What is the best home school curriculum for math?

My personal favorite is Teaching Textbooks. http://teachingtextbooks.com/

It was developed by two Harvard Graduates now Harvard Math Professors who were homeschooled.

They realized as you got into upper levels in Math, many parents did not have the skill to teach Algebra, Geometry or Calculus, so they began by developing High School Maths and then ventured into the younger grades.

The course comes on CD-Rom with a companion consumable workbooks (optional), non consumable Teacher Answer Booklet and 4 instructional CD-Roms.

First you watch the lesson presentation. Then you work the problems in the workbook or right on the computer. If you choose to do the work on the computer, your "learning companion" will provide immediate feedback, telling you when you have the correct answer. If you get the answer wrong you can view the solution or try again until you get it right. The program will grade the work and track the student's progress and grades for the parents.

Another good math program if you prefer hands on in Math U SEE. http://www.mathusee.com/ This program uses manipulatives to teach all math from basic addition through Calculus. It comes with an Instructional CD a consumable student workbook and test book and teacher book. No computerizes workbook, no self grading, no record keeping. But an excellent math curriculum for the student who is a hands-on learner.

nothing, unless your future career will require some mathematical knowledge i think it is a waste of time for a lot of people and at least in the final two years of schooling should not be compulsory. i did not need it at all and looking back i think that it definitely caused a lot of people a lot of extra work when they should have been studying eg. history for they're a levels so that they could get a career in that field. Nobody is actually interested in maths unless they have a natural ability in that area (you know the type).

"Best" is a matter of opinion. What makes a good math curriculum for one person will seem like a poor curriculum to another--depending on what you think constitutes a good math program.

Many homeschoolers (and even a number of schools) like the Saxon math curriculum which has lots of built-in review to help build the "automaticity" needed to perform well in math. It is a "spiral" math program, meaning that it teaches one skill and the next lesson may cover something completely different because they want students to have a few lessons to practice a skill before building on to it.

Other homeschoolers like "Math-U-See" which is good for kids who have trouble understanding the math without seeing it or using manipulatives.

You might want to go to http://www.homeschoolreviews.com/ to see what a lot of homeschoolers have to say about various math curricula to see which sounds best for you and your requirements.

Saxon math books are nice. I really like the fact that the math is mixed up; by that I mean you are not just doing a chapter at a time on one specific type of math. I think it helps you to remember - it also has clear instructions. You can find good deals on eBay for this curriculum.

I believe the A.C.E (Accelerated Christian Education) program is the best. The whole grade is broken down into around 12 (estimated) PACES, which are little workbooks ranging from 20-40 pages. They are colored and keep it interesting with stories and characters. This is helping me, a math-illiterate, with math because in school I got a D- and now I'm around an A-.

http://www.aceministries.com/

And here's a picture of a typical math PACE:

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Sorry for that freaky long link! Haha :)

Teaching Textbooks or Singapore Math

http://teachingtextbooks.com/

http://www.singaporemath.com/Primary_Mathematics_U...