| | |  | Curricula | Home » » Saxon Math K: Home School Teachers Edition (Homeschool Math Grade K) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Nancy Larson | | Spiral-bound:
| 440 pages | | Publisher:
| Steck-Vaughn Company | | Publication Date:
| January 01, 1994 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1565770102 | | Product Length:
| 9.3 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.92 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.22 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.05 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 9 reviews |
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42 of 42 found the following review helpful:
 It didn't work for meJun 30, 2007
By Patricia H. N.
"Homeschooling Mom"
I really wanted to like Saxon Math K because of the great reviews in several books about homeschooling. I was so for it that I bought the whole K and 1st grade sets including all manipulatives.
After using the Saxon Math K program for a week, I felt disappointed but I kept going anyway. After three months I realized it was not going to get any better. Saxon takes too much time. The lessons in the teacher's manual are very long scripts. Every lesson has a script for the Meeting Book (calendar) and a script for the lesson itself.
The Meeting Book requires you to start in September. If you don't, you will always have to tweak your daily MB script, change the month, day and number of days you have used the MB. Also, if you want to skip lessons or have a break, you will have to adjust the arrow/day counting and fill out the dates and color calendar patterns for the week or months you skipped (each month has different pattern color.) This would take too long for me to explain.
The way Saxon starts introducing math concepts is very basic and slow, my 4 y/o found it boring. For example, many lessons at the beginning consist of lining up little bears in a row, and that works fine a couple of times and then it turns annoying. I liked the idea of using manipulatives, but my daughter understood many math concepts without needing to go through all the manipulative part of the lesson so we would have to skip many manipulative activities.
After skipping the scripts and using my own words to teach the concepts, modifying the MB activities to make them fit my own schedule, and skipping some of the manipulative activities, I finally gave up. Why pay for a pricey program that doesn't work for me?
Saxon Math K could work if you use it with preK kids who have not had any experience with everyday math concepts and if you are willing to make your schedule and life fit the program. In my opinion, that makes this program unfriendly to homeschoolers.
I am currently using a workbook approach, using fewer manipulatives and we are all happier at home. I do plan on trying Saxon Math 54 in the future, because the method is different.
If you are excited about Saxon K-3 like I was, I would suggest that you borrow it from a friend and get familiar with it before you purchase the kit.
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent first math textJul 09, 2005
By E. Garcia
This text book is appropriate for 4-year olds. It is very simple and the lessons are short. Five-year olds with some math background will probably be bored with this and should go straight to Math 1. Homeschoolers should know that this text is based on a typical school year calendar, and lessons are arranged beginning in September and going three days a week until June (July and August are not included). If you homeschool year round, or you teach math more than 12 days per month, or if you don't begin the first lesson in September, then your lessons will not correspond to the calendar in the book. The "Meeting Book," which includes a fill-in calendar, is also recommended for this curriculum, as well as various manipulatives.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 A great way to lay a math foundation.Jun 29, 2005
By Homeschooler
This program is so easy to use and a lot of fun! My daughter just loves it! We usually sit down on the family room floor and play each day with the items listed in the teachers guide. She is learning math concepts without even really realizing it. At first, I thought the calendar part was kind of silly, but I am so impressed that my 5 year old now knows the days of the week, can tell you today's date, and is learning the months of the year in order. I recommend that you purchase the manipulatives set. It costs around $60 (through Saxon or Sonlight), but can be used through 3rd grade. We use items from it every day.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
excellent foundational mathDec 08, 2005
By Sonny L
This is an outstanding math program for kindergarten. It will work for 4 or 5 year olds. The program starts each day with a meeting which teaches the calendar, year, months, weekdays, dates, counting, and patterns. Each day for this is basically the same, giving the student a standard routine wich builds on itself day by day. The familiarity of this is good for the kids. Kindergarten math concepts are taught orally from the teacher to the student. The lessons are scripted, making it very easy to use. It does require the purchase of a separate math manipulatives kit. With this, it strongly reinforces the concepts taught. I recommend this to all my friends who are starting their kindergarten homeschool.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Very engaging Math programJul 19, 2006
By Annette
I have used the Saxon Math K toghether with the manipulatives this last schoolyear. My kindergartner had so much fun that his younger brother and even our 20 month old wanted to join in at times.
Because of chaotic cicumstances and two moves in the year we didn't follow the the calendar as proposed by the book. That is no problem. My son wanted to use other colors in his patterns anyways. I made sure the content of the lesson didn't get lost. With a little phantasy and goodwill the program can be used at any time of the year and it actually leaves a lot of room for exploration.
The manipulatives are so attractive I had to make sure you tug them away gently after a while.
I highly recommend this to any homeschooler. It is easy to use, easy to follow and easily caught up when you're not able to do it like the program prescribes.
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