So far I've found the McGuffey's Readers, some unit studies on Egypt, George Washington, General U.S. Grant.... and Mom says I have Saxon math somewhere around here. Still looking...

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Ree said…
I've used Saxon math for several years, and I think it is a good text series. But I felt like it was deficient in the geometry department. Although I believe Saxon has very recently revised their upper level text to remedy this deficiency, I also looked into a program called Teaching Textbooks. It has lectures, demonstration, and solutions on Cd roms. If you are curious, you can get a taste of it at their website, teachingtextbooks.com. I bought the geometry set for Zac, and I think he is enjoying it more than Saxon.

Seth is still using Saxon, but he would not say he enjoys it. Can't say if that's because of the text or the subject in general.

Again, lots of options out there, and I'm still figuring out the best ones for each child.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 10:23:00 PM CST
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