My 1st son used the 1st grade book at kindergarten age, then the 2nd grade book. I found it easy to use, I did not get the teacher's book as my husband is extremely good in math, so I just shifted questions to him. Even though my son was good in math, the amount of problems was a bit daunting at times. I do not like that they have a test and a lesson the same day. There are 80 lessons in each book 2 books per year so we do one each day, which drags the year out. Son number 2 is currently using the 2nd grade book.
It has worked well for him, again no teacher's book. I often cut the number of problems down, which is actually motivating for this one. But overall I like the curriculum, and would recommend it for most learning styles.
We have used this for three years and love it. My son tends to pretend he never learned something if you go to long with out discussing it so the spiral method is great. You do not have to have reviews because the curriculum does it.
Sometimes there is a few to many math problems of the same kind but I only make him do a few and if he does not get them wrong he can skip to the next section.
I will be using it next year for third grade and kindergarten. I do wish it went all the way through high school because it has worked so well for us. Horizons Math is colorful, fun, repetitive but not in a grueling way. Because of Horizons Math, my daughter was able to grab concepts easier in order to move on to higher math.
I highly recommend Horizons math for the elementary years. Too bad it doesn't go into High school. We love Horizons! I agree with some of the other reviews about the Teacher's Manual however, I purchased the 1st grade and never used it.
My son enjoys this math program, but since this is our first year of homeschool he has nothing to compare it to. I think it's easy to teach as new concepts are introduced in an easy to follow manner.
I have the teacher book but I rarely use it. I have used with multiple kids. It has worked well for each one and each one has had different strength and weaknesses in math. We have been transitioning over to Saxon 54 after the 3rd grade book with no problems. I find the constant review of concepts helpful especially for my one child who struggles a bit more with school.
Sometimes there are a ton of one type of problem so if it is something that the child has mastered, I will cross out all but 5 or 6. In my opinion, if a child has mastered a concept like adding with carrying, there is no need to do 20 problems like that in addition to all the other problems that are on the worksheet. I mistakenly bought the teacher's manual the first year and hardly used it.
It has been easy to figure out what the new concepts are and to teach them whatever way I need to in order to get the child to understand.
Most people could probably skip the teacher manuals at least in the first couple of years. Since I have not used this beyond 3rd grade, I couldn't say if they are needed after that.
We've used K twice and grade 1 once so far. This is definitely a rigorous enough curriculum--I found that compared to our school district the K book covered what was done to the half-way point of grade 1 in local schools. The spiral format of introducing and revisiting concepts in an evenly spaced manner definitely works for our children and concepts are mastered. The book is colorful yet not overly stimulating to our visually sensitive child.
The drawbacks to me are that many manipulatives are required if you follow the teacher's manual exactly, and we've had to add some drills and Math Wrap-Ups for one of our children to reinforce adding and subtracting according to fact families. Also, the directions for each lesson are geared more to at least a small classroom where the teacher is following a traditional lesson plan to introduce a concept, teach it, review it, and have students practice in the book.
We have 5 kids, 3 of whom are doing K, 1, and 2 this year, so I want something that is scripted for homeschooling one child and easy to use. With this, I feel that to present the topics I need to review ahead of time what materials, worksheets, flash cards, etc.
Having said that, this inconvenience has NOT been enough of a reason to switch programs due to the spiral format and calibur of material learned at each level. Overall I do recommend it. I really like the Horizon Spelling series. It is challening and offers variety. HUGE improvements in spelling by the end of each week.
The assisgnments are broken down into managable lessons. I would recommend it to a friends and will continue to use it. Horizons has been a great Math curriculum for us. We tried Math-U-See, but it didn't work for us. My DD is right-brained and visual, so the colors, drawings, and new concepts keep her interest up and they give just enough work.
You can always find your own drill work is needed for more practice. Overall, we really like it. It can be used with kids with different learning styles and even with kids with learning issues.
It's easy to supplement with games and manipulatives. Basically, it's very flexible. There are supplemental worksheets which are really only necessary if a child needs extra practice. I have all the teachers' manuals. While not necessary for lower elementary for correction purposes, there are lots of useful ideas within the lessons on presenting information. That is helpful if a child needs information presented differently.
Also, once a child hits 4th grade, the math tends to be a bit more challenging I like having the answers in the answer key for ease of correcting and speeding up my end of the process.
Also in upper grades, there are more advanced testing opportunities if a parent desires such a thing ie quarter tests, etc. Overall, this is my favorite math curriculum. My older children were more than ready for Pre-algebra Saxon after completing the 6th grade curriculum for HOrizons.
I wish Horizons continued into the middle school ages, as Saxon just does not compare to ease of use or in content. My daughter used this for Kindergarten last year and was well ahead of the game. We use 1st Grade for her this year and her brother is using Kindergarten this year. Both my kids love to do their math! With the Kindergarten program though, I tend to give 2 lessons per day or else my children would have breezed through math.
Love this program! So far I love this math program. Most days my son can do it independently unless they are introducing a new concept. I bought the parent guide for 1st grade and don't really use it.
I highly recommend it for K and 1st grade. I will be using it next year too! Grades Used. And so far she has little math experience, but ohhh she is smart as a whip! And a short attention span. She gets frustrated when … Read more ». I would stick with Horizons, personally. Hope that helps. Yes, that helps. Thank you! We ended up ordering the Preschool set and it arrived last week. Im so excited to start her in it next week! Looking for Something? Search anything and hit enter.
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April 28, pm. April 29, am. April 29, pm. DS 4 is currently doing LifePac K, but I am thinking about switching to Horizons because they have the review within the lesson. What do you all think about these? Joined: Mar 21, Messages: 3, Likes Received: 0. I like them at the time, but as they got older, I didn't think they worked out for us as well.
They have alot of repetition, which was great learning the basics in math, etc. But when they get it and are ready to move on, we switched. Hope that helps with the ACE part! Hoosier Mama , May 18, Joined: Aug 24, Messages: Likes Received: 0. We used ACE this year, 1st grade. I was not impressed. The student reads a short story then answers three or four multiple choice questions.
In his english there was page after page of look at a picture and copy the word, boring for anyone but especially a 6 yr old boy. He is really picking it up now. There is no teacher text with ACE, so no extra activities or hands on stuff or extra explanation. One thing I did like was the learning to read program.
My son did really good with it and is now reading great. But, it's pretty expensive and I don't know if it's that much better than anything else since it's all I've used.
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