buttercup Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Angie in Texas, or whoever is familiar with KB, My dd is using Saxon 8/7 w/pre-algebra (3rd ed.). She is only about on lesson 73 so far this year. I am contemplating moving her mid-year to Kinetic Books pre-algebra and quitting Saxon. Would this be doable? Do you think she would be up to par in what she knows to be able to begin Kinetic books Pre-Algebra or do you think there would be too many gaps? Should I just finish out this year in Saxon and move her to KB next year? If so, what would you recommend coming from Saxon 8/7, KB pre-algebra first or for her to go directly into KB Algebra? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I have never used Saxon (although I have looked at it and cried). I also have never used KB pre-algebra. My youngest won't touch a math program that's on the computer and the pre-algebra level came out after my two older girls were past that level. I would think that you should be able to move right into KB prealgebra. Prealgebra is a review of fractions, decimals, and percents and then moves on into early algebra. That's what Saxon 87 is supposed to do as well, so I don't see any problems with stopping partway through Saxon 87 and switching to KB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttercup Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks Angie, that's all I needed. Now I need to talk to my dh to see if he's okay with us switching mid-year with the finances and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 If it helps, you can go here to see the table of contents for prealgebra: http://math.kineticbooks.com/tocPreAlgebra.php Click on a chapter title to see what's in that chapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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