DeeFL Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Now, I am finding myself needing to find something for my ds. I went to the site, but it looked like there was just text. I didn't see any problems to work on the sample. There surely are problems that need worked though, right? I'm looking primarily at Algebra on up. I'd love to hear if there are indeed problems, about how many per day; also, what a day's work looks like (ie; reading how much, problems, amount of time needed per lesson, etc.) TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 There are problems to do every day, but not many. Each chapter is just 1-3 pages of hilarious, wonderfully explanatory text, followed by 5-10 problems. Every five (?) chapters there is a "bridge"--these are five pages of review problems. The book says you don't have to do all the bridges if you pass the first one successfully, but I require dd to do all of them. I love-love-love LoF, as does dd, but I think more drill is needed to help the concepts stick. Dd also does MUS and supplemental math facts drill or games when we get to it. So, an ideal day for us in a perfect world would have her do 5 minutes of math facts drill, then a chapter of LoF, and 2 pages of MUS. If she is doing bridge activities in LoF we do one a day for a week, with the MUS pages and math facts drill. Our reality doesn't always match that ideal but we just keep plowing forward as best we can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2abcd Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 There are problems to do every day, but not many. Each chapter is just 1-3 pages of hilarious, wonderfully explanatory text, followed by 5-10 problems. Every five (?) chapters there is a "bridge"--these are five pages of review problems. The book says you don't have to do all the bridges if you pass the first one successfully, but I require dd to do all of them. I love-love-love LoF, as does dd, but I think more drill is needed to help the concepts stick. Dd also does MUS and supplemental math facts drill or games when we get to it. So, an ideal day for us in a perfect world would have her do 5 minutes of math facts drill, then a chapter of LoF, and 2 pages of MUS. If she is doing bridge activities in LoF we do one a day for a week, with the MUS pages and math facts drill. Our reality doesn't always match that ideal but we just keep plowing forward as best we can. Do you have the Companion book? This would add more problems for everyday, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 (edited) Every five (?) chapters there is a "bridge"--these are five pages of review problems. The book says you don't have to do all the bridges if you pass the first one successfully, but I require dd to do all of them. There are no bridges in Algebra. I suspect there are none in the high school series. We used Algebra 1 with Home Companion last year. If you look at the sample for the Home Companion, you will see some problems. The HC was created, in part, because there was much feedback that the student book did not have enough problems. The HC breaks Algebra into 108 lessons. That's 3lessons/wk for 36weeks. That's 3 pages of humorous reading and maybe 15 problems in general. They are not 15 similar problems, they are 15 completely different problems. At the end of each chapter, there are 6 "cities" with maybe 10 problems each. The student does 2 cities a day. It probably took my son 30min-1hr per day depending on the lesson. If you are interested, my review is in this thread. Edited August 16, 2009 by Sue in St Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpupg Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 There are no bridges in Algebra. I suspect there are none in the high school series. There are no bridges in Algebra through the rest of the curriculum, including Statistics and Calculus. Compared to other programs I've seen, it moves fast. LOF is a math program for a good reader and a visual learner That's important. The layout uses numerous text fonts, funny hand drawings, and other weirdnesses that are part of its charm. But for my 50-year-old eyes, it's a visual nightmare. We are using LOF every year. But I add problem sets from NEM or NAM for two reasons: (1) I want more practice sets than LOF + Companion provides and (2) I like having a slightly diffferent slant on the subject. My ds is a math-lover, so he handles this amount of material easily, YMMV. I would offer to sell you our used Algebra book, but ds still reads it for fun, even 3 years after he studied it. It's that good :) Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 We love LoF. Of course, my dd's are good readers, visual learners, etc. In the Beginning Algebra & the Geometry books there are problems periodically in the chapter with answers given, and then there are six cities per chapter of problems. The first 2 have the answers in the text. The second 2 cities have half the answers in the text, and the last 2 no answers in the text. The answers are in the Home Companion, which also includes extra problems if you need them. My 49 year old eyes have no problem with all those things in the text, but that's probably because I'm rather visual & a good reader, or something like that. I don't even need my reading glasses for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Horseymom Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I have both books of LOF (2 different levels)...we love them, I do find that I like to give him additional work from the Algebra book by Saxon..I think it is important for a child to recognize different ways to see problems written and still be able to work the equation. I think any Algebra book would work for extra problems..I'm sure you could find some extra ones online and print them out. As far as the teaching aspect, LOF works best for my son and he enjoys it! (We used Saxon all the way up to this point) T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I have both books of LOF (2 different levels)...we love them, I do find that I like to give him additional work from the Algebra book by Saxon..I think it is important for a child to recognize different ways to see problems written and still be able to work the equation. I think any Algebra book would work for extra problems..I'm sure you could find some extra ones online and print them out. As far as the teaching aspect, LOF works best for my son and he enjoys it! (We used Saxon all the way up to this point) T :iagree:We do Algebra 1 twice, which does the same thing. I think that for any Algebra program, it's good to do some questions from another text or else do Algebra 1 twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 How is LofF for Geometry? Does it do proofs? We have already covered basic geometry every year in BJU. We are presently doing Traditional Geometry (Chalkdust). I am going to try to stick it out, but I may need a back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpupg Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 How is LofF for Geometry? Does it do proofs? It proof-driven, standard two-column format. You will get your lifetime recommended dosage of proofs, for sure :D Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chpiper Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 My son loves this Algebra program...I got it for him after a few misses with other Algebra programs. He started reading the book (he wasn't really *scheduled* to start until September, but we got it in July and he wanted to investigate), and literally does not want to stop doing it! He had completed nearly all of it within a month. He has 2 chapters to go, and he can't wait to start the next book...He works on it (by choice lol) for about 3 or 4 hours a day!! Go figure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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