Complete Kit 1994: 1st Edition (Saxon Math 3 Homeschool)

Great tool for math!!! Five stars!

We are very happy with the structured lessons. Our daughter is very happy completing tasks. She has gain a lot more confidence with maths. Recently took her of Kumon maths as children are kept on a timer and this had a negative effect on her (5 years old. Downside is meeting book does not include the month of July.

Saxon Math 3 reinforces learning in a number of ways: > daily rote memorization and timed drills ensure your child has their multiplication, addition, and subtraction facts down cold > manipulatives (sold separately) for kinetic, hands-on learning Manipulative Kit for Saxon Math K-3 > brief, instructive lessons with cumulative practice > daily oral practice with math concepts (dates, time, elapsed time, counting coins, calendar) > a story problem every day > written tests AND oral tests The Saxon Math 3 homeschool kit comes with a spiral-bound lesson book (132 lessons), two books of worksheets (roughly two drills and worksheet per lesson), written assessments, oral assessments, timed math-fact drill papers (addition, subtraction, multiplication mostly), cardboard flashcards and paper-cut-out manipulatives, a daily "meeting book" (for exploring date/weather concepts, charting and graphing, number lines and skip counting tables), and grading sheets. Along with this, we have the Saxon Math manipulatives (good for kindergarten through third graders, and up -- even older kids like to play with the "math toys". Manipulative Kit for Saxon Math K-3 We are off cycle for the school year -- we are doing this on our own time with a younger child who is ready for more math. So one of the things you notcie is the calendar book is geared for an August-June school year... it would be better (for homeschoolers) for the printer to leave the month names blank for the students to fill in. The grading sheets have been a trick to figure out (in the same way as Saxon Math 2 for homeschoolers) -- the set includes grading sheets for an entire class of children, rather than just the one (or two) children most homeschool families might be instructing. So you use one measly line of the grading sheet for your child. Again, this is not a deal-breaker, but seems like a lazy adaptation of these materials for homeschoolers. The assessments (oral and written), timed drills, and daily practice worksheets have been great. The lessons are clear and easy to do. And sometimes fun! We like using the manipulatives. This was a good purchase. Most lessons have TWO timed drills to complete, one addition/subtraction and one multiplication/division. Either you can do the one your child needs to practice, or you can do both as a matter of routine, or you can have the child beat a former-best time. The grade sheets give you space to write the number of problems correct, but not the best time, so we altered them. Everything comes three-hole punched, so we keep it in a three-ring binder. Fairly cheap and easy to use. Good results -- the concepts stick with the child. Each lesson takes less than 45 minutes, including all drill/worksheets.

I am on the second child using Saxon Math K and using Saxon Math 1 for our oldest. We have enjoyed them. As mentioned another review, you do need to make graphs, clocks, etc. I recommend the program.

Good way to start teaching math fundamentals. Saxon K-3 is very much manipulative dependent, so you have to either buy it from the same source which is expensive or get the random items from Amazon or local market, which can be very reasonable.

My daughter LOVES Saxon math. She actually tells me she's excited for school. Something I never heard with our old curriculum.

So far I LOVE the Saxon math program. It came with everything brand new. I bought this 3rd grade program, along with the 1st grade version to keep math going over the summer for both my kids. I do not homeschool during the school year, but during the summer I find it very important to keep daily learning a routine habit, especially in math and reading. I also purchased this to fill the cracks of what my daughter's common core curriculum at her school doesn't teach--especially the math facts component. My daughter's school does not do any math drills to commit facts to memory, and this drives me absolutely crazy! They expect the students to practice facts and learn this on their own. If the parents aren't making a daily commitment to ensure kids are doing this on their own, the kids will not have facts memorized. I make sure we do drills each day throughout the year, but it's so infuriating that the school doesn't see the importance of memorization. So far this program is very easy to follow and teach, but we've found at the beginning, it's been a bit too easy also. It is very repetitive, which is totally fine, but I find my kids saying I already know all this...so I intentionally make the questions a little harder, which is totally fine too. The 1st grade book seems more like for kinder, and the 3rd grade book, seems more like for 2nd graders, but I can see how it will get into more complex math later. Note:This is the old version, not the new common core aligned version. It comes with cards, the meeting book, which we use every time (I know some people said they never use it, but I think it's good to use this daily routine as well with the lessons) and a workbook that is practice at the end of each lesson. I did not buy the kit of hands on manipulatives because we have a lot of things so far we have that can substitute instead. One thing you must understand is you must make time for this, as it is a scripted math program. This is not something you will just hand over to your child to do like a practice workbook. You will need to sit down and read through it, and allow time for them to complete the tasks, because you are teaching full lessons just as a teacher would. However, the lessons go pretty fast. You can complete one in about 30 minutes. It helps if you have a copy machine so you can make copies of the daily meeting papers. I would highly suggest this program if you're planning to home school, or simply want to do some home schooling on your own during the summer like us.