pocjets Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Please help me with my math progression. We've been using Horizons and I do like it thus far. However, I know I'll eventually have to switch to something else. Should I stick with Horizons through Algebra and then figure out what to do? Should I do Lials BCM(6th), then Pre-Algebra(7th), then Jacob's Algrebra(8th), Geometry(9th)? Or should I use something entirely different? My husband is an engineer and I was an accountant previously so we're not afraid of math or teaching it. :) Thank you so much for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Please help me with my math progression. We've been using Horizons and I do like it thus far. However, I know I'll eventually have to switch to something else. Should I stick with Horizons through Algebra and then figure out what to do? Should I do Lials BCM(6th), then Pre-Algebra(7th), then Jacob's Algrebra(8th), Geometry(9th)? Or should I use something entirely different? My husband is an engineer and I was an accountant previously so we're not afraid of math or teaching it. :) Thank you so much for the help! I can't tell you what to do, with ds 1 we went through Horizons5, then Dolciani Pre-Algebra, then Jacobs Algebra. With dd we went through Horizon's 6 and are now doing Saxon 7/8 and planning to stick with Saxon. I would stick with Horizons if you like it. I actually regret skipping Horizons 6 with ds--but more b/c he was young when he hit Alg 2 and it would have been good to have him older. I didn't really like Horizons pre-Alg the month we used it, but others do like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Personally I'm against fixing what isn't broken. If it's still working well I'd just stick with it for now. That said, either of your plans would work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Please help me with my math progression. We've been using Horizons and I do like it thus far. However, I know I'll eventually have to switch to something else. Should I stick with Horizons through Algebra and then figure out what to do? Should I do Lials BCM(6th), then Pre-Algebra(7th), then Jacob's Algrebra(8th), Geometry(9th)? Or should I use something entirely different? My husband is an engineer and I was an accountant previously so we're not afraid of math or teaching it. :) Thank you so much for the help! My child did Horizon's through 6th grade and then Jacob's algebra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 We did Horizons 6 then Dolciani Pre-Algebra. My son was prepared well for Dolciani which is a pretty challenging course. We had considered skipping Horizons 6 to go straight to pre-A, but lots of people advised us against it. Looking back, we are very glad we did not skip it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocjets Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thank you all. Sounds like I should at least go through Horizons 6 before switching. I've never heard of Dolciani Pre-Algebra (following Horizons 6) so I'll go check that out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Horizons 6 is still excellent horizons that you know and love. I do cross out a lot now that we are in book two. I also supplement with Zacarros challenge because horizons is very weak conceptually. However I have looked at pre-Alg and I am not so sure about it. We will be looking at: Potters school: uses Pearson digital Math U See- has the videos and all that visual learning which my dd may enjoy Teaching Textbooks - seems like such a great idea but looks like it might move too slowly for my dd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 PS we had a dolciani and I loved it but we had no TM or solutions manual although I believe it did have answers in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuovonne Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 My DD did Horizons 6 and then I switched her to Dolciani pre-algebra. I wanted her to start using a traditional textbook for math. She did fine the first couple of chapters, and then crashed and burned. She did not transition well to the mastery style instead of the spiral review in Horizons. I am in the process of switching her to Saxon 87. I personally found Dolciani easy enough to teach with just the answers in the back. Saxon drives me nuts. I am constantly telling my DD that I don't know why Saxon does things the way it does. Occassionally I tell her to ignore the book and do things the way she already knows because the procedure in the book makes so little sense to me. But Saxon seems to be working better for her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorisuewho Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 My one son is finishing Horizons 5 this week. We are going to do Horizons 6, before heading over to Dolciani Pre Algebra most likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) We also did Horizons K-6 (and Singapore) and then moved to Dolciani Pre-Algebra, Dolciani Algebra I, etc. The transition went very smoothly for all three of my children, even my daughter who is really not into math and who tends to think she's "not good at it." There is a solutions manual for Dolciani Pre-Algebra, but it can be difficult to find. It works out every problem. It's handy for checking problems, but I don't know if it's critical. I had purchased Horizons Pre-Algebra, but didn't like it, especially compared to the Dolciani Pre-Algebra. Edited January 12, 2016 by yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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