Math U See Review - Pros and Cons

In this video, I share my pros and cons after using Math U See. I have taught Primer, Alpha, Beta and next year I will be teaching Gamma.

Math U See:

I did not receive any compensation for this video. These are my opinion and thoughts after using this program.

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[tsucube]

As a student from alpha to pre-calc, math-u-see is an amazing tool that makes math actually fun

I actually like math and have learned a lot

[aleon]

I have an unusual comment--but it might help someone. I am an adult and a number of years ago, I was in a teacher science program at a tech college. I was required to take some math courses, but I have what I believe is probably dyscalcula (general math disability). I never got a higher than D grade. I learned about MathUSee at conference. I bought can't recall I think fractions and worked up thru Alegebra 1, I think though, not sure. I did very well on all the tests, and never ran into difficulties. I really enjoyed working with it, and didn't get bored.

[rachelreinbold]

I used math-u-see growing up and now homeschooling my own children, I see so much value in the "bland" look of this curriculum! I hate all the visual clutter that so many curriculums have! I hope they don't change it because that's the thing I love most about math-u-see!

[ninakitchens]

Wow, you are great at getting down to it and really sharing what people need to know. I'm excited that I was able to hear this before I make this HUGE decision. Thank you SO MUCH! Subscribing and looking forward to watching all your content!

[hirahassan]

I started using Mathusee after watching this video! We started with Alpha, did Beta, and now starting Gamma! My son enjoys it so much and has actually mastered all the concepts! Thankyou so much!!!

[denisea.]

Thank you so much for this great and objective review! We have used MUS for 7 of our 8 homeschool years from Alpha to Pre-Algebra and have loved it, my kids have a great foundation in math. This year we have one starting Algebra and I'm hesitant to continue with it though not because I doubt the program, but because I doubt my ability to help if my child gets stuck.

We started out doing every single page in the workbook which I guess was ok in the beginning for the memorization of math facts aspect, but as they got older we moved to doing A, if they got them all right, move on to D (Systematic Review) and if they got them all right there, move on to G and then the quiz. This has them covering sometimes 2 or 3 lessons per week when they really get a concept and frees up other weeks for when something takes longer to understand.

[sundasa]

this was such an amazing video, you explained it just perfectly. thank you so much

[faithfullyinfertile]

I am switching over to this! This was super helpful and sounds like it’s going to be a perfect fit for us. Just ordered today!

[sofiyaskachko]

Thank you this is what I needed to know about the curriculum. Thank you for taking the time to review this.

[Built_Resilient]

This was super helpful! I’m a first-time homeschool mom. Thank you so much for the in-depth review!

[HerChildrenCallHerBlessed]

We switched mid year to MUS for my oldest and he picked up so quickly. I bought primer and alpha for my younger kids. And I always look at these new flashy math curriculums coming out and I want to try them so bad, but always come back to MUS. Because I am a mama of 7 and honestly MUS is just easy and my kids can do alot of it independently. I also LOVE the way he teaches in the DVD I've learned so much myself.

[Cocreatewithus]

I used it with my kids over 15 years ago. Loved it! And a lot has changed due to keeping up with tech. I also noticed a change with teaching multiplication, that I don't like, and that is it's now resembling the "common core" concepts. common core didnt even exist quite yet. And, the student books used to be spiral, which was a lot easier to work with than bound books. Personally I like that the text isn't flashy. It's simple and not distracting. Besides, if a kid wants to be creative and draw or color in it, they can. When I have kids again I will definitely use it again, but I'll have to change up some things within myself lol.

[msdfdasda]

I don't mind the lack of color on the pages at all. Right now, we're using Beast Academy, but just ordered Math-U-See. I have ADHD, and my son has dyslexia and probably ADHD as well, and the format, reading, colors, etc in the Beast Academy workbooks were too cluttered for us. I'm really hoping that because Math-U-See uses videos and manipulatives, it'll work better for him. 💗

[brandeewhite]

Amazing review. You covered every single question that I had.

[meaganhall]

Thank you for this review! I’ve been agonizing over choosing a math curriculum for my family. After watching a bunch of demos from Steve and actually watching him teach, I started to feel a lot more comfortable with math I see, and learning right along side it. I actually really like that it isn’t colorful as I personally find that distracting. I would like to know how it works among multiple ages though. I only have 2 in school, but so far have 5 sons, and only so much time in the day that I can reasonably devote to homeschool.

[ForgivenbyGod-tp]

Thank you for this video! It reaffirmed my choice of MUS. I debated long and hard over which math curriculum to pick, went back and forth, but ultimately went with this. We just began Primer and are on lesson 4 and are enjoying it so far. All of the cons that you mentioned aren’t cons for us, leaving only pros so I was happy to see this! I am a box checker though so your advice on that will be helpful to me so that that won’t become a con. Thank you!

[arielstewart]

We're new homeschoolers. We chose to start off with Math-u-see and my 5 and 3 year olds love the blocks. I bought both Primer and Alpha because Mr. 5 tested at alpha, but I wanted to make sure he had a good foundation before I overwhelmed him with challenging material. Now they're doing primer together and it's really working out. My only complaint is it's a bit dry.

[wellergurl]

This was a FANTASTIC video! Thank you soooo much for your time. 👌👏🤗

[royalcats]

Thank you so much for doing this review!! It has helped so much understanding there isn’t grade levels.

[nicolentwiga]

This was a great review. We are first time homeschoolers (kindergarten) and I struggled to pick a curriculum. We think we will homeschool longterm, but are open to public school if that ends up being a better fit.. I went with TGATB new math because it looked so beautiful and fun. I had friends say the math u see is boring. My concern now is about spiral vs mastery. Maybe math u see would have been a better fit. We are going to give TGATB a chance but if it seems like not a good fit, I think we will try Math U See.