[JenB]

He'll do well, I know it! One thing you can do to help him is put him in Saxon Math. Start with Saxon 54 - that's advanced 4th grade, typical 5th grade, and go from there. Saxon math was literally one of the best things that happened to me in my whole homeschooled experience. Also the lessons are really well spelled out. Even people with no math skills can learn - and if one of your boys happens to be a mathematical prodigy, he'll eat it up.

The only really important skills are reading and math. If you can do those well, you can learn or do anything you want.

[2Jedismom]

It won't be too long till he is done with third grade math...I was thinking of putting him into Saxon this next time, but I don't think he'll be ready for the 54 yet...he'll be right at the end of "3rd grade" math. What do you suggest?

[SuziQ]

One thing you can do to help him is put him in Saxon Math

We're using Saxon Math for our 7th grader. We started him last year (6th) in Saxon 76, then went right to Saxon Alg. 1/2. He'll be done with that in a few weeks, then we'll start him in Jacob's Elementary Algebra.

Some folks don't like Saxon because they consider it drill and kill, but I like the way each lesson builds on the last, so that when the kids are done with the book they KNOW the concepts and operations needed to move on.