What Do Singapore Maths Teachers Do Differently — And Can Your Child Learn The Same Way? The answer is simpler than you'd expect. And it has nothing to do with doing more work.
“I always thought my daughter just wasn’t a maths person. Turns out she just needed it explained differently.” — Maria, mum of a 9-year-old”
For decades, Singapore has ranked at the top of every global maths test — PISA, TIMSS, year after year. Educators around the world kept asking the same question: what are Singapore teachers actually doing differently? The answer wasn’t more homework or harder exams. It was Singapore Math — a way of teaching built around truly understanding numbers, not just memorising how to get the right answer.
The core idea
Children first understand math through real objects, then pictures, then symbols — not the other way around.
Rather than racing through a wide curriculum, students build genuine fluency with each concept before moving on.
Students learn to think flexibly about problems — skills that transfer well beyond the classroom.
The Good News
Your child doesn’t need to be in Singapore to learn this way. KooBits was built by Singapore educators to bring this exact approach to families everywhere — through a game-based platform that children actually want to use. Trusted by over 250,000 students across 50+ countries, it adapts to each child’s pace and fits into just 20 minutes a day.
Find out more about KooBits today.
