Singapore...anyone not use the textbook?

[Melodiya99]

but still the HIG? I'm about to order 2a, and I've had the HIG, textbook, and workbook for level 1, and find myself hardly using the textbook. Does it add much at the higher levels? Right now it just seems redundant along with the workbook:tongue_smilie:

[chepyl]

I use the text, bit not the HIG. I can figure out all the manipulative stuff on my own. The text is good for extra practice and illustrations. I skip some lessons and just do the workbook, but not much.

[In the Rain]

I rarely use the textbook, but I had to pull it out today. I always buy them, because sometimes my dds need the extra problems.

[Melodiya99]

So far we've rarely even done all of the workbook problems so adding the textbook seems like overkill. I like having game ideas that I don't have to think about and dd for some crazy reason loves doing the mental math drills at the end of the HIG (she'll happily do 30 problems the way those are formatted, but balk about 6 problems in the workbook:confused:)

 

Does the textbook end up giving more of the instruction in later books?

[chepyl]

We are staring volume tomorrow in 2b, I did not understand how to get the answers in the wkbk before I looked at the text. The containers have no volume on them, in the text the illustrate volume with numbers and pouring from container to container. They breathe same pictures as the wkbk. I could teach him to guess on the wkbk alone, but that is not helping learn the concept. In that instance, I do need both to teach. Not because I cannot get the ans2on my own, but because I did not have the tools (correct size and shapped items) to teach the concept alone and then complete the pages.

 

Does that make sense....it is late, I am sleepy.....sorry if it does not make sense. ;)

[blondeviolin]

We have it for 1, but I also don't use it much... I'm betting it is more important in higher grades where the math is more complex... In 1 there are a lot of pictures in the workbook even still, so the text does seem redundant.

[Sara in WA]

We do use the text and the workbook. I use the text book as the teaching time, to work together teaching and then the lucky child:) gets to do the workbook on his/her own. I do find the textbook is important because, to me, a lot of Singapore is teaching different methods to working out problems.

[boscopup]

In grade 4, the textbook problems aren't always in the HIG, so I have to look at the textbook for some of the teaching. If it weren't for that, I'd totally go with just the HIG.

 

I haven't used the lower grades, so I don't know how different they are.

[Melodiya99]

Thanks everyone! I went ahead and ordered the textbooks :)

[Holly]

My DC love the text, and they'd be disappointed if I didn't use it. :lol: I usually pull our lesson from the HIG or text...or sometimes we just read through the text.

[Greenmama2]

I rarely use the text. DD finds the b&w workbook less visually annoying too which is a bonus to her concentration ;)