IS MASTER BOOKS MATH ENOUGH? | Math Lessons for a Living Education Review

Is Masterbooks Math enough? I see this question a lot, and I’d love to talk with you about Math Lessons for a Living Education and our experience with it in our homeschool family.

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[SevenInAll]

Our family is a little weird--we pretty much always use 2 math curriculums...which means it's okay if one (or both) curriculums have gaps, but we get the benefit of two approaches. Thanks for the recommendation for the Math Antics channel!

[thebritishbiscuit]

I guess I don’t view supplements as a bad thing. I can understand wanting something with more fact drills but we love the short and sweet lessons. Master Books has served us well as K tested 3 grade levels higher than her book level a couple years ago and I’m in no way a math person. Good for you for trying to make it fun for E!

[faithhomeschool]

Thank you for this. Master Books recommends using math antics to help with concepts. Some kids need the gentle approach and now there is the practice makes perfect for extras if your kids need it. Math facts needs to be done in every curriculum doesn't it?
I have one kid that shuts down with drill and kill while the other finds the drills fun.
Math facts that stick is awesome too.
I know a few homeschool moms that went to saxon math after 5th grade.

[petagayejolly]

I loved Masterbook MLFLE for my 2 girls who are pretty good at math but hated long lessons. But after level 4 we switched to teaching textbooks because the lessons were just not clear enough and my daughters were complaining about new concepts being introduced before they mastered old concepts. Teaching textbooks has worked great for one of my daughters but my oldest who is now in 6th grade hated it because she prefers printed books, so half way through this year I switched her to Masterbooks principles of math 1 and so far so good! Thank you for sharing, love your channel!😊

[mallorychristian]

Teaching Textbooks and Christian Light Education are both worth looking into!

[considerthis]

We use Masterbooks for math and I also noticed my six year old needs more drill for the math facts. He likes the stories and the short lessons.

[carolfederoff]

Lack of math fact practice is true about a lot of curriculum. I think it's just assumed in general that parents will practice this on the side. Pretty much the same in public school too. So I wouldn't see that as a negative.

[mommyonthemove]

I found myself needing to supplement alot when using Masterbooks so I decide to discontinue it. We are doing Math Mammoth and so far we're are loving it

[laurenscotto]

We were using math mammoth for the majority of the year, but I was getting fatigued trying to keep it interesting for my wiggly boy. So we started addition facts that stick and it's wonderful! I'm intrigued by the new TGTB math coming out.

[lindatorres-lopez]

Thank you for this. We are going to be using the level 2 Math for the first time this coming year because she needs a gentle approach right now. It’s great to know that supplements are needed with this approach.

[diz]

We use 2 curriculums at the same time. We use Lifapac and Masterbooks and one complements the other. My son hated math and now he is super proud of completing the workbooks of Lifepac and reading the beautiful stories about God within the lesson in Masterbooks. This approach is working for us at this time. Thank you for sharing your experiences and great recommendations!

[Gyi]

My son got very frustrated with Horizon, and though he is quite good at math he began to dislike it so we decided to go with a gentler approach this year and will be using Master Books. I see it is a kind of reset to rebuild his confidence and sense of mastery. We are going to be supplementing with Outschool classes and some of the Workman publishing math books. Next year I am considering BJU press math.

[hannawatts]

I started off using master books and I found it too gentle. I attempted to supplement as I struggled to find something more suitable. We have switched to Singapore for my third grader and it makes me so happy to see her eyes light up with understanding. My first grader loved master books. He flew through it and we have moved into the good and the beautiful math L2 and he is loving it even more.

[numbersandstars]

Math Mammoth! We started with Shiller Math and we all really enjoyed it. It was so much fun and easy to teach but it did not work. We went from that to the other extreme with Math U See and it was very gentle and hyper focused, haha. But that is what my hyper distracted and hyper active boy needed. It Worked! But it was incredibly boring. So I bought Singapore Dimensions but it was too much for me to teach. We finally landed on Math Mammoth! So so easy for me to teach. It is mastery based which is what we understood we need and it isn't as boring as Math U See. I have not heard good things about Teaching Textbooks. They say they are so behind and it does not prepare kids well for Highschool Math.

[MelL-ydrf]

The Good and The Beautiful math is wonderful! Especially with math facts!

[Ho_Hop]

We used Teaching Textbooks this year but I quickly learned I needed to supplement especially for multiplication & division practice so we used the BJU Review sheets. For this coming year I bought MB Math as a companion for TT. I think my daughter will love the story and that there are only a few questions on each page.

[larissaalcorn]

To be fair, Masterbooks Math does instruct you to work on the math facts daily. They just don't explicitly state it every lesson. They have it explained in the beginning pages of the book. (Which a lot of people don't fully read).

[LivingWithEve]

Yes, I get that itch. This year it was January and that is when I switched to Right Start... thanks!!!

[jubileeforestfarm]

Thanks for mentioning Math Antics! My kids have watched a few videos now and they're loving it. Do you use his practice worksheets?

[meghanamidei]

I know every family is different. Thank goodness we have so many options 😊 master books math has been so disappointing! I guess I’m
not okay with using 2-3 different math curricula. We used Right Start for 3 years and it is definitely solid. I just didn’t enjoy teaching it! We have settled on TG&TB for elementary math and love it. I am looking forward to using their new revised math too. For my middle school/high school, my kids have preferred the simple, straightforward approach of Saxon.
Your reviews are so thoughtful. I love your channel!