quick, please - math mammoth question

[rookie]

I want to buy right now but need to make up my mind on what to buy:

 

 

If I buy all of the Blue Series, does it cover all of the same topics as the Light Blue Series, just by topic rather than grade?

 

OR

 

Does the Light Blue Series cover more?

 

My thought is to buy the Blue and work through one topic at a time with my math-challenged child until getting her to grade level.

[Guest Cheryl in SoCal]

I want to buy right now but need to make up my mind on what to buy:

 

 

If I buy all of the Blue Series, does it cover all of the same topics as the Light Blue Series, just by topic rather than grade?

 

OR

 

Does the Light Blue Series cover more?

 

My thought is to buy the Blue and work through one topic at a time with my math-challenged child until getting her to grade level.

I asked Maria the same question and she told me that they are practically identical, just organized differently. There are a couple of advanced topics that aren't covered in the Blue series yet but will be once she is done with the last couple of books (Percents was one of them but she recently finished the Percents book). She is also working on 6B of the Light Blue Series.

 

I prefer to cover things by topic because I use MM as a supplement to MUS so I bought the Blue Series.

[rookie]

THANKS! :)

[Guest Cheryl in SoCal]

Here is what Maria said when she replied to me:

 

Yes, the Blue and Light Blue are nearly identical in their content.

The difference is, the Blue does not have the tests & cumulative reviews. And it's organized differently.

 

So you'll also have to weigh whether or not you want tests and cumulative reviews.

[Crimson Wife]

My thought is to buy the Blue and work through one topic at a time with my math-challenged child until getting her to grade level.

 

For remediation, I would go with the "blue" series because they are ungraded and that way a child wouldn't feel "dumb" for using a below-grade-level book.

[mama23]

We are going with light blue for remediation for my DD. She knows that she is working a grade below where she "should" be in PS terms, however she does not feel "dumb" because we pulled her out of school as we did not feel they were teaching the way they should have been. So, she actually blames the school for her having to do 2nd grade math when she is really in 3rd grade.

[Alessandra]

We are doing the blue (topic) series for math-challenged dd. It really helps to do one topic at a time, without jumping around.

[HollyBee]

We are going with light blue for remediation for my DD. She knows that she is working a grade below where she "should" be in PS terms, however she does not feel "dumb" because we pulled her out of school as we did not feel they were teaching the way they should have been. So, she actually blames the school for her having to do 2nd grade math when she is really in 3rd grade.

 

:iagree: This. We're doing 5th grade in 6th, but hoping to wrap it up by Christmas and start 6A in January.