Momma4 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I'm thinking of switching math curriculums from RS A 2nd Ed to Math Mammoth. My son seems to zone out when I 'teaching him' and all the different strategies and manipulatives are too distracting for him at this stage. And I also feel he would benefit more from a mastery approach rather than spiral. I keep reading that math mammoths style is different to other math curriculums but I'm now sure what is being referred to here? Any ideas/experience? Xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Our experience was that the look of the pages was so crowded that my son had a meltdown within about 30 seconds of me pulling it out for the first time. Apparently this reaction is more common than you might think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 We did not have that problem that EKS describes - though we do habitually cross out half the problems per page! - but I've heard similar things on this board. Other than that, I find that it goes at exactly the right pace for the girls, though I seem to recall at least one section on long division that was interminable. Good amount of cumulative review, though. Inexpensive, which is a plus, and if I lose the printed-out pages (which, um, happens occasionally) we can work on the computer. That's less than ideal, but at least it's an option! But I wasn't doing any math at home with them in the second grade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 The layout didn't work for us either, and my kids needed more review than MM provided. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 But you know what? Doesn't MM have scads of free sample pages on their website? Why not try those and see what you think? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutterfish Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) For one of my kids it actually works and (bonus) it only requires basic guidance from me, rather than hours of trying to explain something that the book isn't. That's what's different. And, yes, we cross out a lot of the questions, but some kids need all those questions. It's cheap and worth a try. :) Edited March 31, 2017 by stutterfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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