cam112198 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Help me decide! Have any of you used both? What are your opinions? We have used CLE for 5 years, but it might be a little advanced for my young 1st grader. I'm so confused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Day At A Time Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 We've not used CLE, but we have loved MUS! My DD has struggled with math, but is doing so much better since we started using MUS!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam112198 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 We've not used CLE, but we have loved MUS! My DD has struggled with math, but is doing so much better since we started using MUS!:001_smile: Thank you! That helps. :001_smile: Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 We've used both, but the other way around - MUS and we JUST moved to CLE. We struggled with MUS, too long on single topics, not enough spiral, waiting too long for mastery before moving on. We're a couple of grades behind right now actually and trying to catch up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmp3400 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 We've used both, but the other way around - MUS and we JUST moved to CLE. We struggled with MUS, too long on single topics, not enough spiral, waiting too long for mastery before moving on. We're a couple of grades behind right now actually and trying to catch up! :iagree: We changed from MUS to CLE this year and it is a much better fit! I do think my boys have a great understanding of place value from MUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Yep, we still use MUS concepts for place value, and the manipulatives are nice too :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam112198 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Thanks for sharing your experiences. Is there anyone that likes MUS better than CLE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dereksurfs Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) Thanks for sharing your experiences. Is there anyone that likes MUS better than CLE? You know, it really depends on the child we've found. We have used both, actually just finished MUS from Primer thru Pre-A with ds11. He did fine with it and seemed to thrive on its mastery approach. However for our daughters it was just the opposite. They do much better with CLE and it spiral approach. They were forgetting too much with MUS. I think they needed more variety and coming back to concepts over time which CLE does very well. CLE also introduces more advanced concepts earlier on and gradually brings them in. In that sense we like it better, for them. One problem with MUS is that its scope and sequence is so different from other programs that its hard to synch up when switching. We went back a bit after switching to CLE just to catch areas not yet covered in MUS. For ds11 Pre-A was a good place to jump off to another curriculum, in this case TabletClass Pre-A. He is doing fine in the class and MUS was all he had ever used, along with supplimentals. BTW, we are using CLE 100 for our 1st grader and its going really well. We did however start her last year in MUS Primer before switching to CLE. That might be a good supplimental to CLE 100. You could slow down CLE 100 and combine with MUS Primer. Edited October 11, 2012 by dereksurfs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam112198 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 You know, it really depends on the child we've found. We have used both, actually just finished MUS from Primer thru Pre-A with ds11. He did fine with it and seemed to thrive on its mastery approach. However for our daughters it was just he opposite. They do much better with CLE and it spiral approach. They were forgetting too much with MUS. I think they needed more variety and coming back to concepts over time which CLE does very well. CLE also introduces more advanced concepts earlier on and gradually brings them in. In that sense we like it better, for them. One problem with MUS is that its scope and sequence is so different from other programs that its hard to synch up when switching. We went back a bit after switching to CLE just to catch areas not yet covered in MUS. For ds11 Pre-A was a good place to jump off to another curriculum, in this case TabletClass Pre-A. He is doing fine in the class and MUS was all he had ever used, along with supplimentals. BTW, we are using CLE 100 for our 1st grader and its going really well. We did however start her last year in MUS Primer before switching to CLE. That might be a good supplimental to CLE 100. You could slow down CLE 100 and combine with MUS Primer. Thank you so much! You are right about everything. I'm really not feeling good about dropping CLE to make a complete switch to MUS. I guess I could just keep the manipulatives and try to use them more with CLE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNABONNA Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 We have tried a lot of things to help my older dd who struggles with math and CLE we have loved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam112198 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Yes, we love it too! We are going to stick with it, but for my dd6 we are going to slow down CLE and do MUS Alpha (I think :-))to make sure she really gets place value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeinfl Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I absolutely loved CLE, but my son started to struggle with it at the fourth grade level, while being in the 5th grade. We ended up switching and have now settled with MUS. Will we stay here...I don't know, but it is the first time my son has no tears in years:lol:, and he also has an eagerness to do his math every morning. That right now is priceless. Both are great programs. It just depends on your child's and your preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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