Penguin Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) We are afterschooling math (high fifth, low sixth grade) and my son would like a textbook. The kind of book that looks like a textbook! Fat with a hard cover:) Ideally, I would like a textbook that has an answer key available, but this is not absolutely necessary. I would probably buy a 6th grade book unless the program was super fast paced. We will continue to use other resources, but by golly if he wants a textbook then I aim to find him a textbook! Any suggestions? Thanks. Edited February 9, 2012 by Penguin typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 British textbooks don't tend to have hard covers, but if that's not essential you could try Galore Park (which are usually cheapest from http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ ) or Elmwood Press (link in my sig for sample pages, but perhaps cheaper for you to order from Amazon?) 6th grade would be Year 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Back when I was trying to do "school at home" I got a lot of textbooks from Ebay. Very cheap, straight from a public school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 There are always textbooks for cheap at thrift stores. Your school district may have some old ones to give away too. Or get an old edition of one from amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Saxon 6/5? Lial's Basic College Math? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 What about Life of Fred? All of the ones I've seen to date have had hard covers. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 What about Life of Fred? All of the ones I've seen to date have had hard covers. Regards, Kareni But nothing like a regular textbook on the inside. Fun to use, but I can imagine someone asking for a 'real textbook' being disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3andme Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 You might try the Holt Middle School math books co-authored by Edward Burger. Burger is the instructor who did the math videos for the Thinkwell courses. There are supplemental resources available online including some of the videos coordinated with each section. These are hardback math textbooks and cover grades 6-8 starting with Math 1. The series also continues on to Algebra and Geometry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 ACSI Math is hardcover, very much a textbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Alibris is also a good place to find textbooks. Do a search for the grade you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) First, I would like to thank ALL of you so very much! Each reply helped me think this through and clarify our needs. We are actually liking Math Mammoth well enough, but DS11 wants a textbook. This I understand. He wants something that reminds him of his former school back home in the USA. Moving half way across the world can cause nostalgia/homesickness at unpredictable moments:) I am going to take a chance on ACSI Grade 6. I also like the looks of the Holt Middle School book a lot, but a cheap copy is not available to me at the moment (Europe). Ultimately I was swayed by the fact that ACSI has a Teacher's Manual available. If a cheap copy of the Holt book appears available, I might get that one also. The online supplements are quite good. I just hope that the religion in the ACSI book isn't a problem for us - we are Christian but we are neither Protestant nor Creationists. But I sure did like seeing Rembrandt in the preview! Well, we shall find out soon enough...it is now on order. Edited February 11, 2012 by Penguin typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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