Rethinking Math….

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  • September 1, 2014 at 9:06 pm
    Sarai Mermigas-Bloor
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    coralloyd,

     Thank you for your wisdom. Smile  DD & DS were doing Alpha and Omega Math and DD was doing very well until she started pre- algbra in 7 th grade. She did 2 of the work-texts and did really well then we went on the 3rd one and we were all lost. My husband and FIL, who are math whizes could not understand how to present this to her without confusing her further.

    So, I hunted around for other math cirriculum and that is where I landed with MUS.I had them both take the pre-test and they both bomed it. I had to put both of them in Gamma. DD has finished  gamma thorugh delta, just under 2 years. We started on pre-algbrea about 4 months ago and she was doing very well even on the honors portion of it. Well, I said to her  if you are doing well with this in the rate we have it, then you can do more. Basicly, I was very hard on her and told her she had to do at least half the lesson a day. I know, bad homeschool mom/teacher. I could kick myslef for doing this.  Pushing my children was not a wise or smart idea. I kept on thinking that she is behind, and I wanted her to be in at least Algebra 1 by 10 th grade. When I started reading the info on this forum and reading form other homeschooling blogs, that I realized that what  I did was not the best approach. 

    I hear Sonya’s voice in my head saying, ” Teach the child not the curriculim.” I am learning from my mistakes and gleaning on the wisdom from this forum and others. Sorry, for the rabbling, this is where I am right now.

     

    Sarai

    September 3, 2014 at 10:31 am
    Melanie32
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    I’ve jumped around with math before and always ended up back with Math-U-See. It really is the most simple, straightforward math program we have used. We’ve tried Teaching Textbooks, Saxon, Life of Fred and Miquon but Math-U-See is our favorite. We just set the timer for the appropriate amount of time for the age of the child and he/she works until it goes off. We stop then, even if we’re in the middle of a page. Whent the lessons are simply, 3 pages may get done. When they are more difficult, only 1 usually gets accomplished. It all evens out in the end and keeps my kids from getting burned out on math.

    I regret ever trying to switch or use a “more living” approach. It was just a headache and then we had to play catch up when we returned to Math-U-See.

     

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