Alternative LearningAre you a homeschooling mama? or maybe you unschool... or maybe you are interested in another alternative learning style? or maybe you don't have any idea what i am referring to?? this forum might just be for you! share your thoughts and ideas
I am just starting here, and DS just finished above his grade level in 1st grade math in public school. I am clueless as to what math program to use!
I was looking at Math-U-See???
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Mama to two boys (5-10-98 and 6-01-01), and two girls (11-18-03 and 1-11-07)
Math U See looks very cool! I plan to use it with my dd. It depends on how your dc learns... A good friend of mine has used M.U.S. with 3 of her 5 children, one, however learned better using a more standard book format. I suck at math, so anything hands on and visual works for me!
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Mama to Lele & Kolu
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I ordered the demo last night. I have to say, I'm a little overwhelmed by the price of cirriculum...I don't know what I was thinking. And we've got to get something, because unschooling will not fly here.
We did saxon for K last year and plan to use it again for 1st this year. My son really likes using manipulatives but also worksheets so I think saxon is a good medium for us. Good luck
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Teresa
Homeschooling Mom to Zachary, 9, Brianna, 7, and baby Issac, 20 months
We use Developmental Math. When you look at it, it's not flashy or cool, just a series of 16 workbooks with simple pictures, but check out the reviews on the solid math review websites.
The child does the 16 workbooks at their own pace, when they're done they're ready for the algebra program of your choice. I have learners of wildly differing learning styles/abilities, and D.M. has been working beautifully for them all.
Before a child learns to read, of course you read the problems/directions to them, but after he/she learns to read, it's entirely self-taught.
I really, really like Horizons Math (by Alpha Omega) for K-3. I've heard that 4-6 was written by a different person than K-3 and I haven't looked at it for those grades so can't comment. Even though AO is a Christian company there isn't anything religious about the K-3 math. I've heard there is with 4-6 though. Just mentioning that bc I know not everyone wants that.
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~Dannielle
Momma to Isabelle (8/95) and Mason (1/01)
We are Saxon users here. It works very well for my 2 kids. I've tried other things but always go back to Saxon LOL. Saxon has a placement test so you can figure out what level to put him in...
We used Saxon K, with the manipulatives tub when the children were very young, switched to Singapore Earlybird and Primary (an excellent fit), and now our oldest has used Saxon Algebra 1/2 (pre-algebra) and will start Saxon Algebra tomorrow.
Jacob is flying through math and I honestly see him in the pre-algebra and algebra before too long. He is an accelerated reader, but his math skills are freaky. Thankfully, we have a good friend who is an excellent high school math teacher and he is helping me make sure I don't miss any important concepts with Jacob.
I really, really like Horizons Math (by Alpha Omega) for K-3. I've heard that 4-6 was written by a different person than K-3 and I haven't looked at it for those grades so can't comment. Even though AO is a Christian company there isn't anything religious about the K-3 math. I've heard there is with 4-6 though. Just mentioning that bc I know not everyone wants that.
I didn't like the 4th grade Horizons, because it was so much more religious than 3rd grade BUT - we tried several other math curriculums and ended up sticking with Horizons for 4th. My son's learning style seems to require Horizons. <shrug> I bought it again this year for 5th.
Horizons just seems to me to have a lot of meat - and Devin really likes the fact that there is little repetition.
We just skip the parts that we disagree with.
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Delpha
Homeschooling Sahm to 2 boys - Devin Grey 10!, and Logan Dale 3, happily married to Casey
Hey, Kbsmama, where in MI are you? (PM me if you want.) I'm in Flint, but if I remember correctly you're not around here. Anyways, you can often find MUS on ebay. If you really want to go low-budget, you can buy the older format that they replaced last year really cheap on ebay.
Good luck!
Hana
That's supposed to be a great program! The only reason I didn't look more into it is that some folks said it required teacher prep ahead of time or was a little teacher-time-intensive. Since I find myself with barely enough time to actually homeschool, I steered away. I know lots of people really like it, though. Congratulations on wading your way through math curriculum and making a choice!
Hana
Jody
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