The Common Core standards put more of an emphasis than before on abstract reasoning and problem solving. Stern Structural Arithmetic provides the concrete representations needed to develop an understanding of the mathematical concepts, and to build a foundation for understanding the pictorial and abstract representations.

Stern Structural Arithmetic has been extremely successful in teaching students with learning differences, children with language processing difficulties and children whose first language is not English. Most of the learning is done through direct tactile and visual experience and language is grounded in the concrete lessons. Each activity and game can be tailored to meet the individual needs of each learner.

Stern Structural Arithmetic can be taught as a stand-alone curriculum, or it can be easily adapted to supplement any curriculum currently being used. It can also be used by specialists, interventionists or tutors to help students solidify underlying foundational math concepts.

Stern Structural Arithmetic offers materials effective for parents of home-schooled children. The games provide a fun and efficient way for children to become excellent students of math with a strong sense of themselves as problem solvers.