[HI! my name is karen and i'm going to homeschool my 10yr old during the 2006-2007 school year i'm from georgia and havealready spoke with some parents right now at his school he is using macmillan languagearts and harcourt math i have heard several parents talk about math u can see and saxon so any advice you can give will be a great help.] Karen, I took the liberty of making a new post for you..so your post doesn't get lost... Welcome here too.!!!.your information is so much more clearer now than when you emailed me.. Let me see if I can make some suggestions..... Harcourt math is basically a spiral math program! So any math that is presented that way he will do fine with. :wink: Sometimes its just a matter of trial and error to find one that you like and he does too. Saxon is a spiral math program if you choose to go with that on. So is Rod and Staff. Both of them are black/white if that makes any difference with both of them giving you excellent teacher instruction. Also, there is nothing wrong with getting Harcout Math, I'm just not sure how *homeschool* friendly the teachers manual is. Some public school sources ASSUME that a math teacher will be teaching the course, hence the manual is written to them as opposed to sources that are more homeschool friendly. But this is definetly an option to look in to. Calvert, the one I use, is mastery, has excellent teacher instruction as well, however it has color which my kiddos like. Singapore moves quickly and is a wonderful rigorous program-- I supplement with it because I prefer the layout and teacher's manual of Calvert. Math U See is great for visual learners as well as Shillers Math. Shillers math has great teacher instruction as well. Hear this, before you get overwhelmed, there are a lot of great math programs out there. Too, most companies have a test you can take for free for placement. So it doesn't hurt to *mess around* with a couple of them to see what fits you. In addition, Chalk Dust math has videos that using Houghton Mifflin math. Some of these programs are pricey like Chalk Dust math and others very reasonable like Rod and Staff. So don't worry, trust your gut, research them, most have samples on line to look at.. One more big side note..the summer conventions are coming up..You can wait on purchasing too until you go to the convention in your area and actually put your hands on the curriculum and compare it with others there. I advise most moms in their first year to get something laid out, however, it seems that you might have time to do some research and get what is a better fit. Is that right? What does he or you like about Macmillan language arts? How much grammar and composition does he have under his belt?
tina thanks for the advice about all these programs there is nothing inperticular i or he likes about macmillian language arts as far as math he is learning about moving dacimals now he knows about multiplecation and division thats why i'm not sure which math to gop with and this is all new to me so any suggestions will be great.
