saxon math Featured Programs
Primary Grades K-3
Start your children with the math curriculum most likely to help them succeed for a lifetime. Saxon Math for grades K-3 is a hands-on, success-oriented series that emphasizes manipulatives and mental mathematics. It guides you in a multisensory approach to teaching your child, helps build his or her confidence, and develops a solid foundation in the language and basic concepts of mathematics.
Middle Grades 4-8
Saxon Math Homeschool for Middle Grades provides a structured series of levels to guide your child successfully from lower grades to high school algebra and advanced mathematics.
Upper Grades 9-12
Saxon’s upper grades mathematics series is fully integrated, covering algebra, geometry, trigonometry, discrete mathematics, secondary-level pre-calculus, and mathematical analysis. When your child finishes the three-text series Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Advanced Mathematics, he or she will be well prepared to study Saxon Calculus or college calculus.
Homeschool Phonics
Saxon Phonics K-2 prepares children to be successful, independent readers and spellers. Supported by research on effective reading instruction, Saxon’s phonics programs are appropriate for all children, including those with learning difficulties. No prior knowledge of phonics is required to teach these success-oriented programs. We have completely scripted the lessons to make teaching easy.
Start your children with the math curriculum most likely to help them succeed for a lifetime. Saxon Math for grades K-3 is a hands-on, success-oriented series that emphasizes manipulatives and mental mathematics. It guides you in a multisensory approach to teaching your child, helps build his or her confidence, and develops a solid foundation in the language and basic concepts of mathematics.
Middle Grades 4-8
Saxon Math Homeschool for Middle Grades provides a structured series of levels to guide your child successfully from lower grades to high school algebra and advanced mathematics.
Upper Grades 9-12
Saxon’s upper grades mathematics series is fully integrated, covering algebra, geometry, trigonometry, discrete mathematics, secondary-level pre-calculus, and mathematical analysis. When your child finishes the three-text series Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Advanced Mathematics, he or she will be well prepared to study Saxon Calculus or college calculus.
Homeschool Phonics
Saxon Phonics K-2 prepares children to be successful, independent readers and spellers. Supported by research on effective reading instruction, Saxon’s phonics programs are appropriate for all children, including those with learning difficulties. No prior knowledge of phonics is required to teach these success-oriented programs. We have completely scripted the lessons to make teaching easy.
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When our oldest son finished MIQUON MATH, I began a search for the perfect math curriculum. While I may not have found the perfect one, I did find Saxon.
What makes Saxon math so good?
To start with, it uses an incremental approach. Instead of studying fractions until that subject is exhausted and then moving on to percents, Saxon math introduces small bits of information about fractions and then allows your child to practice his new skill a few days before expanding on it. In the meantime your child is learning small bits of how to solve a story problem, or borrow in addition.
Each day, there is a new lesson with a few practice problems. Then there are 25-30 problems that review everything he's learned so far. Your child will not be given the chance to forget anything! There are also special drills and mental math each day. Saxon has updated their early math books -- 54, 65, 76 and 87. When you buy the homeschool kit, you will now get a student book (softcover), test and worksheets and a solutions manual.
There has been a price increase due to the addition of the solutions manual. Alg 1/2, Alg 1, Alg 2, Adv Math, Calulus and Physics remain the same. When you buy their homeschool kits, you will get a hardcover textbook, answer Key and Test with answers. You will need to purchase the solutions manual separately.We have a few of the older editions left. They will be at the bottom of the page describing the newest edition. If there is a Buy Me Button with it, then we should still have it in stock.
What makes Saxon math so good?
To start with, it uses an incremental approach. Instead of studying fractions until that subject is exhausted and then moving on to percents, Saxon math introduces small bits of information about fractions and then allows your child to practice his new skill a few days before expanding on it. In the meantime your child is learning small bits of how to solve a story problem, or borrow in addition.
Each day, there is a new lesson with a few practice problems. Then there are 25-30 problems that review everything he's learned so far. Your child will not be given the chance to forget anything! There are also special drills and mental math each day. Saxon has updated their early math books -- 54, 65, 76 and 87. When you buy the homeschool kit, you will now get a student book (softcover), test and worksheets and a solutions manual.
There has been a price increase due to the addition of the solutions manual. Alg 1/2, Alg 1, Alg 2, Adv Math, Calulus and Physics remain the same. When you buy their homeschool kits, you will get a hardcover textbook, answer Key and Test with answers. You will need to purchase the solutions manual separately.We have a few of the older editions left. They will be at the bottom of the page describing the newest edition. If there is a Buy Me Button with it, then we should still have it in stock.
Saxon Math:Home-Schooling Outside The Box
My 12 year old son is creative and intelligent. He can compose artistic and written works at a level beyond that of many his age. So why can he be so difficult to teach? When using standard curriculum, it can be like pulling teeth to get him to do anything more than the absolute minimum. He races through the lessons, obtaining grades far lower than he is capable of getting, or he easily gets distracted and drags his feet, taking hours to complete what should take minutes. Read on to see how I confronted these problems.
When I took over home schooling my then 10 year old son, I used the traditional curriculum that he had been using previously with his mother. Some of the curriculum worked fine (we still use the Saxon math series) but other traditional home school curriculum just seemed to bring out the worst in my child. He would easily get bored. He would lose focus and often get distracted. After half a year, I started searching for alternatives. When I found new materials, I included my son on the decision making process. He seemed to take a lot more ownership as a result, even though I still had the final say in what what curriculum we finally used. Some of the things we do are listed below.
We use a science encyclopedia purchased at Sam's Club for science. Why? Of all the books we looked at it was the best text in terms of explaining concepts and relating them to real world phenomena (even though it wasn't meant to be a school text). We sit down together and read several pages of this science encyclopedia on a concept. Then, I have my son write a 100 word report. He then edits the report and we work on sentence composition. At the end of the term, we print out all the articles to make a 15 page report. In addition to the reports, we do related science experiments together and some of the younger siblings join in. My son loves science!
My son and his younger brother are taught history by my retired father-in-law (who happens to have a major in history). My father-in-law makes use of his library of books and tapes and records history specials for the boys to watch. Now, my boys and I sit down together at night to watch the evening news - this I believe, is a result of their grandfather discussing current events with them. There is no comparing either of my sons' current enthusiasm for history with the drudgery of plowing through a traditional school history text the way we used to do.
In addition to completing lessons in english and grammar from a traditional school text, I encourage my son to do some creative writing. He started writing his own kids novel which he has now nearly finished. He is writing some pretty silly stuff which would not be standard fare for any of the english curricula I have seen. But he is writing. In fact he is writing a lot! In 3 months from the time he started writing this novel I have noticed a marked improvement in his writing. When my son's book is completed, I will publish it online and also have a friend that owns book binding equipment bind up some copies for our family and friends.
In summary, don't let yourself become boxed in with traditional home school curriculum. There are educational resources all around us if we look hard enough. You don't have to use a "school" text. Look on your book shelves or go to a local second-hand book store to find books that might serve as good texts. Involve your child in the decision making process. Borrow some materials from your home schooling friends and review the books with your child. Use what will work for both you and your child. Utilize any and all available resources and above all, have fun as you and your child learn!
When I took over home schooling my then 10 year old son, I used the traditional curriculum that he had been using previously with his mother. Some of the curriculum worked fine (we still use the Saxon math series) but other traditional home school curriculum just seemed to bring out the worst in my child. He would easily get bored. He would lose focus and often get distracted. After half a year, I started searching for alternatives. When I found new materials, I included my son on the decision making process. He seemed to take a lot more ownership as a result, even though I still had the final say in what what curriculum we finally used. Some of the things we do are listed below.
We use a science encyclopedia purchased at Sam's Club for science. Why? Of all the books we looked at it was the best text in terms of explaining concepts and relating them to real world phenomena (even though it wasn't meant to be a school text). We sit down together and read several pages of this science encyclopedia on a concept. Then, I have my son write a 100 word report. He then edits the report and we work on sentence composition. At the end of the term, we print out all the articles to make a 15 page report. In addition to the reports, we do related science experiments together and some of the younger siblings join in. My son loves science!
My son and his younger brother are taught history by my retired father-in-law (who happens to have a major in history). My father-in-law makes use of his library of books and tapes and records history specials for the boys to watch. Now, my boys and I sit down together at night to watch the evening news - this I believe, is a result of their grandfather discussing current events with them. There is no comparing either of my sons' current enthusiasm for history with the drudgery of plowing through a traditional school history text the way we used to do.
In addition to completing lessons in english and grammar from a traditional school text, I encourage my son to do some creative writing. He started writing his own kids novel which he has now nearly finished. He is writing some pretty silly stuff which would not be standard fare for any of the english curricula I have seen. But he is writing. In fact he is writing a lot! In 3 months from the time he started writing this novel I have noticed a marked improvement in his writing. When my son's book is completed, I will publish it online and also have a friend that owns book binding equipment bind up some copies for our family and friends.
In summary, don't let yourself become boxed in with traditional home school curriculum. There are educational resources all around us if we look hard enough. You don't have to use a "school" text. Look on your book shelves or go to a local second-hand book store to find books that might serve as good texts. Involve your child in the decision making process. Borrow some materials from your home schooling friends and review the books with your child. Use what will work for both you and your child. Utilize any and all available resources and above all, have fun as you and your child learn!
