pixeldog Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Life of Fred is just so awesome. My (almost) 9 year old just *had* to tell me about a passage in Butterflies about quotes within quotes. He read the passage to me and then quipped "I love this book!". <Oh, thank you thank you thank you, Stanley Schmidt!> Then yesterday we had a *great* time playing Grogg's Block Blob from BA (even dragged Dad into a game during lunch). <Heavenly....> A couple of days ago I realized that we needed to brush up on time telling so I pulled out a couple of pages from Math Mammoth...<easy peasy>. And as we were playing Block Blob we were able to refer back to the area exercises we'd done recently with Cuisenaire Rods. Finally, Dragonbox is AMAZING! That's all I can say. Sometimes I have to have ds help me remember what to do to isolate the box....and he always seems to know!!! <Chills running up and down> Oh the freedom of being released from just doing the next lesson of Saxon! Honestly, I want to thank the forum for helping me to have the courage (and resources) to move into math with joy and understanding *based on our current needs*. May you all be blessed richly for your contributions and input on these boards! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 :lol::lol::lol: Isn't it great to feel so enthusiastic about math curricula? We love Fred, Beast, and MM here too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 :lol::lol::lol: Isn't it great to feel so enthusiastic about math curricula? We love Fred, Beast, and MM here too!! :iagree: We love all of these, too! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lots of boys Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 We love MM and Miquon too !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mélie Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 :party: We love MM, just started Beast and are starting Miquon and Fred soon! So glad to see you're loving all of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixeldog Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Yeah, it's wonderful when I'm able to say "So, why don't we do a bit of ________(whichever one I deem appropriate for the morning/afternoon) and his response is a cheerful "OK!". We used to have tears and *long* stretches of having to find just the right pencil, breaking the lead, breaking the eraser, falling out of the chair, heavy sighs, etc. and *no* work done. When I first heard about parents using more than one math program I couldn't figure out how you'd do that, or why one would make that choice. Even though it's more expensive to take this approach, I can now say it's paid off ten-fold in attitude and actual learning. I also want to thank "Rosie" for the **FANTASTIC** Education Unboxed videos. Wow. What a gift to the homeschool community! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 After reading this thread I immediately purchased Dragon Box and it is fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieE Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 My 9 yr old asks to do LOF, which is good, but I don't know - is it more a supplement? I'm planning to switch from RS to MUS so my girls can 'get it/see it' more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 My ds loves Fred and we're continuing on with MM although implementing Saxon next year. I love them all. and if shipping was less expensive to Canada, I'd have beast academy in there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nov05mama Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 :party: We feel the same way :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 My 7 year old LOVES the freedom I've given her this summer to 'pick a math, any math' to use each morning. It is the only school work we're doing other than reading tons of good books. She is currently using/choosing between: XtraMath or Calculadder for fact mastery and Beast, MM, or Singapore for main lesson. We have had a busy couple of weeks and didn't get beyond fact practice for several days in a row and she actually said, "I miss Math Mammoth! When can I do some?" Yee ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 We use mus, beast academy, LOF and iPad games. Life is much better for dd and mommy since we started mixing it up a bit. No more tears and no more 2 hours of delay tactics and unfocused effort for 1 worksheet to get completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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