lovemy9kids Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 My daughter finished up Math Mammoth 6B this year. I am trying to decide on math for her next year. I was all set to use Saxon's Algebra 1/2 with her, but she took one look at it and said, "I can't do this....there is no color. I need color!" So, I am back to the drawing board. I was looking at BJU 8th grade. Has anyone used this? Do you like it? If not, do you have any recommendations? Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saja1029 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 :bigear: BJU Pre-Algebra?? (wondering also) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Island Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I have used it - one child liked it, one did not. I think it does a good job of preparing a student for Algebra 1. It was fairly easy to e tweak it to fit our needs. The student text is VERY thick (600 some pages, I think)-- one of my children found that intimidating - the other didn't care. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemy9kids Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Thank you :001_smile: What would be a good text to use after MM 6B? I need something with color. Renee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Thank you :001_smile: What would be a good text to use after MM 6B? I need something with color. Renee Maria Miller has some recommendations on her website. The Prentice Hall prealgebra has a lot of color, typical for a modern textbook. Personally, I find that much color distracting and irritating, but if color is what you're looking for, that would be one I'd look at. I don't care for how it's organized, but I don't think it's a "bad" choice, math-wise. There are free on-line videos, quizzes and other fun stuff. http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=adk&wcsuffix=0099 hmmm... this is intereseting http://www.amazon.com/Prentice-Hall-Mathematics-Pre-Algebra-Homeschool/dp/0133197565/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1339433331&sr=8-16&keywords=prentice+hall+prealgebra+teacher The Holt would also have a lot of color, being a modern textbook, though I haven't seen it. (Of the choices recommended by Maria Miller, I prefer the Dolciani, which has smitches of color, though perhaps not enough to please your dd. I also like Russian Math 6 and AoPS Prealgebra, but neither of those has color.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemy9kids Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 That does look interesting. I just put it in my Amazon cart :001_smile: Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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