saxon math : Saxon Publishers

It was not an easy decision for Timberdoodle to carry Saxon math. While Saxon curriculum seems to be the best curriculum to prepare a student for college entrance exams and college level, this is a program that we have kept away from for many reasons. First and foremost, in the nearly 18 years we have sold home education supplies we have heard countless stories of moms, particularly home school neophytes, demanding that their children solve every problem in the text, a process that requires most children a couple hours a day to accomplish. The end result in many cases is a daily battlefield between mom and child. Now, obviously, we are dealing here with bigger issues than math, but because many teaching moms were afraid to deviate from the prescribed formula, we hesitated to supply them with the ammunition. Secondly, and maybe more importantly, most moms couldn't figure out how to help their children to solve the math problems. Say what you will about Saxon's incremental learning, it is a rare mom who has the time to keep pace with her child. So, feeling like this program is a time bomb waiting to go off, until this year, we have shied away from carrying Saxon math. Many of you have suggested that we needed to offer upper-level math for college-bound children, but we just couldn't get excited about selling it. With the introduction of Digital Interactive Video Education, now we can.

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