The topic for today’s post was prompted by Catherine Oliver, who recently commented in her post, “I am still completely baffled at the discovery that two rectangles of the same perimeter can have different areas.
Saxon Math works for all 3 of our children, with a brief foray into Teaching Textbooks for Geometry. I once recycled the answer key booklet for Saxon Math 8/7 because I thought I had a different edition. 0 stars, do not recommend.
I did not like math in high school and floundered in Grade 10 math myself. However, we started Saxon Kindergarten math when my eldest was 4.5 years and followed it along (except for Geometry with Teaching Textbooks). She recently took a placement exam and with her decent grade is allowed to skip Grade 10 math.
As for Math games, we like Prime Climb and Math Dice.
This is wonderful! I will add that in addition to Math Mammoth, there is a fun book called Mammoth Math that is a great math supplement for kids' perusal! It's by David Macauley (the same fellow who wrote "The Way Things Work" and so many other wonderful books) and uses a mammoth to demonstrate math concepts. There's also a Mammoth Science book that we enjoy!
I use Singapore math, and it makes me wish I had been taught using the same curriculum. I love how it’s visual and language based. My one complaint is that the learning curve is steep as we transition from Math Makes Sense.
We have gone through a lot of math curriculum over the years with my oldest. He was so good at it and sped through things! The best we have found for our family is using Math Mammoth and then transition to Math Without Borders (with the textbooks he uses) for the upper years. They have both been so good. We love math games but have never used the Right Start games. They look perfect for my younger ones. Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway!
We are currently using Khan Academy and Mind Benders logic puzzles, which seems to be going well for us so far. Loved reading all these comments for ideas!
My 11 children were all homeschooled. My now 35 year old daughter is homeschooling her 7 children. The 5 girls absolutely hate math (the two boys are too young). I used to be the one in our family to teach math and science but I just don't have the time to help her all that much. I'm going to send her a link to your site.
I was homeschooled and used Saxon for everything except geometry, because the friends we shared curriculum with had the Teaching Textbooks geometry. My oldest is only four, so we haven't started formal schooling, but those math games look fun!
I lacked confidence in Math starting around the 6th grade and I didn't regain it until I took an into Chemistry class at City College in my early 30s. I am still not good at math, but what I learned is that I can learn it, it is not beyond me, at least math of the regular sort :) I want my children to know that if they are curious and try at something they will be able to learn it.
We are only homeschooling our oldest (9) at the moment and have used Math with Confidence 1st Grade and are currently working through the Beast Academy 1C book right now. I prefer something with a spiral approach so the review is built in. We like to play games like Yardzee, Yahtzee, Prime Climb and other dice games. We are working with multiplication by heart too. Our son will occasionally just drag his feet with wanting to do math so being able to play Prime Climb or Yahtzee is a great way to keep practicing without introducing new concepts.
I love hearing him do real world math on the fly, it is as exciting to me as when he started reading road signs!
Saxon math sucked the joy from my daughter, but my middle son likes it. We have used (or are using) teaching textbooks, math u see and CTC Math (online program). All have their pros and cons, and have suited my kids' different learning styles. With Saxon, I highly recommend the YouTube teacher Nicole the Math Lady! She has videos that correspond to Saxon's lessons that are short but thorough. It's a huge help.
We do Miquon and I love it SO much! Very affordable, uses one manipulative--cuisinaire rods, and really encourages playfulness and exploration with numbers, and the math maven, Denise Gaskins, gave it her stamp of approval on her blog. The only problem is that it only goes up to about third grade, so I'm trying to figure out what we'll do next. Beast Academy and Mammoth Math both look intriguing to me.
I am not a fan of Life of Fred based on the very little bit I did with my kids haha
We have not yet started formal book math homeschooling with our kids (they are 3 and 5), instead taking a more integrated practical approach of ‘math everyday everywhere’ and lots of math based board games (tiny little dot is a big favorite right now) currently. It has been really helping to build their focus and engagement with sitting, learning, playing. But I appreciate this list so I can explore more formal curriculum for them because we need to start that soon- thank you! Would
We have done a mix of Life of Fred, with a little Singapore mixed in at the beginning. Plus I like Research Parent's minimalist math sheets as a good way to know what a typical grade progression in math is while letting me take the instruction to a more informal and play/game based style. Especially for my older two who's interest in math outstripped their reading/writing stamina for the first few grades so we took a lot of math into the oral realm. We'd be interested in the giveaway for the games!
This is my first year of homeschool and first time ever teaching math (I'm a theologian by training and was also told that math would never be my thing) and my son really enjoys Math With Confidence, a new series by Well Trained Mind Press. They only have up to 4th grade right now, I believe. It's the type of curriculum that is really open-and-go, and easy to tailor to your child's needs. We've sped through a lot of it because my son is very math-minded, but there's enough ways to "level up" and challenge him, and a big emphasis on memorization of math facts. Oh--and lots of fun games too!
We use MEP (Maths Enhancement Programme) from the University of Plymouth, UK. It's a free programme thay runs from Reception (kindergarten) through to A levels (18yrs). The programme can be followed completely on paper as the books can be bought from them directly or printed from their site. They've recently introduced an 'interactive version too, which we haven't explored. The books, answers, lesson plans and schemes of work are all available to download, print and use with a group or an individual child. We have used it since the beginning with our 3 children now middle school ages.
In addition to Beast Academy, my kids have loved the Murderous Maths series.
Oh, that sounds exciting - will look this up :)
Doesn’t it sound exciting? Math AND blood AND gore 🤣
Thanks for this suggestion. I just ordered them for my granddaughters.
Saxon Math works for all 3 of our children, with a brief foray into Teaching Textbooks for Geometry. I once recycled the answer key booklet for Saxon Math 8/7 because I thought I had a different edition. 0 stars, do not recommend.
I did not like math in high school and floundered in Grade 10 math myself. However, we started Saxon Kindergarten math when my eldest was 4.5 years and followed it along (except for Geometry with Teaching Textbooks). She recently took a placement exam and with her decent grade is allowed to skip Grade 10 math.
As for Math games, we like Prime Climb and Math Dice.
Prime climb is great!
This is wonderful! I will add that in addition to Math Mammoth, there is a fun book called Mammoth Math that is a great math supplement for kids' perusal! It's by David Macauley (the same fellow who wrote "The Way Things Work" and so many other wonderful books) and uses a mammoth to demonstrate math concepts. There's also a Mammoth Science book that we enjoy!
https://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Math-Everything-About-Numbers/dp/074405611X/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1
Thanks for sharing Dixie :) I love Macauley's books, will be sure to check this out!
Oh! Thank you for sharing this!
I use Singapore math, and it makes me wish I had been taught using the same curriculum. I love how it’s visual and language based. My one complaint is that the learning curve is steep as we transition from Math Makes Sense.
We have gone through a lot of math curriculum over the years with my oldest. He was so good at it and sped through things! The best we have found for our family is using Math Mammoth and then transition to Math Without Borders (with the textbooks he uses) for the upper years. They have both been so good. We love math games but have never used the Right Start games. They look perfect for my younger ones. Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway!
We use MasterBooks because it is open-and-go, but I’ve been feeling that my son may need more of a challenge next year.
We are currently using Khan Academy and Mind Benders logic puzzles, which seems to be going well for us so far. Loved reading all these comments for ideas!
My 11 children were all homeschooled. My now 35 year old daughter is homeschooling her 7 children. The 5 girls absolutely hate math (the two boys are too young). I used to be the one in our family to teach math and science but I just don't have the time to help her all that much. I'm going to send her a link to your site.
Would you like me to enter your name in the draw? :)
Sure, but I don't really want to put any personal info on the Internet. How does that work?
I'll just add you as "Agent 1-4-9" to the draw. If you do win you can send me a mailing address via my direct e-mail.
I was homeschooled and used Saxon for everything except geometry, because the friends we shared curriculum with had the Teaching Textbooks geometry. My oldest is only four, so we haven't started formal schooling, but those math games look fun!
I lacked confidence in Math starting around the 6th grade and I didn't regain it until I took an into Chemistry class at City College in my early 30s. I am still not good at math, but what I learned is that I can learn it, it is not beyond me, at least math of the regular sort :) I want my children to know that if they are curious and try at something they will be able to learn it.
We are only homeschooling our oldest (9) at the moment and have used Math with Confidence 1st Grade and are currently working through the Beast Academy 1C book right now. I prefer something with a spiral approach so the review is built in. We like to play games like Yardzee, Yahtzee, Prime Climb and other dice games. We are working with multiplication by heart too. Our son will occasionally just drag his feet with wanting to do math so being able to play Prime Climb or Yahtzee is a great way to keep practicing without introducing new concepts.
I love hearing him do real world math on the fly, it is as exciting to me as when he started reading road signs!
Saxon math sucked the joy from my daughter, but my middle son likes it. We have used (or are using) teaching textbooks, math u see and CTC Math (online program). All have their pros and cons, and have suited my kids' different learning styles. With Saxon, I highly recommend the YouTube teacher Nicole the Math Lady! She has videos that correspond to Saxon's lessons that are short but thorough. It's a huge help.
We do Miquon and I love it SO much! Very affordable, uses one manipulative--cuisinaire rods, and really encourages playfulness and exploration with numbers, and the math maven, Denise Gaskins, gave it her stamp of approval on her blog. The only problem is that it only goes up to about third grade, so I'm trying to figure out what we'll do next. Beast Academy and Mammoth Math both look intriguing to me.
I am not a fan of Life of Fred based on the very little bit I did with my kids haha
We have not yet started formal book math homeschooling with our kids (they are 3 and 5), instead taking a more integrated practical approach of ‘math everyday everywhere’ and lots of math based board games (tiny little dot is a big favorite right now) currently. It has been really helping to build their focus and engagement with sitting, learning, playing. But I appreciate this list so I can explore more formal curriculum for them because we need to start that soon- thank you! Would
We have done a mix of Life of Fred, with a little Singapore mixed in at the beginning. Plus I like Research Parent's minimalist math sheets as a good way to know what a typical grade progression in math is while letting me take the instruction to a more informal and play/game based style. Especially for my older two who's interest in math outstripped their reading/writing stamina for the first few grades so we took a lot of math into the oral realm. We'd be interested in the giveaway for the games!
This is my first year of homeschool and first time ever teaching math (I'm a theologian by training and was also told that math would never be my thing) and my son really enjoys Math With Confidence, a new series by Well Trained Mind Press. They only have up to 4th grade right now, I believe. It's the type of curriculum that is really open-and-go, and easy to tailor to your child's needs. We've sped through a lot of it because my son is very math-minded, but there's enough ways to "level up" and challenge him, and a big emphasis on memorization of math facts. Oh--and lots of fun games too!
We use MEP (Maths Enhancement Programme) from the University of Plymouth, UK. It's a free programme thay runs from Reception (kindergarten) through to A levels (18yrs). The programme can be followed completely on paper as the books can be bought from them directly or printed from their site. They've recently introduced an 'interactive version too, which we haven't explored. The books, answers, lesson plans and schemes of work are all available to download, print and use with a group or an individual child. We have used it since the beginning with our 3 children now middle school ages.