Illustrations 

Number 

  • Charlene Chua: Berry Counting, Catching Fish  
  • Pascale Constantin: Gord the Groundhog, Hopping On, How Many?, Let’s Go Fishing!, Making Popsicles!, Picture Problems  
  • Deborah Crowle: Dot Flash to 5!, Dot Flash to 10!, How Many?, Making Popsicles!, Pocket Full of Change, Sort and Count  
  • Yves Dumont: Delivering Mail  
  • Tina Holdcroft: Feeding the Fish  
  • Claire Milne: How Much?, Ten in the Pools  
  • Jean Morin: Garage Sale, Keeping Fit, Line Them Up!, Maths in Pictures, The Fun Fair  
  • Rémy Simard: Breakfast on Bananas, My Mat, Place-Value Mat, Under Construction  
  • Laura Watson: Sort and Count 

Patterns and Algebra 

  • Charlene Chua: Hundred Chart, Pattern Circle Cores  
  • Pascale Constantin: Exploring Patterns; Extending and Predicting; The Jewelled Crown  
  • Deborah Crowle: Build Me Too!, Continue the Pattern, Our Cores, Find the Errors, I’m Shrinking!, Make a Guess, More Pattern Circles, Show Other Ways, Spinning for Cores, The Jewelled Crown  
  • Kveta Jelinek: Find the Errors  
  • Shane McGowan: Do I Balance? 
  • Jean Morin: Combining Attributes, Continue the Pattern  
  • Dave Whammond: I’m Shrinking! 

Measurement  

  • Deborah Crowle: Which is Longer?  
  • Pascale Constantin: Combining Time and Temperature, The Curious Cat, Zoey at the Zoo  
  • Tina Holdcroft: Carrots, Carrots!  
  • Claire Milne: Silly Snake!  
  • Rémy Simard: What's the Time? 

Geometry  

  • Deborah Crowle: Anchors Away!, Find the Shapes, Finding Symmetry, Pattern Block Design, Rules to Sort By, Spin and Sort  
  • Claire Milne: Hula Hoop Sort  
  • Jean Morin: My View, Rules to Sort By, Spin and Sort  
  • Rémy Simard: Way to Go 

Data Management and Probability  

  • Pascale Constantin: Insects in the Garden  
  • Kveta Jelinek: Our Schoolyard  
  • Claire Milne: Making Pictographs, River Walk  
  • Laura Watson: Our Cubes 

Artwork & Photos 

“No Student Card Needed” Activities Thumbnail: Amanda Kremser/Shutterstock (cloud background). Images in “Next Step” boxes of Activity Cards: Ian Crysler © Pearson Education, with the exception of:  

Number 

  • Dot Flash to 5!: Valentina Razumova/Shutterstock (cat)  
  • Dot Flash to 10!: Sarah Holmlund/Shutterstock (dalmatian)  
  • Grab 20!: Soosh/Shutterstock (background)  
  • Making Popsicles!: Viennetta/Shutterstock (popsicles)  
  • My Mat: Lilu330/Shutterstock (background)  
  • Picture Problems: Aleksandr Bryliaev/Shutterstock (background)  
  • Place-Value Mat: Ian Crysler © Pearson Education (paper cup)  
  • Pocket Full of Change: Donatas1205/Shutterstock (background)  

Patterns and Algebra  

  • Our Cores: AmandaKremser/Shutterstock  
  • Make a Guess: Sonava/Shutterstock; Olia Nikolina/Shutterstock (background)  
  • More Pattern Circles, Spinning for Cores: Amanda Kremser/Shutterstock (background) 

Measurement  

  • Cover Me!: ESOlex/Shutterstock (background)  

Geometry 

  • Constructing 3-D Skeletons: Billdayone/Shutterstock (cabinet); Winai Tepsuttinun/Shutterstock (paper cup).  
  • Finding Symmetry: Lilu330/Shutterstock (background)  
  • Rules to Sort By: Kazarlenya/Shutterstock (background); Bastinda18/Shutterstock (sun); Daria Rosen/Shutterstock (bird); Amirage/Shutterstock (background); Cobalt88/Shutterstock (background)  
  • The Metre: Ivn3da/Shutterstock (30-cm ruler)  
  • Spin and Sort: Nucleartist/Shutterstock (background)  

Data Management and Probability  

  • Our Schoolyard: Aleksandr Bryliaev/Shutterstock (background)  

Level F-2 Attributions

Lessons

  • Photos by Ian Crysler © Pearson Education  

Level F-2 Attributions

Line-masters & multi-use cards

Number

  • Master 2: Design Pics Inc/Alamy Stock Photo (kids foraging for berries); ArgenLant/Shutterstock (berries on bush); Peter Carroll / Alamy Stock Photo (bannock); DPRM/Shutterstock (berries in bowl); Aurora Photos/Alamy Stock Photo (berry pie)

Patterns and Algebra

  • Master 19: Yvette Cardozo/Alamy Stock Photo (blanket); Marc Bruxelle/Alamy Stock Photo (crosswalk); Witoon214/Shutterstock (paving stones); Carole Drake/Alamy Stock Photo (garden path)

Geometry

  • Master 3: Bastinda18/Shutterstock
  • Master 10: Leonid Andronov/Alamy Stock Photo (photo of roof)

Level F-2 Attributions

Technical art

  • ArtPlus Limited, QBS

Level 3 Attributions

Activity cards

Illustrations 

Number 

  • Christine Battuz: First to 5000!  
  • Anni Betts: Round We Go!  
  • Mattia Cerato: Array Avenue  
  • Composure: Aim for 100! & Aim for 0!, Escape the Room, Fractions of a Whole, Fraction Collage, Let’s Go Shopping!, Where Do We See Numbers?  
  • Viviana Garofoli: Jumping on Clover  
  • Javier Joaquin: Fun Day!  
  • Anthony Lewis: Filling Fractions!  
  • Colleen Madden: Solve the Case!  
  • Cindy Revell & Sachiko Yoshikawa: Add to Fit!  
  • Mark Ruffle: Earn and Pay!  
  • Tracy Sabin & Joe Taylor: Tell a Number Story  
  • Jon Stuart: Multiplication Squares  
  • Diego Vaisberg: What Number Am I?  

Patterns and Algebra 

  • Composure: I’m Repeating, What’s Missing? 
  • John Kurtz: Input-Output Machine   

Measurement  

  • Steve Bjorkman: How Long Does It Take?  
  • Composure: Cover Me!  
  • Fabiana Faiallo: Nora’s Classroom   

Geometry 

  • Valentina Belloni: Neighbourhood Errands 
  • Composure: Fill Me!, Finish Me! 
  • Christos Skaltsas: At the Amusement Park 

Data Management and Probability  

  • Mattia Cerato: Jumbler Machine  
  • Composure: Clear the Board!, Spinner  

Artwork & Photos 

  • “No Student Card Needed” Activities Thumbnail: AmandaKremser/Shutterstock (cloud background).  

Number 

  • Aim for 100! & Aim for 0!: Texturis/Shutterstock (background); VolodymyrSanych/Shutterstock (yellow sticky notes); W. Phokin/Shutterstock (blue sticky notes); Lyudmyla Kharlamova/Shutterstock and Zurbanov Alexei/Shutterstock (pins) 
  • Earn and Pay!: arigato/Shutterstock (background) 
  • Escape the Room: S-F/Shutterstock (background) 
  • Fraction Collage: PandaStudio/Shutterstock (chocolate bar); E-Vector/Shutterstock (wooden ruler); Kolonko/Shutterstock (battery icon); Phil’s Mommy/Shutterstock (gummie bears) 
  • Fun Day!: DenisMArt/Shutterstock (plastic water bottle); Copter Pixel/Shutterstock (bandage) 
  • Let’s Go Shopping!: Africa Studio/Shutterstock (peanut butter); Kitch Bain/Shutterstock (tuna); The_Pixel/Shutterstock (cheese slices); Ratikova/Shutterstock (bread); JeniFoto/Shutterstock (raspberries); Arvind Balaraman/Shutterstock (can of beans); Fotofermer/Shutterstock (tray of yoghurt); Gulyash/Shutterstock (pasta); Gts/Shutterstock (cereal box); s-ts/Shutterstock (orange juice); vita pakhai/Shutterstock (ice cream); Maks Narodenko/Shutterstock (bananas); LorenzoArcobasso/Shutterstock (carrots); s-ts/Shutterstock (milk) 
  • Mammal Masses: Alfazet Chronicles/Shutterstock (map); A7880S/Shutterstock (hippo); Na_Studio/Shutterstock (dugong) 
  • Solve the Case!: Wiktoria Matynia/Shutterstock (footsteps) 
  • Tell a Number Story: dantess/Shutterstock (headphones); CapturePB/Shutterstock (sound system); ittoilmatar/Shutterstock (laptop); Wuttichok Panichiwarapun/Shutterstock (CFL lightbulb); udreycmk/Shutterstock (Anzac biscuits) 
  • Where Do We See Numbers?: Ilina/Shutterstock (background); Lester Balajadia/Shutterstock (speed sign); Alessandro Garofalo/Newscom (cake); worker/Shutterstock (shopping bag); Roman Gorielov/Alamy (jersey); jazzmxx/Shutterstock (house); Jeff Whyte/Shutterstock (public bus); K.Decha/Shutterstock (door); Songquan Deng/Shutterstock (CN Tower); cbphoto/Alamy (excavator); Ingehogenbijl/Shutterstock (road sign); lullabi/Shutterstock (house number); M-Rackham/Shutterstock (book) 

Patterns and Algebra  

  • I’m Repeating: monemi/Shutterstock (purple star-shaped button); Richard Peterson/Shutterstock (blue triangle-shaped button); monemi/Shutterstock (dark purple star-shaped button); Brilliantist Studio/Shutterstock (uppercase X and uppercase Y balloons); WhiteBarbie/Shutterstock (lowercase y balloon); little birdie/Shutterstock (d square plate); Picsfive/Shutterstock (buttons)  

Geometry 

  • Finish Me!: TR STOK/Shutterstock (wooden picture frame) 

Data Management and Probability  

  • Clear the Board!: stockcreations/Shutterstock (background)  

Level 3 Attributions

Lessons

Number

  • Activity 5: Laura Watson (butterflies & elephants); Art_man/Shutterstock (bat); Lane V. Erickson/Shutterstock (colourful beads)
  • Activity 12: Annanass/Shutterstock (street number); StarGraphic/Shutterstock (price tags); xalien/Shutterstock (calendar)

Patterns and Algebra

  • Exit Tickets: CoolimagesCo/Shutterstock (star stickers)
  • Activity 1: Leanne Franson (banana illustration)
  • Activity 14: John Kurtz (machine)

Measurement

  • Warm-up Ideas: ScofieldZa/Shutterstock (ruler); Protasov AN/Shutterstock (caterpillars)
  • Activities 1–7: Nerthuz/Shutterstock (brown door); vvoe/Shutterstock (wooden ruler)

Statistics and Probability

  • Warm-up Ideas: HappyPictures/Shutterstock (castle, houseboat, and house); Virinaflora/Shutterstock (building, lighthouse, windmill, cottage, barn, apartments, nursing home, university dorm); Kristina Bartova/123RF (icecreams); robuart/Shutterstock (animal chart)

Level 3 Attributions

Line-masters & multi-use cards

Number

  • Master 1: Barka/Shutterstock (bear); Benguhan/Shutterstock (camel); Miceking/Shutterstock (turtle); Fairys_Shope Logo/Shutterstock (elephant); Gallinago_media/Shutterstock (parrot)
  • Master 2: Lane V. Erickson/Shutterstock (colourful beads)

Measurement

  • Master 8: tarubumi/Shutterstock (jar)

Data Management and Probability

  • Master 18–19: stockcreations/Shutterstock (honeycomb)

Level 3 Attributions

Technical art

  • Giovanni Giorgi Pierfranceschi, John Kurtz, QBS Learning 

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