MUS & Saxon Side by Side Lesson Comparison

I've wanted to do a read side-by-side comparison between Saxon and Math-U-See to give an accurate view of each of the curricula's lessons and how they stand up against one another. To be clear, I believe both programs are fantastic. Some math styles are suited better for one child over another, so if you are wondering which one to choose, perhaps this video will help uncomplicated the process.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Difficulty of a Side by Side Comparison
01:24 Our Personal Math Goals
02:03 Understanding Higher Math
02:55 Not To Be Intimidated
03:35 Know How To Learn Math
04:18 Side By Side Discussion
15:23 The Math We Do In A Day
16:46 Pepper & Pine Mental Math
18:06 Fast Math Warm Up
21:15 Key To Fractions and Key To Metrics
25:30 You Can Get to Calculus Either Way
26:01 Math Dictionary
26:47 Outro

[sewwhat]

Another excellent video on this topic! The description you gave of how a mastery kid views a spiral program really helped me identify the issue my daughter is having. She gets so frustrated and now I get it. She's struggling to understand half of the concepts, so while it should be mainly review, for her it's all new to figure out every day.

Also, I love your second goal. It's such a good one. I've always loved math and one of my minors is mathematics. At university, I needed an extra math credit, so the dean of the math department put me in the math tutoring center for a semester to earn that credit. I was in calculus at the time, surrounded by people in calc 4 and it was so intimating. I really started to doubt what I was doing there. Thankfully, those people were some of the most encouraging people I've ever met, but I can't imagine if I had been put into a different group. She's going to go far with such a solid foundation of not only skills, but also confidence!

[faithfullyinfertile]

This was very interesting to watch. When I taught in the public school many years ago the math curriculum I taught was a spiral program. When I started homeschooling I had this misconception in my mind that spiral keeps the attention of the rudeness better whereas mastery is boring because you are on one topic all year long. Big mistake because as I have learned over the past year my four kids all do better with a mastery approach for just about every thing!

I loved hearing about your long term goals for Morgan all the way through high school. That is so important to think about md yet be flexible along the way, but we have to know where we want to go with our kids! My goal is Algebra 1. That will be a huge accomplishment if my kids can achieve that level. If any curriculum can get them there I know it is MUS! I cannot wait until Morgan gets to Epsilon. It is amazing how simple MUS makes fractions. We are almost halfway through Epsilon.

I loved the idea of morning warm ups by doing a page of fact review. My kids are going to hate it but I think I will start that in January. They need that reinforcement. Those books look good.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family ❤

[seasonsofwonder]

This is very interestingand helpful. Thank you for the comparison. 🙌☺️

[heidig]

Thanks for another informative video. The math "plan" you have laid out here looks a bit different than your "A Long View on Homeschool Mathematics" video from August. Curious if you have rethought your long term plan since then and why (if you have)? My daughter is in the 5th grade as well, and my plan is to get to pre-algebra by 7th grade, which would allow her to do calculus in the 12th grade. It's still a ways away, but I like to plan just like you do!