I have seen on a lot of reviews that people are doing this. I think both programs look wonderful. I am planning on getting the extra workbooks for singapore to get more practice. Would supplementing with miquon mean spending too much time on math every day or would it be helpful? Thanks!
I supplement Singapore with living math and it is going to be a challenge to get through the year of Singapore with just the standard textbook and workbook. I think you will have to increase your math time if you want to add on Miquon. If you want to replace part of Singapore with Miquon then you might be able to do it without increasing your time.
I agree. You'd either double your math time or pick and choose what you want to do. I'm using Miquon. We love it.
2littleboys-Can you tell us a bit about why you like Miquon? I am debating between it and LOF for Math.
Miquon and LoF are two different levels. We'll do LoF after we finish Miquon. Miquon is designed for 1st thru 3rd (but introduces higher concepts, so you could move right into LoF after Miquon). LoF starts at appx grade 5. I love them both, but you can't really choose between them because they're completely different levels. What I like about Miquon is that it's mastery rather than spiral, it's fun and colorful, but not in your face or full of silly pictures, it has ample space for writing rather than tiny blanks, and it's hands-on most of the time. What I like about LoF is that it's mastery, tells a story, and explains the why before the how. I never liked, and now my son also doesn't like, books that are spiral and that explain how, but don't explain why or when. He also hates books that have tons and tons of repetition. When he gets it, he gets it. If he needs practice, fine, but he doesn't like being forced to practice things he already knows well.
I guess I wasn't aware they were different grade levels as I was looking into content. I am trying to find a non-repetitious, comprehensive math program for my son who is going to be eight. He is really bright and picks the concepts up quickly. I want to start delving deeper with fractions which is one reason I was thinking LOF.
Have you seen this? http://www.fun-books.com/books/toc/miquon_math-TOC.htm Look at sections H, I, and K, and you'll see that fractions are taught in 5 of the 6 books. Can you tell me what he already knows about fractions and what he needs to work on? I have all 6 books and can tell you what's in them based on that. I also have LoF F & D books, but I haven't read them yet. I could look through them to give you an idea what level they are, though? He's sort of at an in between spot, I suppose? Maybe doing the last two Miquon books would work?
Thx thats great. He is understanding basic fractions. I would like to move onto equivilant fractions, and improper fractions though
We are using Singapore this year and I bought extra practice and intensive practice on top of the regular workbook, text book, and hs teachers manual. We never use the extra books at all. There is so much practice in the text, workbook, and mental math pages of the teachers book that math already takes a long time if we use everything out of all three.
