MATH CURRICULUM PICKS || What are we switching to??

What are we picking for math curriculum next year? I'm happy to share with you in this video. Here are our homeschool curriculum picks for 3rd Grade math, 5th grade math, and 7th grade math.

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Fundamentals of Math by BJU Press

SKIP AHEAD:
00:00 Intro to Math Picks
01:44 3rd Grade Math
02:35 7th Grade Math
05:26 5th Grade Math

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[meganbecknell-rj]

Would love an update on teaching textbooks and BJU online! We are currently using math with confidence for my second grader. We both love it and plan to continue for next year! However, at some point I want to switch to online as math is not my strong suit :) We were looking at teaching textbooks and BJU; since you used both, would love to know your take on each. Thanks!

[sparrowsknow]

So glad to hear third grade is staying the same. You are the one who put me onto mwc and I was worried you changed your mind lol. Idk why that would have anything to do with us but good to know you still love it. As someone that started with RightStart, I’m hoping mwc is just as good but easier to do 😅

[MichelleL]

Ugh, math! I enjoy math, but have struggled finding a curriculum that each of my 3 kids enjoy or learn well from. I would LOVE a video on Life of Fred! I'm wondering if you think we could just start that series at the fractions and decimals books to get better understanding? Thank you so much!

[lesliebellomy]

Yes please!! I would love a Life of Fred video!! 🎉

[schultesweeties]

Enjoyed this video! Excited to hear how BJU level 7 goes especially!

[lindseydsimon]

Would love an update on how Teaching Textbooks is going :)

[erinjackson]

I would like to know more about Life of Fred! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Im considering using it in my Morning Time basket as a supplement and fun way to present math.

[juliequates]

Were using Math with Confidence 1 for my first grader and finishing up Saxon 54 with the DIVE lectures. We've never used any lectures or lessons before so I'm curious to see how it goes! I enjoy hearing your choices for your older student. We just picked up a LOF book, I was thinking of using it as a family read aloud but I'd love to hear how you're older child uses it... you assign them? 😊

[truschkas]

Hey there! So how did it go with your 7th grader in Fundamentals? Was the mastery a better fit in comparing with Saxon? I’m trying to decide between the 2 curriculums for next year. Thank you! 🥰

[lisaroper]

We did some switching with math too. I asked my 3rd grader if she wanted to do Math with Confidence, but she wanted to be independent, so she is headed to Math Mammoth with her older sister. I hope we all have a good year with math!

[ambercook]

Yes need to hear more about life with fred please

[jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

I never see much about Life of Fred. I’d like to know more about how it works. 😊

[faithhomeschool]

Math is just so hard. It is one of the subjects that pretty often creates Fear of missing out. I have stuck with math for my oldest and only switched once. I have to keep my blinders on. The great thing about homeschooling you can switch things up when not working.

[fabbailey]

We switched Math mid-year from Saxon and Nicole the Math lady. The mix practice lessons were too long for both of my children and the wording would was different from what was taught. One child does Math U See (Zeta) and the other does Christian Light Math 6. Both choices were hard to make. Thank God for Fred because that's what we used while momma figure it out...lol!

[DebBeePlus]

I love that your little guy made a model of the “Endurance”! We did a unit study on Antarctica earlier this year. Shackleton was one of our favorite people to study about, well second to my Dad, because he got stationed down there twice! My son got tired of me directing him to practice his cursive writing Shackleton’s motto “By endurance, we conquer.” I decided to have mercy and not to make him do it in Latin as well 😅.

[ravenbird]

Have you looked at Apologia math? I see a lot of people comparing it to math with confidence. I suspected my kid was 6 months ahead of what I was teaching and his CAT test came back and suggested he enter 4th grade math vs going into 3rd. MWC is coming out too slow for me. 😭

[kennoncobb]

We did BJU 7th grade program video led and if you didn’t like Saxon I am not sure you will like this either. We switched to Teaching Textbooks and he loves it and is doing well.

[allisonward]

Can you explain how you use Life of Fred? I have felt like using it but wasn't sure how to combine that with their math when they have to do a lesson every day 4x a week to get through it in a year...

[GardenMinistry.]

Love your picks! Is there a reason you didnt pick Teaching Textbooks for your 7th grader? Asking because Im thinking of outsourcing Math from 3rd grade all the way to the end of highschool using TT 😊 I am the same, I can not explain Math for the life of me!

[kb]

This is my current struggle. I own four! math curriculums and I don’t know which one to go with in the fall. We’ve used MUS for two years and I love it, but I don’t trust only using MUS and the narrowed in focus by year. We’ve done Saxon, which my kid loved, but only retained half of. We tried Rod and Staff, which was super easy, but also seemed thorough. And we are currently onto MWC, which I personally have a hard time understanding since I didn’t learn conceptual math myself.

How do you make peace with knowing there’s no perfect program? Oy.