My more advanced child (mathematically) is also using Singapore and we love it, but it often gives him more practice than he needs or far too little (where I'm reteaching and adding my own work). For you not being math-minded, MotL sounds far better since it will give you multiple ways to approach each concept. (Right?) I've found with Singapore that I often have to figure out other ways on my own to explain the concept. I am definitely purchasing this program when we get the funds.

I've been obsessively reading through everything on their site and I'm becoming convinced that this is the ideal way of teaching math. I was worried about the time investment on my part since I'll have 3 schooling and 4 under 4 in the Fall. The more I've considered how Math has actually been working out for us, the more it's obvious I put this much effort in anyway...but after the frustration has set in. The semi-self-teaching texts we use don't give them compete understanding and I end up reteaching and reteaching to already frustrated children drudging through pages of practice. Or of course, keeping them focused on the pages of busywork for concepts they already know. AND, I won't be frustrated after all the work put in to solidify the concept in a child for it to be completely lost months later (or next year) when it's reviewed, as in other texts. Not to mention the gaps one of my children have that is a constant struggle and I haven't been able to identify them all. This program can identify them all, help me teach them for her understanding, and make review something automatic with the 5-a-Day problems. This is completely tailored to the child from when it's introduced, to how it's taught, to how often the child needs review of it. I'm sold.:D

This program looks great. I wonder if it works to have multiple ages all learning the same concepts together (to minimize work on Mom). I'm looking for something that my kids can either zip through or review at their own pace in an all-years-in-one type curriculum. I'd just worry it'd get overwhelming teaching them all different concepts and I would stop using it. It's a bit expensive for an experiment. It also wasn't completely clear on how easy it is to figure out what needs to be understood before starting a concept. I noticed concepts from one book had to be known before learning a concept from another book, so it's not just in order for the book you're teaching from at the time. Does the Concept Chart explain the order of things across the different books?