parias1126 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Is there anyone here that has used it and DOESN'T like it? I hear glowing reviews all the time on this board a bout McRuffy Phonics and Math. I am using both with both of my children. It is working wonderfully for my K'er, but not so much my 2nd grader. I think the Math jumps around way too much and takes her way too long to complete. By the time she is done, she is completely frustrated. The only thing it does the same everyday in the 2nd grade book thus far is addition, and now subtraction so plenty of review of that, but everything else seems to skip around. One day we are doing story problems, another day learning time, another day money, another day graphs, another day skip counting by 2's, then another day by 5's. It doesn't stay on anything for any substantial amount of time and causing her to not retain much except for the subraction and addition. Any thoughts on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyAberlin Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Well that is the nature of a spiral math program. Maybe your older daughter would do better with something more mastery like R&S, MUS or BJU. I'm about to start McRuffy K so I don't have experience with their math yet. We're doing their phonics K and loving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Well that is the nature of a spiral math program. Maybe your older daughter would do better with something more mastery like R&S, MUS or BJU. :iagree:That is one thing that I didn't like about Horizons, but it turns out that spiral works for DD. It just doesn't mesh well with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemykids Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I don't like it, although I did at first. The K math moves too slow, and the 2nd felt disjointed. I don't have much time too elaborate, but I hear ya! :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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