smallsteps Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Has anyone had experience with both Kinetic Books and Teaching Textbooks for pre-algebra and/or algebra? How do they compare? My ds just finished TT Math 7 and now we're looking for a more rigorous math program. He prefers the interactive computer-based lessons. Would Kinetic Books provide more challenge for him? I'm also tempted by the cost, only $49.99 for a limited time. Any thoughts you have about either or both programs would be helpful. Or, any thoughts about a similar program to these would also be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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krisperry Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Kinetic Books is much more challenging than Teaching Textbooks. The jump from TT7 to Kinetic Book Pre-Algebra might be a fairly large one. When I was deciding on which math program to use, I looked at both the Teaching Textbook Pre-Algebra and the Kinetic Book Pre-Algebra. I felt as if my daughter already knew the majority of what was in TT Pre-Algebra so I chose Kinetic Books (she has just completed CLE 6 math). With that said, this year has not been a walk in the park. Kinetic Books has been fairly challenging for her and she is a good problem solver. I do want to mention that I'm not anti TT. I have two other children currently using the program. I do use the books. I have my kids watch the lecture and I glance over that days lesson. Then before they can do the problems, they have to come narrate what the lesson was about. I use the book as my guide and question them. I can usually tell then if I need to sit with them and review or not ;) I supplement with some Math Mammoth Mastery workbooks if needed for a particular area. We also use Hands On Equations from time to time. I love TT for the "get it done" aspect - it is very easy to get behind in math with 6 children on all different levels. TT keeps me from doing that. However, I'm very hands on with the program. I keep daily tabs. We also complete Singapore's challenging word problems albeit 2 levels behind (so TT4 = Singpore challenging word problems 2) If I did not supplement with math programs which I feel demand more problem solving ability, I would likely want to do TT Pre-Algebra and then Kinetic books Pre-Algebra in order for the transition to be fairly painless. Ok, so that was a bunch of rambly and some of it completely off topic :lol: Sorry! I just wanted to say that YES I do think that Kinetic Books is much more rigorous. If your son hasn't done much outside of TT7, I would have him work some word problems this summer before jumping into Kinetic Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisperry Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 One more thing for consideration. TT has solutions to all the problems and Kinetic books does not. So.... on top of being a bit more difficult, you will need to be comfortable wading through the problems ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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