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I hear of so many on the boards using multiple math programs. Is there anyone on here that just uses one? I really want to use LoF with MM and AoPS, but whenever we try, we end up falling behind. Right now, the youngers are using MM/Xtramath.org and my older is using AoPS/Alcumus. I just need to get over LoF and let it go, right? My girls will get a strong math foundation with what we have time for, right? Ugggghhhh....

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We only use one math curriculum here through 6th grade (MM).  I have some extra things here, but we never seem to get to them, so I have pretty much given up on that idea.  My oldest is in Algebra now and is doing very well.  MM gave her a very strong background, and I do not regret that she didn't do more.  :)

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I would totally drop Fred if you are short on time. The only reason my DD is doing it is because she wants to. If we skip quizes in CLE and occasionally combine on easy lessons, we can get thru a year of CLE doing it 4 days per week, and she does Fred on the 5th day. I think her math would be fine without it. Even my totally mathy DS7 is only doing BA right now (not counting fact practice in xtramath). We decided it would be more worthwhile right now to spend longer on BA If he wants to do longer sessions of math rather than mix it up with other things. He might do Fred as a summer break from BA (but partly to throttle his speed thru the program so we don't have any chance of getting ahead of the production schedule for BA!).

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For us this has totally varied per child depending on where they are at.  If they need to practice math facts then we add that in.  If we want to 'introduce' more abstract concepts while in primary we may use some Hands-on-Equations or fun games they can play on their tablets like DragonBox.  Atfer AoPS Intro to Algebra ds13 did TabletClass to review algebraic principles and provide more practice.  This year we outsourced Geometry to Wilson Hill Academy for ds13 and that is all he is doing.  So  for us there is no 'one' right way to do math such as always supplementing or only doing one thing at a time.  Those decisions instead are driven by education goals and the tools used to achieve them which 'could' include more than one thing.  I don't think number of tools should really matter as long as the goals are being met.  

 

In your case it sounds like LoF needs to go if getting in the way of accomplishing your goals.  If the youngers are learning fine with MM and some Xtramath thrown in that should be enough. Maybe you don't even need the Xtramath?  I don't know.  But juggling too much can sometimes take away from the primary learning taking place.  Do they enjoy LoF?  Is it helping them learn something more?  What does it provide that MM doesn't for them?  Is it simply just too much to juggle, too crazy to schedule with everything else?  Since it is causing falling behind it may be impeding more than helping.  That is unless they really need to slow something down because they are just not understanding it, like long division, for example.

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