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To: nmh

If your daughter is using the Math 1, 2, or 3, I’ve heard they aren’t really that great, at least not worth them money they cost for what they taught. That could be the problem.
If you can, why don’t you see if you can find some of their Algebra level books to look at. The Algebra 1/2 is fairly easy but past that it gets hard fast.

My kids were also bored with the math they were doing at grade level (I don’t recall the curriculum, just not Saxon) so that’s why we pushed them, but you know, thinking about it, they would have been bored with Saxon if they were working at grade level, too.

The two main reasons we picked Saxon, is that it was inexpensive and so widely available used; and that it went right on through Calculus and Physics. We wanted a curriculum we could stick with for the long term. I was concerned that changing curriculum would result in them missing something if a topic was covered in different years with different curriculum.

I do know that there are some people who just don’t connect with Saxon for whatever reason and it could be that that’s the situation you’re in. But based on our success and the success I’ve seen others have with it, it is really worth checking out more thoroughly. I do know it’s the math curriculum of choice for virtually all the homeschoolers I know.

Good luck with your efforts. It’s tough when the kids are bored. They really lose interest in trying.


129 posted on 01/13/2008 9:52:24 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

Thank you for the advice. They do have her at grade level and she is bored. I think she wants to be challenged more ... . I’ll look into the next grade level - home school version.


131 posted on 01/13/2008 9:56:50 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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