Superfly Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I need help trying to find the right curriculum for my almost 8 yr old for next year. She has dysgraphia and suspected dyslexia, but still does pretty well with math. This year she is doing LOF, TT3, Times Tales, and some misc. worksheets from Rod & Staff 2 and Miquon. I like the way R&S teaches the triplets, and we use the bee posters for this. She struggles with the Miquon math sheets. I think they are too abstract for her. I thought that the TT3 would work well with the reading/writing issues, but she often still enters in her numbers transposed. We plan to continue LOF, but need something for more practice. Here is what I am looking for: Concrete math (no critical thinking problems) Not too much writing Easy to teach Not too much planning If workbook - Interesting, but not too busy Has to have some visual way for DD to see her progress Any suggestions? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Rod & Staff would be my vote (and drop the other stuff). Or maybe Horizons math - it is a work book but not so busy as some. Does it work for you to type in the answers for her in TT3 after she tells you out loud? I think that scribing for her in some way is going to have to be part of how math gets done and that might be less work for you if she is doing well with the teaching style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Rod & Staff would be my vote (and drop the other stuff). Or maybe Horizons math - it is a work book but not so busy as some. Does it work for you to type in the answers for her in TT3 after she tells you out loud? I think that scribing for her in some way is going to have to be part of how math gets done and that might be less work for you if she is doing well with the teaching style. Right now I let her enter in the answers in TT3, and then if she gets it wrong I help her enter it in correctly. She gets frustrated with the program. I like the R & S, but worry it may be too much writing. Are the 3rd and 4th grade as much busy work as the 1st/2nd? If I don't scribe for her, it would be too exhausting. Both of my DDs have learning challenges, so I don't think scribing a large amount would be doable. I think having her complete 1-2 pages per day would be good. I don't mark wrong answers that I know she understood, but just wrote incorrectly. I was looking at Horizons, but it seems interwoven with critical thinking problems. I saw some in the samples. I was looking at Math in Focus and MCP as possibilities, but without having them in my hands it is hard to tell. Are you familiar with either of those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Have you tried CLE? It doesn't have color and is not distracting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrayshire Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I was going to mention CLE as well or there is Saxon Math...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Rod and Staff 3 and 4 aren't as repetitive as 2. We skipped swaths of 2, and 3 was a breath of fresh air in comparison. There is enough room to write directly in the 3 and 4 textbooks too. I've used MCP before too. I would not get it for the DC you describe. It doesn't really explain why the math works, and leaves far too much space between reusing a previous concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Looking into CLE. Thank you all for the suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 I just wanted to say thanks again for recs. After more research I ended up going with Horizons 3 after all. So far so good! I feel like I have a better handle on where DD is at with this program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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