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I think I am going to go with math u see for my son 9 who is behind in a lot of things thanks to public school. First I want to ask your opinions on that, second I want ask if there are other math programs out there that use the same concept or one better that are better priced or maybe just better in general, and third I want to ask if anyone knows where I can get a used set of Beta and the manipulatives besides the homeschool classifieds??? Thanks in advance.
http://www.vegsource.com also often carries MUS products. There is a homeschool swap board there. Beta teacher sets are very easy to find. You’ll probably need to buy the student guide new. Manipulatives show up occasionally.
We love MUS. Have used it for 11 years. We’ve never even seriously considered changing.
We love MUS. We’ve tried some others before and would never change from it.
Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Used_Homeschooling_Curriculum/
I have been able to find all I need on homeschoolclassifieds, but this above group is another good option.
Nanci
We tried MUS because so many people love it. I actually really liked the videos, and steps to teaching and feel it is a very good program, but my daughter didn’t care for it at all. We ended up in tears over math daily and I wanted her to love it and see its purpose. She found all the black and white drill pages dull I think and wasn’t seeing math as something useful, real world and practical. I did a tremendous amount of searching and finally found Math on the Level. It has been such an incredible blessing to our life. They have a fantastic yahoo group too. I would liken it to this one in friendliness/response, and carlita the author is very active like Sonya is which is so nice.
I’ve found MOTL to be perfectly suited to CM style with short lessons and letting them discover vs telling them everything (though you can do as much as you like). Manipulatives, games, playing store, and cooking among other things are all encouraged and Carlita has an entire book that gives you ideas on how to incorporate this.
While the initial price seems expensive, it somes out to like $30/year and less if you use more than one child. The yahoo group sometimes has people selling their used volumes.
Let me know if I can help you further.
Blessings.
I’m trying to look at the MOTL but not really finding a video or examples so I can see what I am working with better. I will look again. I thought I liked MUS based on watching part of the video and now I’m thinking it may be confusing to my son. I like the thought of the maniplulatives but sometimes he did things confusing. I don’t know if he was just jumping around in the video to cover larger ground. I was thinking maybe thru baby steps we would be led up to doing somethings he did. It would be hard for me to explain this without pointing it out in the video. Anyhow anymore suggestions? I think hands on would be good for him. He placed at Beta level, which sounds right to me b/c second grade is when the school really let us down and it went on a downhill spiral from there. What other programs have simple directions that I can understand, don’t cost a fortune, and help a easily confused child learn???
I know MUS does not work for everyone, but one of the strengths is that the author emphasizes that the child “teach” the concept back to the parent using the manipulatives, after they have been taught it. It really is like narrating. If they child can explain it and “show” you, they’ve got it. But you could take this same idea and apply it to whatever math program you decide on.
I know you will find what you are looking for in a math program…It is so frustrating until you find what works best for your family.
Nanci
Do you know his learning style? Knowing that could greatly help you in choosing. Not to mention your own; if you choose something you can’t understand enough to teach than that’s no good either.
Rachel
Do you know his learning style? Knowing that could greatly help you in choosing. Not to mention your own; if you choose something you can’t understand enough to teach than that’s no good either.
Rachel
I know he has a short attention span and I do believe he would do well with hands on or good visual examples.
With MOTL, I believe they have some examples – but it is quite different than other programs in that YOU develop the 5 a day problem sets….though they have examples to draw from. They guide you through and give you teaching suggestions and then you take it from there. You can write story problems that appeal to your son, do them on a white board or on the driveway or while you are cooking. It does require a bit more time on your part, and that can seem overwhelming at first, but once you get going, its not so bad. They give you so many suggestions and then you just start seeing math everywhere and it becomes a snap.
For example we are doing weights and measures now and the grocery store is rich with opportunity – math and shopping done at once. 🙂 🙂 Each week, we are also weighing and measuring the watermelon we have growing in our garden. I am going to teach temperature with the weather section of 106 days of creation. We’ve also been doing lots of cooking for measuring and have made ‘cakes’ in the sandbox to practice. I could go on and on – sorry.
Here is the link to the sample pages
http://www.mathonthelevel.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&Itemid=100017
They just had a webinar not too long ago that guides you through what MOTL is all about. Hopefully it will be accessible soon. I’d encourage you to join the yahoo group there too. It helped confirm MOTL was right for me and might help clarify if it will fit your sons needs or not. The sample pages, and button to join the yahoo group are all down the left side.
Like anything, no program will be perfect for everyone – isnt that one of the best parts of homeschooling? 🙂 But while you are trying to sort it all out, it can make you crazy….trust me I totally understand. I will pray God leads you to the right program for your son to thrive. Blessings,Kelly
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