How to know if you need to switch to a different homeschool math curriculum next school year and why Teaching Textbooks could be the answer!
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My oldest daughter – God bless her – she and Math were mortal enemies from the beginning. She likes words and books and art supplies. Math equations are too black and white for her colorful world.
[She is her mother’s daughter.]
It was easy to see when a math program wasn’t working for her. It was written all over her face and in the way her workbooks were squished and ripped and scribbled on. No guesswork there!
But my oldest son was a different story. He would plod along with anything. He was my proverbial guinea pig and he played the part well.
Until Algebra.
He would sit for hours, staring at the textbook, begging the numbers to make sense. And the fact that math is not my forte made me the least likely person to be able to help him untangle the concepts enough to learn them. I had bumbled my way through my own high school Algebra. I had very little to offer in the way of support, let alone instruction.
So, began my quest for a different math curriculum. And the one I landed on (and have been with for years and years now!) is Teaching Textbooks!
Perhaps you are in the same boat I was in…a child who has made it abundantly clear the current curriculum is NOT working or a child who is definitely struggling, but keeps going despite not understanding a thing he’s learning.
Either way, it might be time to change your math curriculum!
Do I Need to Change My Math Curriculum?
First of all, there are GOOD and there are BAD (or not so good) reasons for changing curriculum. You don’t want to be sucked into the idea that every time your child hits a snag in the curriculum, you need to switch. You’ll spend all your homeschool career switching from one thing to the next.
Not a good idea.
So, read my post on Good and Bad Reasons to Change Homeschool Curriculum to be certain you are making an informed decision.
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