So, I think I am going to go with Saxon this upcoming year. I have never used a math curriculum with ds. When I taught in the ps, we used Saxon, so I am somewhat familiar with it. I am also leaning towards it since we may put ds in a charter school when he reaches 5th grade, and they use Saxon (8/7, which makes me want to get going now and accelerate him so he will be up to par when he starts at the school). I know from what Jackie has said before that I can just skip through the known stuff, so I plan on doing that. Any other advice? First question, I have seen level 3 on all sites to order, but a few have had intermediate 3 which looks to be more of a preparation for going into 5/4 (from what I have read, it looks like a workbook like in 5/4 whereas level 3 is still worksheets, correct me if I am wrong). Is it different than Saxon 3 as I am being led to believe? Is this a curriculum that you can buy parts used and then just buy the student workbook new? I would hate to buy it new and then find out later that I could have saved money. But then again, I do not want to try buying used only to find myself in a predicament later. I think that may be all for now, but of course if I think of more, I will be back to ask. Thanks!
We used the home school edition, which might be a little different. As far as the workbook goes, I would say buy it, because the problems and math fact drills and assessments are all in there, so your child just works out of that. These problems etc are not in the textbook. The textbook you could definitely buy used, just make sure you have the same edition as the workbook. We are moving on to the 4th grade version this fall, which does NOT have a workbook. The problems are in the book itself, so the child just copies or writes the answers down separately. Also, if your child enjoys hands-on activities, the manipulatives might be an option as well. You don't really need it, but it helps sometimes.
