A key part of our Early Grades Math Program, Family Playlists® are an evidence-based math practice tool that help K-2 students master grade-level content through play-based learning and math discourse.
Extend Math Learning with Family Playlists
Early Grades Math Program components
Aligned to your district’s math curriculum, this program combines professional learning and our play-based math practice tool to strengthen instructional practice and help your K-2 students master grade-level content.
- Family Playlists*: students engage in interactive, curriculum-aligned math games with a family partner and then produce videos explaining what they learned.
- Professional Learning: coaching for grade level teams on topics including strengthening math mindsets; engaging families in learning; analyzing student thinking; and data-driven instruction.
- Leadership Touchpoints: ensure program alignment and cohesion through check-ins with district and school leadership.
- Resource Toolkits: share research-based strategies with families to encourage math practice at home.
*Family Playlists meet rigorous security protocols around protecting student personally identifiable information (PII) and data privacy, achieving an official Unified Digital Instructional Procurement Plan (UDIPP) certification from the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD). They are approved via the Enterprise Request Management Application (ERMA) process from the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE).
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Key Features of Family Playlists
- Designed for students in K-2
- Aligned to your district’s math scope and sequence
- Play-based activities use materials commonly found at home
- Integrates with Clever for simple and secure rostering
- Translated in 100+ languages to engage your MLL students and families
- Includes videos in English and Spanish
- Delivered via text and/or email
- Accessible via any web browser - no log in required
- Strengthen math discourse and mindsets outside of classroom instruction
- Robust reporting to support data-driven instruction
Grow K-2 Math and SEL Outcomes
Teachers learn how to cultivate positive math mindsets in their students, support their students in mastering grade-level content, and gain insights from student work to drive their instruction.
Boost math achievement
Family Playlists were associated with a +10.2pp year-over-year improvement in students’ math test scores.
Strengthen SEL skills
Students demonstrated 15% greater SEL outcomes, with especially pronounced impact on students who are Multilingual Learners (MLLs).
Advance equity
Another study found a significant change in the proportion of Black and Hispanic students who exceeded or met math benchmarks.
How do Family Playlists work?
Family Playlists are implemented in a simple three-step process. See this first grade example, “Put Together Word Problems,” that has students practice solving addition word problems.
Step 1
The teacher assigns an activity, such as ”Put Together Word Problems” from the Family Playlists platform online.
Step 2
The family partner receives a text message in their preferred language, and opens the activity in any web browser. The family partner and child complete the learning game.
Step 3
Then, the family partner records and submits a 1-2 minute video or audio file of the child answering a few prompts to show what they learned from the game.
As seen in...
District Partner Highlights
42,800+
99%
minutes of additional math practice completed by K-2 students at one of our star partner districts
of participating students report that they enjoyed the Family Playlists game
Partner Spotlight
Hear from second-grade teacher Ms. McGregor, who says Family Playlists have helped her students build math tool belts and strengthen math discourse.
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