Homeschoolmom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Would love to see the favorite on the hive... :) Thanks! Edited for others to add what seemed to be some other favorites if you would like to revote instead of other. Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Horizons Math :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epicurean Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I can tell you right now that Other is going to win by a wide margin! :tongue_smilie: Personally, I like the look of RightStart for early elementary, and Beast Academy for upper elementary. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We use Abeka in the early years because it more colorful than Saxon. We switch to Saxon for fourth grade. (I voted other.) ETA: Changed my vote now that the options have changed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We use MEP. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Miquon followed by Beast Academy! But I think there are many good options out there... MM, MEP, Right Start, Singapore... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 There are so many other possibilities. Here are a few additional choices for elementary: Beast Academy Miquon Right Start Math Mammoth MEP MUS Abeka Teaching Textbooks CLE Math in Focus Strayer-Upton or other vintage options EPGY CSMP BJU McRuffy Jump Math Math on the Level Life of Fred School Mathematics Study Group (free downloads) Key-to books Khan Academy Out of the three in the poll, I'd be partial to Singapore. My favorites are probably Beast, Math Mammoth, Miquon and Singapore. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Out of those three options my favorite is Rod and Staff. Hands down. I can't wait to do the older edition grade 1, affectionately referred to as "duckie math" in my house, with my rising kindergartner this fall. He's "the baby" so it will be my last pass, and we'll have to pass the felt duck pond to someone else. My current little crew is using Horizons however, and I've been thrilled with their progress. If that was in the options I'd have had to click other and vote for both of them. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visitor Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Singapore Math ! We love to work with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorLady Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I'm loving RightStart way more than I expected. Looking forward to adding in Beast Academy, tentatively, in six months or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I agree with the PP that other will win, but not necessarily because something other than Singapore :D is the best math program. To get a better idea of what folks really think, I'd have at least 10 choices that are representative of lots of different styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanchy Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We like Math-U-See. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 CLE Beast Academy Math In Focus Khan Academy Math on the Level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateingr Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Beast and RightStart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 :willy_nilly: Okay...my brain is spinning and I hope it doesn't fall off. Not too familiar with a lot of curriculums that you all have mentioned. Conceptual math, etc. I am not a math major and I need to teach my little one math for elementary. We always did Saxon but it was SO time consuming. Right Start, Beast, Math Mammoth....I am starting to think I live in a jungle world. :laugh: Clear the light for me! Who has used their favorite curriculum all the way through elementary and their kids are thriving in advanced math in HS or beyond and always scored well for standardized testing (we need it for our state) Any takers!? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWeasley Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 It depends a lot on the kid. My eldest did fine with mostly doing Life of Fred before starting Beast Academy, but I don't think that's strong enough of a program to use alone for most kids. My middle child is doing well with Rightstart Math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Our favorites are RightStart, Singapore, and Beast Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 :scared: Right start is STEEP! Am I missing something? Over $250 for the books and kit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I voted other. We prefer CLE. Traditional, solid, independent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We did Saxon and found it too time consuming. We switched to cle for that kid and it has everything I loved about Saxon but much more streamlined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodil Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Singapore & Beast Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWeasley Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 :scared: Right start is STEEP! Am I missing something? Over $250 for the books and kit.... We are using the older version, which is $125 on Homeschooler Buyer's Co-op. https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/rightstart-mathematics/This is not significantly more than buying a year of Beast Academy, which is what I'm using for my older kid, and unlike her's, I won't have to buy half the program again if I want to use it for our youngest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Ok, so what is CLE? Thanks for the tip on the older version price. A bit better but was not planning on spending more than $50 on math for a kindergartener. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I think there are many good programs, but I like RightStart best for the earliest years. I will say that I was unaware of Miquon and c-rods when my kids were little. I think I might have loved it too, as I have definitely liked c-rods for teaching concepts post RightStart. Why I appreciated about RightStart: I love the emphasis on place value with the abacus, cards, and other materials. I think we got a rock solid place value foundation. I love that kids master the how of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division long before they are shown a traditional algorithm. **In fact, this is what made me come back (After RS B I initially switched to Singapore MIF) to RS for 1/2 of RS C.** (I didn't love teaching RS, because I like to see where we are going and why. I felt like I was in the middle of a forest without a map with RS (the original version, maybe this has changed). Basically, it didn't fit me well as a teacher, but I kept at it because I loved what it did for my kids.) It leads kids to things in an organic way. By the time something is actually presented, it was like we somehow naturally knew how to do it. I like that the early levels didn't include worksheet type work. Most of it is oral, game, and manipulative based. Finally, the emphasis on mental math throughout the early levels was a great benefit for my two very different kids. I used the original version of RS A through 1/2 of C. I assume the 2nd is just as good or better. I switched to a Singapore based program (Math in Focus and Singapore CWP and FAN math) after half of C through half of 5th grade. I am doing CLE with Singapore word problems for the last semester. I have used c-rods and education unboxed materials quite a bit to teach concepts in Singapore and CLE. OP: Though you do get a lot of manipulatives with RightStart, it is pricey compared to others! I mentioned upthread, but I think c-rods might be a really good, and less expensive, approach. Check out free Education Unboxed videos online. If it appeals, perhaps consider adding them to an existing program, using them alone with the videos, or using Miquon. I think playing with c-rods and life experience is plenty of math for K fwiw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Math Mammoth is all we use here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Right Start! That was a very short list in the poll... We also like Beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 BA and Singapore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Ok, so what is CLE? Thanks for the tip on the older version price. A bit better but was not planning on spending more than $50 on math for a kindergartener. :) https://www.clp.org/store/by_subject/4 I sent the link for the main program. However, I think for some kids it would be better to start with something like Horizons or RightStart or Miquon for early, early, early elementary. Kids frequently need a lot of hands on, especially in the beginning. IMHO, it honestly depends on the child for what will work long-term and per season. Some kids will need to start with mastery and move to spiral or vice a versa. Or they need both mastery and spiral. Or they need conceptual with spiral review of computational skills. Or...... in other words, there is no way to predict what any one particular child will need for all the years of their school career. Start with something that seems like a good fit. Use it for a while. Commit to it. Give the program, whatever it is, a solid chance. If it is a really poor fit for you as a teacher or your child, then write out what you don't think is working and what you still like (if anything) and seek out a program that addresses those things. Don't drag yourself and your student kicking and screaming through something that makes you both miserable. Also, though, don't hop every time you hit a snag. It will drive you all crazy. :) CLE is a great program, though, for 2nd grade and beyond. It is easy to accelerate or slow down, is written to the student, has a really awesome way of reviewing math facts all the way through 5th grade material, weaves in algebra and geometry early on and gently, works on terminology, is written to the student so they achieve a measure of independence pretty early on, etc. The only thing I think is a weak area are the word problems. Very procedural, little conceptual. Easy to supplement, though, with Singapore or Math in Focus work book word problems periodically. Also, adding in Beast Academy a couple of days a week adds a whole other dimension once a student is ready. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 BA and Singapore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Thanks ~ Onestepatatime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 :) Anytime. And good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 So those who voted other I changed and added a few more options if you would like to revote. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I can only vote for one? :sad: I love several. :laugh: But Beast Academy, Khan Academy, Math in Focus and absolutely CLE are my top ones. (For clarification, Math In Focus is based on Singapore but I find MiF easier to teach and the layout is better for my son). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I can't pick just one! So add my vote in for both Singapore and Beast Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 RightStsrt is my #1 overall favorite (even though none of my kids happen to use it right now). For the right students in the right situation I also like Miquon, Beast Academy and CLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Who has used their favorite curriculum all the way through elementary and their kids are thriving in advanced math in HS or beyond and always scored well for standardized testing (we need it for our state) Any takers!? :)My DH used Miquon in elementary and now has a Masters degree in Math. He "sees" math differently than I do and I wanted that for our dc. DS uses Miquon and definitely has a much deeper understanding of math than I ever did at that age. He will finish Miquon shortly and will go into Beast Academy. We tried to add Singapore and I completely regret it. It appears to be an excellent program (I liked it a lot), but it was not the right thing for DS. We didn't need to add a whole other program to Miquon and it temporarily killed DS' love of math. We have done 10 months of math games, reading living math books, and Life of Fred, and DS recently asked if we could do Miquon again. So my advice is to pick something and stick with it if it works for your children. Don't unnecessarily over-complicate. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Right Start and MEP are my favorites. If I had to pick one on the list, I'd vote for CLE, though it had too many pages in a lesson for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 A bit better but was not planning on spending more than $50 on math for a kindergartener. :) For a kindergartner, whiteboard and markers are adequate for K. You can use MEP reception or MEP year 1 for free by reading off the computer and working it out on the whiteboard. As for doing well on standardized tests, I don't think it is curriculum dependent as long as it suits the one teaching and the child being taught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohini Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 You know asking that on here is like, basically trolling :tongue_smilie:It's like throwing a steak in a lion's cage. I'm surprised this thing isn't locked yet :lol: Mine are (Tentatively) Singapore for 5-6 (Though BA looks great and I would probably use it if it went higher) CLE for 1-4 Mus Alpha for K MEP does look like an excellent program. I keep telling myself that when the next one get's to K we'll use it but all those links make me dizzy. I really like CLE for laying the groundwork and believe kids should move into the more conceptual programs once they have their facts and procedures down. Like OneStepAtaTime said, I also supplement CLE with Singapore CWP for extra practice with the word problems and basic problem solving skills. We used BJU this year. It was OK but not nearly as advanced as either CLE or Singapore. We will be rounding off the summer with CLE and moving the oldest into Singapore for 5th. From the looks of it he should be able to go straight into 5A. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krsmom Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Right Start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Had to vote other - RightStart is working very well for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Miquon, Singapore, and Beast Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 :scared: Right start is STEEP! Am I missing something? Over $250 for the books and kit.... The startup costs for RightStart are astronomical. But once you buy the gargantuan manipulatives kit, the books cost $85 per year. That is cheaper than a year of Beast Academy. That's cheaper than a year of Singapore if you get the HIG, textbook, workbook, IP, CWP. Plus for early elementary, I would likely buy some manipulatives and math games anyway, so I would need to add that cost to the cost of another program. And only the thin little workbook in RightStart is consumable, the rest of it resells really well. All together, it ends up being not as crazy priced as the initial sticker shock makes it seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hkpiano Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 We love RightStart. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Singapore, but if BA had been out when DD was at that level, it probably would have beaten it. DD loves LOF, but I consider it a supplement, not a curriculum choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Miquon for K-2, followed by Beast Academy. I truly love Miquon, it is so simple and yet brilliant. The c-rods are wonderful tools. I've taken one dd all the way through Miquon, have one about halfway through, and am starting the third on c-Rod activities in preparation for starting Miquon in the fall. All three have different learning styles and strengths, but all three have/are thriving with this method of discovery math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 We are thrilled with a combination of Miquon and MEP. We plan to go from MEP to AoPS PreA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnSmith6 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 We are using Saxon this year....too time consuming and BORING for my little guy. He wants color and needs a curriculum that moves more quickly. Next year we are switching to Horizons (I let him chose between Horizons and Math Mammoth). If horizons arrives and doesn't look like the right fit for us, then we will likely go with math mammoth or McRuffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Definitely Singapore then BA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto4inSoCal Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 We use Math Mammoth and love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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