Here is the thing. As I have confessed here before, I STINK at Math! I struggled through math all the way up to 9th grade. I then took General Math to get my 1 and only credit I needed for Math to graduate (Pathetic huh?) and I decided a math career was NOT for me! LOL (Then I proceeded to go on and work in Accounting with pretty much every job I ever had! hehehe) Anyway, as I have confessed before the only thing that ever worried me about homeschooling was teaching Math. However, my husband is a math wiz, so I figured at some point the would take over.
Enter Math-U-See. When my oldest was in 2nd grade we were completely blessed to find Math-U-See! This amazing program with it's video teacher has allowed me to teach my son Math all the way through the 8th grade. I know it may not sound like much, but I can honestly say I have been learning along side him since about 6th grade and last year I lost all hope of understanding what he was doing.
So this summer I was dragging my feet on ordering his Math. It wasn't like I had another plan, but I really didn't want my husband to have to be teaching him Math at 8:00 every night after dinner. So I just kept putting off ordering Math.
When my rent-a-kid came to visit he mentioned he was going to do something called Teaching Textbooks this year for Math. At first I must confess I was a little sad. I had gotten him using MUS a few years back and I pride myself on converting people to MUS! LOL Then a few days later a friend of mine called and told me she too was using Teaching Texbook this year for her older kids! Okay, I am thinking at this point maybe God wants me to look into Teaching Textbook!
So I did! What I found is a program that is very similar to MUS, with one big exception. It literally teaches them every problem in the book with a teacher on CD-rom! Here is how it works.
- He reads the days assignment.
- He watches brief instructional video for the day.
- He does the workbook pages.
- He checks his answers
- He goes in and watches a lesson on each one that he missed!
- He corrects anything he got wrong.
WOW! There are over 3000 video instructions on the CD for Algebra 1!
So he started it this week and he LOVES it! YAY!!!
I am just amazed that I got him to this point! Yes, he has passed me up! But, isn't that what we should want for our kids? For them to do better than we did? I pray all my kids have their father's Math brain! But, I have to tell you I am a little bit proud of my accomplishment of getting him this far! I mean I am the only Math Teacher he has EVER had! WOW! I am a whole lot thankful for Math-U-See and now for Teaching Textbook.
If you have an older child ready for higher Math I recommend you check out teaching textbook. My heart is still tightly wrapped around Math-U-See for the lower grades. And if you have more knowledge of Math than I have I am sure MUS will work great all the way through.
It is just so great to have options. And it's also great to hear those magic words....Mom, I LOVE Algebra!
Happy Homeschooling,
Jamin
P.S.
I had the following email from a reader:
I'm about to order math for my six year old who still doesn't like a lot of structure. I was going to order math u see. Would you still recommend it even though you LOVE this new teaching textbooks curriculum?
My Answer:
Oh my YES I enthusiastically endorse Math-U See! I plan on using it with my 2 youngest kiddos as long as possible. I just think that for us, for high school TTB is a better choice because of my inadequacy in math!
Go for it! ORDER MUS! I better go put a correction on my blog, I don't want to scare anyone away from MUS, IT IS WONDERFUL!!!!!! (Also, TT is not currently being offered for lower grades. I think it starts with 6th grade right now.)
Jamin
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