rubyslippers Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) We have used Saxon since my oldest was in 5/4. She is now finishing up Alg 1. She loves it and it works great. My middle one is finishing up Algebra 1/2 and I feel like it is sucking the life out of her. She does well - she is completing this as a 6th grader. The concepts are not too hard for her and she understands it. But something about it - she just does not like it at all. I don't require that my children love math - it's not that - but it downright makes her miserable. I don't know if it's the 30 problems (I do take some off sometimes, even though I know that's a Saxon no-no) or what. I do think the Alg 1/2 year is an especially hard year as far as long, drawn out problems that take a lot of time - my oldest actually finds Alg 1 easier. But I do worry about continuing this with her. I am going to use the BJU Science for her next year (7th grade) and began reading about their Algebra curriculum as well. I haven't seen any examples/info/insight into potentially switching from Saxon to BJU for upper levels. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Edited February 23, 2018 by rubyslippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubyslippers Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) I'm not worried about doing Algebra next year - she will be in 7th grade. She isn't having any trouble with the information. (This is the same girl to taught herself to read at age four. lol) I was just wondering if switching to a more "traditional" curriculum might give her some homework relief? But I didn't want to move to something inferior. I've always really liked Saxon. Edited February 23, 2018 by rubyslippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I haven't used BJU for math, but looking at the first few lessons of Alg. 1 in the sample, there seem to be even more problems than Saxon. And if I remember from other conversations here, BJU comes with Teacher resources that include extra worksheets, review pages and such. So, personally, I would have a hard time knowing how much to assign. Hopefully someone with more knowledge of BJU can share how they implement and how long it takes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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