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Saxon math programs produce confident students who are not only able to correctly compute, but also to apply concepts to new situations. These materials gently develop concepts, and the practice of th… More >>
Saxon Math 3: An Incremental Development, Home Study Meeting Book
#1 by Sharon M. Hosmer on May 11, 2010 - 4:36 am
This workbook has been a great resource to not only re-reinforce math concepts but to help me find out my daughter’s specific weak areas that need to be explained in more detail.
Prior to using this work book my daughter truly hated using her school workbook. Now we use both and it isn’t a struggle for her. Her work gets done and she experiences more success than frustration. This is a “Great Workbook” that has changed our homework and learning time to together from frustration to more success. This workbook primes my daughter for her school workbook. My daughter’s math grades prove it too.
To be honest, this workbook has also helped me understand so much more about Third Grade Math–I have been out of school longer than I care to share; this workbook has sharpen my math too.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by L. Gullman on May 11, 2010 - 6:19 am
Saxon has a great way for kids to learn and practice math. They review, and include all areas for daily practice instead of just a single subject per page(such as addition). This allows the child to keep each process in mind until it is learned and then becomes a review.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by J. Couture on May 11, 2010 - 8:34 am
The Saxon Math program has been one of the best investments of our home school. The concepts and methods – thought by some as “old school” – are timeless. My children have greatly benefitted from the incremental approach and continual review of concepts. Math lessons are easy to understand, even for this Mom for whom Math was always a struggle throughout school. The early K-3 program well prepared my children to be partially independent by Math 54, and almost completely independent by high school. My only complaint regarding the Math 3 workbook is that the page quality is noticeably poor. I began noticing a change in paper quality last year with the workbooks for Math 2. Pages tore easily when removed from the workbook. However I am afraid that these new environmentally friendly worksheets not only tear easily, but also do not hold up to an eight year old’s frequent erasures. Despite this, I still believe Saxon is an excellent investment.
Rating: 4 / 5
#4 by Sandra Hicks on May 11, 2010 - 8:59 am
I think this manual is great for parents that homeschool. because it is totally scripted it takes all the guess work out of teaching your child.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by apoem on May 11, 2010 - 11:13 am
You will need more than just book. You will also want the workbooks and other parts of the kit. This is just the Teacher’s Edition.
Having said that, Saxon Math program is very good.
It does not work straight through covering one topic until it is completed and then introducing the next. In other words it does not teach all of the addition facts and then how to carry and then introduce subtraction etc. It works in a repetitive manner.
This means your child will continually going back to review what has been already covered. There are short verbal and written assessments to ensure that your child continues to maintain what has been learned. One negative is that if you do find your child misses a section there are no directions on what lessons to redo.
It does expect you to memorize math facts. There are many reasons to memorize math facts but there is very little explanation about why you might want to do this in the book. The facts are presented in a logical formation and they also provide help in learning to solve math facts; such as the doubles plus one rule.
For a homeschooler this is a great book. It provides a logical method of teaching math.
Rating: 5 / 5