warriormom Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Ok, I just went to my classical christian school's open house. They are using Saxon k classroom version for kidergarten instead of Saxon 1 that they used last year for kindergarten. The school feels like it will lay a solid foundation and is developmentally appropriate. I am a little bummed since ds will most likely be bored since he wants to do arithmatic. What do u think I should add to acompany saxon k for math play for afterschooling? Miquon, cuisenair rod activity books etc? Any encouragment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boscopup Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) My son did Saxon K in school for K as well. Yes, he had known the material since he was 3 years old. Thankfully, K is a party, so it didn't adversely affect him much. At home and in the van, he still did all kinds of math in his head (addition, subtraction, multiplication, addition of negative numbers, etc.). I didn't add anything until first grade when he started really getting bored (first grade is not a party). At that point, I afterschooled with MM1A, then pulled him out of school halfway through the year and zipped through MM until we hit a spot with new material. He was in a full day K, and I just didn't want to add any extra work on top of that. He was doing fine doing math in his head. We incorporated math into our life as usual. ETA: Saxon K in K is fine, IMO, as they still end up being able to do algebra in 8th grade. In my son's school, at the end of 6th grade, they take a test. If they do well, they go to Algebra 1/2 for 7th, followed by Algebra I for 8th. If they don't do well, they do Saxon 8/7, and I assume they then do Algebra 1/2 in 8th? I'm not entirely sure. I just know the first route as I know a new 7th grader who went that route. They're using old Saxon materials, I understand that newer ones may have a different sequence. Edited August 17, 2011 by boscopup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warriormom Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 My son is doing a half-day program. Do you think adding a discovery math program would be overkill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 For half-day, you can try it and see. Miquon would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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