bttrflyvld Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I'd love to see what ends up as the favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roanna Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 CLE and I really like it for us. It's not boring and they have cute things to do within each lesson and....it's very reasonable in price! We have used MM(boring), MCP (k) , Miquon (too much prep) oh and RS A. Which was a bomb for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Teaching Textbooks. Before I could use this with them we did Saxon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 You need to add Beast Academy to that list. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDad Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hmm, let's see what I can come up with off of the top of my head. SM, LOF, Miquon, Living Math/Kitchen Table Math/etc, IP/CWP, MEP, BA, and the list goes on and on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommatomany Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My dd in K is using Singapore Essentials and my dd in 2nd is using CLE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonkers247 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We use CLE. We started out with Horizons but there were way too many tears over the number of problems for each lesson. CLE has a variety of things to do in each lesson and the kids actually enjoy doing math most days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 right now R&S and TT.... never know what the future holds for my gang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Currently using Horizons and switching soon to Math Mammoth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frugalmama Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Currently using MCP for the 2nd year in a row and liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Singapore :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommy5 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 CLE and Singapore with a little Math Mammoth ... we LOVE CLE, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We're using MM, and ds comprehends far better than he ever did with MCP. I enjoy the different ways to solve, and the way the text speaks directly to the student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 There was a poll fairly recently, though it is very hard to search for polls unless they include the word poll in the title. Here is a selection I was able to find, in case you'd like to compare to the current results. This is the most recent I came across: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346705 http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=301150 http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=281811 http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=322043 http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=274598 https://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24903 http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=283309 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We use Saxon, but I would have guessed Singapore or MM would end up as favorites! These polls always make me second guess myself, but Saxon seems like the right choice for us. Don't be too influenced by what everyone else likes the best:001_smile:! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We use Singapore and MEP for the grade 1 ds Horizon's for grade 3 dd (switching to Math Mammoth next year) Dolciani's Pre-Alg for Grade 6 (Jacob's next year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanna Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 All of my children are using TT this year. Love it (and they do too)! My only "beef" is that there are too few lessons (180 days of school > 116 lessons -- what's up with that?):001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I voted for Rod and Staff and Other. R&S is what 2 of my three little ones are using, the other is using a mixture of things, and my sixth grader is in Lial's prealgebra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom3 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 CLE is missing :) We use andlove both, CLE&Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovintolearn Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We are loving MEP Reception (have 10 lessons left :w00t:) and CSMP K. We are also playing with c-rods, starting Rightstart A, and doing the random math worksheet. I love math! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatLight Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 My oldest uses Teaching Textbooks & Life of Fred. My youngest uses Horizons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 There are so many options for K-6. I really liked McRuffy Math for K. For 1st and 2nd we switched to Math in Focus. Dd wants to do Teaching Textbooks 3 next school year. I also really like Moving with Math for K - 2. For extra math fun we added in Life of Fred Elementary. And, dd can't wait for us to add in Beast Academy. I don't use all of these things at the same time. We switched around and I really like them all....which makes it so hard, if not impossible, to just choose one. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Singapore, Life of Fred, a little MEP, and now Beast Academy as "curriculums", plus a TON of supplements (Penrose the Mathematical Cat, Brainy Day Math, Mathletics, Various Scholastic and Evan-Moor E-books, Basher Books, Challenge math, Hands on Equations, and various logic and problem solving books. I think that covers the last year :) ). Can you tell that we like math around here? It's probably the single subject where we buy the most materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariston Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 MEP, with some LOF and Miquon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 MEP - My only regret is that I discovered it too late to use either DD the Elder. It's the mathiest. :tongue_smilie: We'll be doing MEP at least through the end of Y3, but may move to Beast Academy afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 MM and we recently started adding in MEP 2a (I also wish we'd found it earlier.) We read a chapter or two of LoF: Elementary each week along with some living math books. I've recently ordered Zacarro and plan to add that in as well. We're not quite ready for BA, but I'm considering dropping LoF for it when the time comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I have tried Singapore, Saxon, Horizons, CLE, TT, and RS. Saxon was a crashing failure, we hit a wall with Singapore, Horizons was okay (used in K as a bridge for Sylvia before CLE 100), and RS was very good from A-B and part of C. We've settled on CLE and I love it. Thorough, solid, and not super teacher intensive. It's stopped math battles. We're also using TT, but I've found it to run behind (no flames!) and have skipped so much that it's not worth the money. Plus I don't think that CLE needs supplementation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We use Singapore Std. Ed. and love it. I also have watched many (all?) of Maria Miller's videos and we use her worktexts as needed (Math Mammoth Blue Series.) We use Khan and Zaccaro here and there, and we will probably add LoF soon too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer2911mom Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Rightstart A and B, Singapore Stds, and CLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nov05mama Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Singapore & Beast are the main curriculum's...with a little Life of Fred, MEP, Khan Academy, living books & Math Whizz in the mix here and there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 MUS and TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I've used Math Mammoth, Singapore, Life of Fred, and Beast Academy with the oldest. I'm using Singapore with my 5 year old right now, and we'll continue with it this next school year. When he's ready for 3rd grade math, he'll probably switch to Beast Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Hedgehog Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom28kds Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I use CLE for my 1st and 5th grader. I will use it next year for 3 different grades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We use Miquon, RS, MM, Kumon and some concepts from Professor B but we don't use the entire program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 CLE - and it's working out really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 For 4th--6th math and beyond, it's Life of Fred all the way. Matched with an appropriate child, it is a very complete college-prep program of the top caliber. Coming from a math-professor home, we've evaluated the competition, and Fred wins, at least for the older son who is serious about math :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 MEP and I've just started Beast Academy, plus others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mert Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Singapore as the spine with Miquon and RS games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 You need to add Beast Academy to that list. :) But there is only half of one grade available now, and I was under the impression K and 1st grade weren't even on the drawing board. ;) For the poll: We are using a designed-for-school curriculum that I picked out and consider decent. I like the K-2nd levels a lot. I'm not thrilled with the excessive review and lack of new material between 4th and 6th, but that seems to be fairly common in everything I've seen. We're not at that point yet, but I anticipate hitting lessons with new material and substituting for things that have already been mastered. (Or I might use a different program for my spine and only cover the lessons with new material.) My "school at home" curriculum is SRA Explorations and Applications. We also use MEP. I might add in a very basic course in French next year. It will be material we have already covered for the language component and extra fact practice. Yes, I'm a little silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathGirl Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We currently use Abeka (due to DD possibly going to a school next year that uses that curriculum), but MUS is my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bttrflyvld Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 I should have added Beast Academy but there wasn't any more space to add and I wanted to have a other-specify place so I could see others I haven't thought of before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I use BJU Math, but only their newer 3rd editions. The lessons are well laid out including manipulatives and teaching the "why" of math. It is a mastery approach, but their is review built into the program. The daily lessons are on colorful, fun pages which is important to me for my very visual kid. I do the front of the page with him to make sure he's got it, then he can do the back independently. He likes that it's just front and back of one page! The TMs come with a great CD that includes reteaching practice sheets for each lesson, wonderful enrichment activities to challenge your kids to think outside the box with math, extended activities for each chapter that include art and writing, facts review sheets, and great instructional aids. I have a math degree and ds takes after me. He really understands math regardless of the curriculum I choose. I've tried Horizons and CLE as well. He really needed a spiral approach in the beginning because he would forget things he hadn't seen in awhile. After some time with those, though, I realized how bored he was with having to do things over and over that he already understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 CLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Right Start then Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 CLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I voted other. We use Right Start and love it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We are doing mostly MEP, will review with SM 1B this summer before we dive into MEP 2. We throwing the occasional Miquon to spice things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaM Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Currently using BJU press. I like it for the most part. It moves a little fast sometimes, so I have to suppliment to solidify some of the concepts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I hopped around a lot trying to find our fit. MM is exactly what I was looking for. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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