Discover the joy of
math made beautiful
Tile Farm Academy works alongside any curriculum to support number sense, reasoning, and creative STEAM learning. Its low-floor, high-ceiling tasks make deep mathematical thinking accessible to every student, while fostering curiosity, confidence, and joy.
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Developing thinkers,
not just math skills
Tile Farm Academy was developed by a team of mathematicians, scientists, and educators with support from the National Science Foundation. Its activities are intentionally designed to build the habits of mind shared by strong mathematical thinkers, including curiosity, perseverance, creativity, and deep reasoning.
Tile Farm is patent-protected and funded in-part by the National Science Foundation.
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A better way to build number sense and fluency
Daily Digits builds conceptual understanding and fluency through short, visual problem-solving experiences that take just five minutes a day, helping students develop confidence, intuition, and a love of math.
Math intervention that goes beyond achievement
Tile Farm Academy uses joyful, visual, conceptually focused problem solving to help students address unfinished learning while repairing their relationship with math.
Where mathematical thinking has no ceiling
Tile Farm Academy offers open-ended, creative problem-solving experiences that allow gifted learners to go deeper, make connections, and apply their mathematical thinking in powerful new ways.
STEAM enrichment that puts math at the center
Tile Farm Academy offers creative, design-driven experiences grounded in deep mathematical problem solving, where students explore math through art, patterns, and visual construction.
When teachers experience joyful math, students do too
Tile Farm professional development engages educators in creative mathematical experiences that restore confidence, spark curiosity, and transform how math feels in the classroom.
What Teachers are Saying about Tile Farm
“Tile Farm has been great conceptually, but what really stands out is how much fun my students have with it. They often forget they’re even doing math, let alone that they ever struggled with it.”
ANGELICA CHEN, K–5 INTERVENTION TEACHER
“Tile Farm gives my gifted students the kind of mathematical freedom they rarely get. There’s no ceiling, often no single right answer, and endless room for them to push their thinking.”
DANIELLE HARPER, GIFTED EDUCATION TEACHER
“My students have been using Tile Farm for over a year now, and they love it! It’s a great way to integrate math, technology, and art. It’s highly engaging and a game my students actually ask for!”
AMY BELL, STEAM LAB TEACHER
Conceptual & Joyful Math Learning
Inside a District-Wide Adoption of Tile Farm in a Large Public School System
Tile Farm is proud to partner with Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) on a district-wide adoption of Tile Farm Academy for STEAM and make labs, supporting creative, visual, and student-centered mathematics learning across the district. This partnership builds on a successful…
From Research to the Classroom: An ESSA-Aligned Approach to Intervention
Tile Farm Academy meets the criteria for ESSA Tier 4 evidence (“Demonstrates a Rationale”), meaning it is supported by a clearly articulated, research-grounded logic model and ongoing efforts to study its impact. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Tier…
Number Portraits: Number Sense Meets Project-Based Learning
Why Fluency Needs Creative Application The ultimate goal of fluency and number sense practice is not speed, it’s the ability to think flexibly about numbers and apply them in meaningful ways. A simple multiplication fact like 5 × 8 doesn’t…
Frequently Asked Questions
Tile Farm Academy is designed to be ageless. It is used by learners from PreK through high school and beyond, including college students, professional artists, and mathematicians. In K-12 school settings, it is most commonly used in elementary and middle school classrooms, as well as with older students who benefit from rebuilding number sense and fluency that may not have fully developed earlier.
Tile Farm Academy is designed to supplement, not replace, your curriculum. Teachers use it to support number sense, fluency, problem solving, and creative exploration while continuing to follow their core instructional materials.
Yes. Tile Farm is flexible by design and works well in whole-class settings, small groups, intervention blocks, enrichment time, and independent exploration. Many teachers use it in multiple ways depending on student needs.
Tile Farm Academy is a web-based platform that runs on modern browsers and works across Chromebooks, laptops, desktops, and tablets. Native apps are also available for iPad and Android devices through Google Play. Tile Farm is designed for use on larger screens and is not optimized for phones, which helps support richer visual thinking and classroom use.
Tile Farm takes a fundamentally different approach to math learning that emphasizes making math joyful and beautiful for both students and teachers. It uses a unique visual language that helps make mathematical ideas intuitive, creative, and deeply engaging. Beyond teaching math content, Tile Farm focuses on developing strong problem solvers by cultivating perseverance, curiosity, and creativity, skills that support success far beyond the math classroom.
Yes. Tile Farm’s low-floor, high-ceiling design allows all students to engage meaningfully. The open-ended nature of many activities reduces pressure while still supporting deep mathematical thinking, which can be especially helpful for students who feel anxious or stuck.
Very little. Tile Farm Academy is designed to be intuitive and easy to use. Many teachers start by exploring activities on their own and then bring them into the classroom. Optional professional development and facilitation resources are also available