mereminerals Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 My daughter used Horizons for 1st through 4th Book A. We took a break from it last year and used TT 5 and 6. She is going to be using TT 7 and then I started looking at Horizons 5. Do you think it would be too much math? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtotkbb Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 That's what I did for 6th grade w/ my ds and it worked great. We used TT Math 7 as his main program and I pulled lessons each week from Horizon's 5. Obviously we didn't do every single problem --unless it was an area he needed more review with. This summer we are doing Horizon's 6 - 3 lessons/week and then in Sept we'll change to TT as our main program and use Horizon's 6 as supplement. DS really likes it and likes the change of scenery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I'll be using both with my dd this year. Not so much because she needs the explanations from TT, but because she needs *more* work on math, and TT will give her an alternative to more workbooks. Yes, she'll be doing more math, but because the format is so different, it won't *feel* like just "more of the same". And no, I don't think it will be "too much" math. Actually, the thing that has really come home to me recently is that with my son, for whom mathematical thinking came easily, we did a lot *more* math than what I've done with my daughter, who finds math more challenging. Since things came fairly easily to my son, it was more fun for us to bring in lots of supplements and really *play* with math on a regular basis. With my daughter, we've been all too glad to put the books away and keep math time minimal. ... And, of course, the gap between them has only grown. So I'm determined to turn that around this year. We'll be doing daily drill (quick little math vitamins), Horizons (workbook), Teaching Textbooks (computer -- very novel for her at least), and doing some type of interactive math time together each day, either snuggling on the couch and reading through Life of Fred or playing RS math games or Muggins... My goal is to make math as much a part of our days as language has always been. We'll see how it goes. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereminerals Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Thanks for the replies. She was so excited that I got her the Horizons math that she already starting working on it. Guess that answers my question. I think as long as she is only doing one lesson of each daily she will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamis Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I think TT is all emcompassing. i would only supplement if she is struggling with TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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