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I’ve never been a fan of Saxon Math. I used it in the early years of homeschooling my because it was the well-known and most recommended programs. If I had it to do over, I would have never used Saxon at all. My children and I found it tedious slog through – it was so public school feel to it. Lots of added extras, just so the state standards was covered. At least that’s how I perceived the program.
In the early grades (K-6) I prefer to use something like Abeka or Horizons and then to the “key” order “for strengthening the components and fragments, and then replace Teaching Textbook thereafter.
my reasons for this are the very early grades (K-3) are simple and easy to teach, and I never saw the point of overwhelming a young child with so many problems and exercises to practice the basics (except exercises with multiplication tables). Also, as a mathematical problem increases with things like division algorithm, fractions and decimals, my children do not find their explanations and examples to be adequate.
When the now 15 year old son was 13, I gave him lessons Textbook Pre-Algebra program. It is equivalent to a white board presentation on CD-ROM for each lesson in the textbook My. son was able to understand most things without extra help or explanation from me. Face it, most homeschool parents are math majors and do not remember much about algebra (which was only 20 years ago!). It matters how well the explanations are made for us as well. I could not count how many times I watched the math lessons and had to leave notes in order to help my child.
Fortunately, teaching textbook, there was very little of this, at least much less than I’ve had in other mathematical applications. I also felt that it was my son very well prepared for Algebra course he is taking this year in the tenth grade and he should have no problem keeping up.
It is true that textbook Teaching program is expensive. However, you may very well get a bargain on a used program on E-bay. Also, I’ve always saved my pennies to buy expensive programs when it really matters, because you will really appreciate the extra help with the tougher high school math courses.
In short, forget to buy $ 80.00 Saxon math program for the first series you with all the bells and whistles when you really do not. Instead, save you valuable time, frustration and money by buying a top-quality program, such as teaching textbook, down the road, when you will really need and appreciate it.
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