Kitten Math: The World's Most Adorable Math Project

What if your child had four orphaned kittens depending on them—and needed math to take care of them?

In Kitten Math, your child chooses four kittens from nine real kitten photographs, names them, gives them personalities, and becomes responsible for their care.

Over the next four weeks, they'll buy kitten supplies, figure out bottle-feeding amounts, create feeding schedules, track kitten weights, design a kitten room, and more.

And woven naturally into every task is real math they have a reason to use.

Math With a Reason

Instead of learning a skill and wondering, When am I ever going to use this?, kids encounter the math because their kittens need them to figure something out.

Each part of the project introduces the math needed for that particular kitten-care challenge, with mini-lessons and practice built right in. Eight math games reinforce skills introduced along the way.

Kids will work with:

Numbers & Operations
Adding 2-digit numbers • adding decimals and money • subtracting 3-digit numbers • division with and without remainders • multiplication arrays • comparing large numbers • finding half of odd numbers

Fractions, Ratios & Percents
Fractions • ratios • understanding 50% off

Measurement & Time
Elapsed time • milliliters • grams • length and width • rounding inches to feet • finding area

Data & Representation
Reading and creating line graphs • interpreting charts • drawing a map to scale

Thinking & Problem Solving
Critical thinking • multi-step real-world problems

What's Included

• 60 printable student project pages
• 8 math games that reinforce skills introduced in the project
• Intro video
• Full color and black-and-white versions
• Answer key
• CCSS and TEKS standards
• Certificate of achievement
• Bonus videos and math art activities
• Easy-access links and QR codes to the included digital content

A Month of Math They Actually Care About

Kitten Math is designed as approximately a four-week project, giving kids time to become invested in their kittens while encountering math again and again in meaningful situations.

The result is something very different from a month of worksheets: an ongoing story in which math helps your child accomplish something they care about.

“Kitten Math truly turned my little girl into a math lover!”
— Amanda Macy Cheek Hall

“My reluctant dyslexic homeschooler spent HOURS with this workbook. It was right up her animal-loving heart’s alley. Best purchase of the year!”
— Katie's mom

Loved by Thousands of Families

The original Kitten Math has sold more than 10,000 copies on Amazon and received more than 200 five-star reviews.

The paperback workbook is also available on Amazon.

Good to Know

Grades: 3–5
Length: Approximately 4 weeks
Format: Printable digital PDF
Versions: Full color + black and white
Digital extras: Videos and math art activities accessed by links and QR codes

This is a printable digital resource available for instant download. Nothing will be shipped.