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Saxon Math
By suem
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I have taught it, in first grade as the teacher before me did. A couple of things I didn't like about it was there was not a lot of drill, and when it taught an addition/subtraction concept, it had the child color the number of blocks in two different colors, then ask how many were colored. It doesn't give the child the idea they are adding or subtracting. Also, it doesn't teach adding of more than two digits at a time. I realize I am old, but I remember doing that in first grade when I was a child.
I do like how they explain and have word problems daily. I would always read the problem to the | |
children. Just because the reading skills are bad, doesn't mean they should have problems with doing the math. I like the some and some more, or some and some went away. I still use that although I am teaching a different series.
If your students need a lot of hands on, Saxon is not for you. If learning math is not a big problem in your school, it's not a bad series.
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