Sunday, May 28, 2006

saxon math : Saxon Math 1 Home Study Kit

Every school in the US that has used them has raised college board scores 20% and has tripled Calculus enrollment, has doubled Physics enrollment and has reduced the number of kids on the slow track by over 50%. The reason? Normal math books introduce a new concept with each chapter, then drop that topic as the next chapter goes on to something new. This week, it's multiplication; next week it is fractions, and I can't remember multiplication! In Saxon books, the concepts are practiced daily until they are fully automatic and math becomes easier and more enjoyable. I have used both the K and 1st grade and really find the Kindergarten program unnecessary. Buy the first grade program and move a little more slowly and you will save yourself a lot of money. Workbooks for grades 1-3 present a lesson on the front side of the page and a duplicate type lesson on the back side for added review, so you could file it away to use with your next child, if you like. The Home Study Kit contains workbooks, fact cards, teacher manual and meeting book. Teacher guidebooks are not absolutely essential for grade 1 and perhaps grade 2, although they are helpful. Homestudy Kit for grades 4 through 7 contain a paperback textbook, tests and worksheets, and a solution manual. The Complete Kits for the higher grades include a hardbound textbook, answer key and tests. Remember, the first 1/3 of every math book is review to help the children regain what they lost over the summer, so if you just keep plugging away steadily at it daily, your children will be proficient in math and enjoy it. I started my son Ammon at age 4 in the Math 1 (most 4 year olds will do fine at this level). Now he is 14 years old, and finishing Algebra 2. At this rate, a child could be finished with Saxon Physics by age 16!

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