Homeschoolers>>>>>Do you use Math U See

[Ewe Mama2]

We have used Math U See for the past couple years. We have used Primer, Alpha, Beta, and are now on Gamma. We had used Horizons for K, but I didn't feel as though she was truly grasping the information. Since we switched, she has come a long way. She is just starting multiplication and really seems to like it.

We are also using a very simple program of flashcard/picture cards to help her have a visual aid for helping her memorization of multiplication facts. It's called Multiplication Memorizer Bornstein School of Memory Training. I ordered it through www.Christianbooks.com She loves to do the story cards. The pictures are kind of hokey and dated, but the program seems to work.

I'm planning on switching to Teaching Textbooks in a few more years, but for now I feel MUS is the best program for our children for learning and undertanding concepts.

I hope this helps!

 

[tobin123]

THanks,I have been searching through lots of websites about MATH,and I found TEACHING TEXTBOOKS.SO far what Ihave read it looks good.What age is your child?Zachary is (9)and just doesn't really grasp the whole idea of adding is multiplication.So we are slowly getting there.I just didn't think it was this hard,BUT I am working through it.

 

[urbanfarmer101]

The true beauty of homeschooling is that you can completely customize your texts to your child's needs. If my son doesn't get it with one type of learning style, we change until we find something that makes him go "Aha". Is there anyone around you that uses Math U see? I always appreciate seeing something first hand, helps me make up my mind.

 

[PineappleMama]

Ours are doing okay on the T4L math so far... DD did have some trouble when she just jumped right into a fractions thing... but we're working on that. In her journal entry every day she has a choice... 5 sentences about her day OR copy the ingredients and directions for a recipe... she's interested in cooking, so she REALLY wants to learn those fractions. I think that's a huge help.

I remember doing multiples in 2nd grade... every morning (all the way through 6th actually) we were handed a sheet with all sorts of multiple probs on it... I think maybe 100... and we were given X time to finish it in... I think at first it was 10 minutes... when we were first learning... then it was whittled down and down until we could do that sheet in 2... maybe 1... I know by 6th it was 100 problems in 1 minute... but I can't recall exactly what year we had how many minutes. Anywho, that sort of thing really helped me nail it... the sheets changed, so it wasn't just 1x1=1 1x2=2 over and over... you had to really KNOW them. Thinking about doing similar for ours... anyone have any thoughts on that?

Maybe I could do it on dry erase so that it's not wasting tons of paper... hmmm...