Day seven of the Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts

I have long been considering trying the free and excellent Math Enhancement Program.  We use Math-U-See now; ds#1 loves it, ds#2 said, "It's too much like school."  I don't know what that means to a 6 year old that has only known homeschool, but it wasn't positive.

MEP is spiral, covers a broader range of math topics, has a lot of activities, encourages mental math, and focuses on concept understanding rather than how to do a problem.  At least that is what users say.  I don't doubt them; we all know that our own children react differently to programs.  That's another beauty of homeschooling--not everyone has to use the same book.

We have 2 more weeks of Math-U-See left, so I'm starting to look at the MEP stuff now.  That's the best part of a free program--easy enough to try it.