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"Thank God for homeschooling and SAXON math."

Last year was the Math Year From He!l for my then 4th grader. I could really see how ill prepared and confused she was about math and bought the Saxon 5/4 book to cover what she already knew and give her a head start for 5th grade. It helped a bunch.

This year, she was totally confused by decimals. So, I pulled out the Saxon book, went over the lesson, step by step, and the light bulb went off in her head within 5 minutes. Her Publicly Issued Math Book is full of many lovely PC pictures of multi-ethnic school children, but does little in explaining the concept and application of decimals (and fractions).

Dasa/homeschool mom wannabe

Her Publicly Issued Math Book is full of many lovely PC pictures of multi-ethnic school children, but does little in explaining the concept and application of decimals (and fractions).

That sounds like a real problem. I really need to take a look at what kids are using in school today.

On the brighter side, and not related to math, my friend's 14 year old daughter is reading "Animal Farm" as an assignment. All is NOT lost!