Help choosing a home school math?
Asked by For_Gondor!This year my son will be in 6th grade and we will continue home schooling him. I am trying to get ready for the new year now but I don't know what math program to go with. Last year was our first year home schooling and it was not as organized as I would have liked it to have been. I used an old Bob Jones University grade 5 math book but am not sure I all that liked their presentation. I am not concerned about it being a Christian home school program, just that it does a good job. I am considering using Saxon math now since it goes through the high school level. Please help me and share your experiences here. Thanks Regarding Teaching Textbooks: How long are the actual purchased lectures? I went to the site and watched several samples and found them to be quite clear in explaining. It just seemed to me that the lecture should have gone through some more examples and I wanted to know if the actual lectures were longer. Thanks for this help, everyone.
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Answered by ASD & DYS Mum
This will really depend on his learning style. FWIW, Saxon would drive my son bonkers - and I would hate teaching it, also. We're both highly visual and Saxon is not visually appealing at all. Others like it. You might look into Teaching Textbooks or VideoText (but they don't have middle school math) if he's a visual learner. My son is doing TT's Algebra I and loves it. They lecture from the CD-rom, the student works the problems, then can watch the solution CD-rom to see if it's correct - or how to do it correctly if they missed it. It's especially helpful for higher-level math. Also, it's very rare in the HS'ing market to see a program work out *every* problem - most just do even or odd problems. www.teachingtextbooks.com www.videotext.com/ One thing about Saxon's high school levels - they do more of an integrated approach, which doesn't work the best for some kids.
This will really depend on his learning style. FWIW, Saxon would drive my son bonkers - and I would hate teaching it, also. We're both highly visual and Saxon is not visually appealing at all. Others like it. You might look into Teaching Textbooks or VideoText (but they don't have middle school math) if he's a visual learner. My son is doing TT's Algebra I and loves it. They lecture from the CD-rom, the student works the problems, then can watch the solution CD-rom to see if it's correct - or how to do it correctly if they missed it. It's especially helpful for higher-level math. Also, it's very rare in the HS'ing market to see a program work out *every* problem - most just do even or odd problems. www.teachingtextbooks.com www.videotext.com/ One thing about Saxon's high school levels - they do more of an integrated approach, which doesn't work the best for some kids.
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