BJUP or A Beka Math

[Guest bpritt]

Hi fellow educators,

 

I am trying to decide between BJUP and A Beka for my 1, 3, 5th graders. I want a rigorous program and one that I can stick with throughout elementary, middle and highschool grades. I've been using Saxon and I am tired of the Meeting Time but if Saxon is still considered the gold-standard of math curricula maybe I should stay with it. Does anyone know what Susan Wise Bauer currently recommends?

 

Thanks for your input.

 

Brooke

Edited August 27, 2009 by bpritt

[KrissiK]

I have no idea about BJU math. We're doing A Beka, with my first graders right now, and I have no real problem with it. It seems fine to me.

[Wildwood]

I would be interested to hear from others about these two programs as well.:)

[HollyDay]

I did not like BJU math. There are others here who really like it and I hope they will post as well so you can get a balanced look. I felt BJU math 4 was a wasted year. We did not progress much at all after an entire year using BJU. I had been using Saxon up through 3rd grade. A friend gave me BJU 4, an entire set for free! So, naturally I used it last year. I was very disappointed and plan to go back to Saxon this year.

 

Abeka moves pretty fast. There are multiple topics per lesson and it is rather ambitious. The folks I know who use Abeka math tend to switch to something else in high school. They tell me they prefer Saxon or Teaching Textbooks due to the cdroms that go with it.

 

HTH!

[LadyAberlin]

I think Abeka is fine up until Highschool. Their highschool books are outdated IMO. I think they need to revamp. I do like BJU's highschool math. Cathy Duffy has some reviews of the 2 on her website. BJU's contains more christian content than Abeka if that matters to you.