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Subject: Re: Saxon Math and Manipulatives

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Sarah

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Date Posted: 18:43:05 05/28/03 Wed
In reply to: Pam 's message, "Re: Saxon Math and Manipulatives" on 08:54:23 05/16/03 Fri

In my humble opinion, Saxon is an excellent math program. I have used Cuisinaire/Miquon for the younger grades, but when Saxon published for the younger grades we decided to switch, and now that is what we use with my little ones. The manipulative set is essential for either program.
If you (the teacher) are weak in math, I recommend it over Cuisinaire. Saxon is scripted - you just about can't go wrong in teaching it if you will say & do exactly what the teacher should say & do - and it's given to you in bold print right there in the lesson! Cuisinaire (& Miquon to some extent) relies on the instructor knowing how to teach math and letting the child explore and discover concepts with little guidance from the teacher - but my kids always just wanted to build towers or make designs with the manipulatives unless I guided them in building the concept (yes, even after 2 years of using the manipulatives!)
After a student completes Saxon 3, you can decide whether he needs to continue to use manipulatives in order to learn the concepts (using Saxon 4) or whether he can think abstractly enough to succeed in the regular Saxon textbook (Saxon 54). The Saxon website has placement tests to help you in making this decision.
For students who use Saxon all the way through high school, they will want to go as high as possible in the Saxon curriculum. It is well worth it since many colleges now require placement tests before allowing students to register for college math classes. One of my sons placed out of everything except Calculus, because he didn't finish Saxon's Calculus book.
Hope this helps!

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