djunec Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 So this is our first year homeschooling. We are using Saxon for math and I am really liking it. The problem is my daughter already knows all the material so far. I know that the beginning is usually review, and Saxon seems very thorough. But it seems silly to review counting change when she has know that for a few years now. My question is have any of you skipped ahead in the book until you got to spot that you knew it was new material? I was thinking I would look through the book, find where I know she would start to be challenged and then go back 4 or 5 lessons.......any thoughts would be appreciated. I did do the placement test. She is in 3rd and we are doing saxon 3 as the placement test recommended. She is just getting board and I do not want that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djunec Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Another thought just occurred to me. There are assesments every ten lessons. Maybe I could give her those and when she gets some wrong I can go back and start from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudence1 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 I think the last idea you mentioned, on giving her tests, is a good idea. Just skipping to where you think she wouldn't have problems may, inadvertently, miss something that you thought she had mastered and she hasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie4 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Another thought just occurred to me. There are assesments every ten lessons. Maybe I could give her those and when she gets some wrong I can go back and start from there. Yes, this is what we do, my kids hate the review at the beginning. So we do just the tests until they get to new material or to something that actually needs review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djunec Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thanks. I think I will do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 We skip review lessons unless it's a concept my kids struggled with mastering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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