tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003884847236485195.post1520932012171475314..comments2016-11-20T19:00:10.926-06:00Comments on Tending The Pumpkin Patch: A Review of Saxon MathAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10215156031742880552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003884847236485195.post-43944060537758244442015-02-11T12:47:22.374-06:002015-02-11T12:47:22.374-06:00Your welcome! And thanks for the compliment!
We h...Your welcome! And thanks for the compliment! <br />We have LOF and my youngest reads them but I don't think he is getting any math from it. It says he likes the story. He does it independent because I dislike the story. A local homeschool mom buys them from me when we are done and because of that I don't mind buying them even though I don't think any math is happening. My oldest couldn't make heads or tails out of them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215156031742880552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003884847236485195.post-33505001789069806202015-02-09T15:37:14.325-06:002015-02-09T15:37:14.325-06:00Thanks for this thorough review, Cassie. It is rea...Thanks for this thorough review, Cassie. It is really helpful. I think some kids just get lost in the concepts in more "conceptual" programs and need things laid out straightforwardly, in a linear way. My older son had exactly zero patience with Life of Fred, for instance. He just wanted some straightforward instructions, then problems to do -- cut the nonsense! My younger son loved Fred, and he did actually learn quite a bit, but he could never do the "Your Turn to Play" independently, which bothered me. He does MEP well, and reasonably independently, though he tends to get frustrated with the puzzle/problem-solving/math-reasoning aspect of it -- which actually is its greatest strength, I think, but over the long haul we need math people will actually *do.* My youngest daughter just zoned out during Fred time, but does really well with MEP. I'm going to give her at least one more year in it (she'll be a 6th grader), then see where we are. But I am thinking Saxon is a very viable choice for next year. <br /><br />My other thought is Teaching Textbooks, which appeals to me in a way -- we've used them before, and based on our experience, what I'd do if I used them again would be this: <br /><br />7th: Pre-Algebra<br />8th: Alg 1<br />9th: Alg 2<br /><br />These two years in TT would basically constitute one big Alg 1 year. <br /><br />10th: Geometry<br />11th: College Algebra (aaaaand this would be Algebra 2, basically)<br />12th: Trig or whatever<br /><br />I'd probably try to slot people into College Algebra anyway, but I'd sure like to think that I didn't *have* to, to cover Algebra 2 . . . Therein lies the great appeal of Saxon. :)<br /><br />Anyway, again, thanks for the review. Lovely blog! Sally Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05014351173194941624noreply@blogger.com