campmom Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I've been doing right start A with my boys.They love it.Tthey get excited when I get it out and say we are going to do math. The problem is I don't do it often enough, and I'm not sure why. I think it is partly because when I do get it out we do math forever and I know we want get to anything else. I was not sure that I would be able to teach RS because I am not a math person, but when it arrived and I looked through it I really liked it and it made sense to me (Except that I never have figured out how to put todays date on the abacus) I "think" my boys are getting it but I'm not sure. I think one of my problems with it is that I never really "know" if they got it. I think if I had a worksheet I could give them after the lesson to see if they could work it then maybe I would know if they got the lesson or not. I've been looking at other math programs either to change or maybe find some work sheets that I might be able to use for this pupose, it would also give them extra practice. I have MUS Alpha also and have tried that with them. They love to watch the "Math Man" and get excited about it, but I think the lessons may bore them alittle(at the beginning of the book). So my question is what should I do? Move forward in MUS and see if I can find where they are in the book and start there? Stick with RS not knowing if they are getting it without any worksheets. Add a different program to RS. Switch to something other than MUS. Combine RS with another program, but if I do that and have more math to do everyday am I going to actually do math? I mean we already spend so much time on it when we do it because they love it and don't want me to stop. I really am math challenged so any help will be appreciated. My boys are 5 and 6 and love math at the moment and I would like to keep it that way. Thanks so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 We have the same situation. We love RS A and get excited whenever we do it. Sometimes lessons go on for a long time even. We save math for the last subject of the day so we can savor it. But that means we don't get to math as much as I plan, eek. Seeing as we've tried 3 other math programs and RightStart is the only one we totally love, we plan to stick with it. Just gotta bump math up on the priority list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siloam Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I would keep going. You only need to do level A a couple times a week anyway. By level C you have almost daily worksheets, and in level E my oldest often has 2. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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