18 days into first grade, and already I've decided to switch a program. I love the instructional process Steve Demme uses in Math-U-See, but the more time I spent with in it with Ethan, the more I realized that the program just doesn't cover so many mathematical concepts it needs to (weak in areas like symmetry, measurements, money, number lines, etc. - basically anything beyond major operations).
I had gotten Ethan an "advanced math" workbook this summer that I thought would help give a challenge, but I quickly noticed that though he had absolutely no problems in the Math-U-See book (in fact he never had a challenge at all, which was causing issues in the class) he struggled as soon as he was asked to do something other than addition or subtraction on a page. (We didn't have problems when doing Math orally.)
I enjoy supplementing, but I don't want to feel like I have to in order for my kids to get a rounded education in a given subject.
So...
Hello Abeka. Even though I haven't actually taught Abeka Math before, I have seen the program in action and taught entire classes that came from it, and have been very impressed with the results. The final book arrived this morning, so we had our first lesson today.
I have always appreciated the spiral approach to mathematics, and am pretty sure I'll be much happier with the program. Hopefully Ethan will, too.
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