The Compute-A-Color math system is simple because it was designed to be simple. ‘About us' gives insight to a steadfast journey through the creation and implementation of this innovative math system.
Like it or not, math is a fact of life. We think little about that, except when math skills may suddenly be lost. It can happen. And it did.
Compute-A-Color math arose from this kind of happening more than twenty years ago. The originator, Ann Preus, suffered sudden head trauma from a car accident. Life changed. Skills in math, memory and music were diminished. She could not read music or play her violin. Retraining was necessary.
During this period, family life continued with her husband and five children. Ann responded to a request for volunteer monitors at her daughter's school. She watched kids squinting and bent over their math papers which were (then) faintly reproduced in a kind of smelly jelly purple ink. Ann asked if she could try to add a little fun with color; and was given a go-ahead. Math came alive. Color was the catalyst! She knew what the kids needed; she needed it, too. COLOR!