April 22, 2007 - High School Math
We consider the kids in high school math after they have completed up to lesson 90 of their Saxon 87 math book. Once there, our kids are able to make some choices. We require 2 credits of math, but highly suggest 3. Goal is to complete at least Algebra 1 and a Consumer Math course. The other credit is a matter of choice unless they need a pre-Algebra course.
For High School Math, we like Teaching Textbooks for Algebra 1. We use the Consumer Math Course from Christian Light Education. Other courses have not been tried, other than Saxon Algebra 1/2, which we did not like as it did not agree with our teaching/learning styles.
My second daughter easily jumped from Saxon 87 around lesson 90 into Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1. She has been maintaining an A average so far. With my first daughter we followed Saxon into Algebra and she really struggled through Algebra 1/2... then we tried Holt Algebra and that did not work for us... it was OK, but very college prep oriented which my daughter was not ready for after the Saxon Algebra 1/2. We then tried Algebra 1 Teaching Textbooks and she finally began to smile when it came to math again. What a struggle it was for her and us to find the right curriculum. We are really happy with what we chose. My oldest also used the Consumer math and we plan to use that with each of our daughters. The workbook style of CLE's Consumer Math course was simple and easy to do, yet still had all the required milestones the other courses had.
As for other math courses, we will have to decide on them if they are needed. They would be elective for our children, if they should choose to further their math education.
Warmly, ~Melissa
