4girlsmom
- Reviewed on Friday, November 13, 2009
- Grades Used: Zeta
- Dates used: 2009
This was our first year using Math U See. It just simply did not work for us. We have always used A Beka for math. But I listened to all the glowing reviews of Math U See from the moms in our homeschool network and decided to give Math U See a try. It was the worst mistake I could have made. My daughter has not liked it at all. She doesn't like watching the video. She doesn't think the way Mr. Demme presents things makes sense. She finds the blocks to be confusing. She obviously is not a hands on learner. She prefers to read examples of how to do the problems rather than watching the demonstrations with the blocks. We are going back to A Beka, which works best for us.
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ermallett
- Reviewed on Monday, September 21, 2009
- Grades Used: K-5th (Primer-Delta)
- Dates used: 2005-2009
This has been such a wonderful curriculum for my boys. One is not a "math kid", and this has helped him more than I can say. I wish I had started his math experience with this! I wasn't great at math either and this has taught me so many math concepts that I never fully understood (and I'm just talking multiplication and division here, folks!) I would have been such a better student if I had learned Steve's way!!!
My second son is a "math kid" and he is breezing right through it. He catches on quite quickly and many times does several pages in a day. Some times he does one page and it is so obvious that he "gets it" that we move on to a new lesson the next day.
When we started out, we watched the DVD for each new lesson, as per instructed. Now we only use it when it's a concept about which I'm not too sure. I highly recommend Math U See to anyone, regardless of their math abilities.
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ladybug29
- Reviewed on Saturday, August 29, 2009
- Grades Used: Primer (K) & Alpha (1st)
- Dates used: 2008-2009
My son loves it and gets excited when we pull the "math blocks" out each day! MUS was recommended to us by a friend and I've recommended it to many of my friends. This curriculum is easy to use (lessons are on the DVD for parents & students to view). Teacher manuals are informational and include ideas for games to reinforce the concepts. In the student work book, there are several worksheets on the current concept and then continued work on the current concept with review of the previous concepts and word problems for using math in the "real world". Each chapter ends with a test which is in a separate booklet. The website is helpful for additional practice sheets and information. The work & test books are black print which may seem boring, but the colorful blocks more than make up for it! :o)
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happyjuggler
- Reviewed on Friday, July 31, 2009
- Grades Used: 1st(Beta) and 3rd(Delta)
- Dates used: 2008-2009
Absolutely love it!
It was especially helpful to my 1st grader, who needs to use his body to learn instead of just eyes and ears. The blocks were very helpful. My students watch the teaching DVD by Mr. Demme with me. The good thing is-I don't have to teach them most of the time. They got it already from the DVD. They love Mr. Demme's teaching because of his sense of humor.
My 3rd grader likes this curriculum because he gets to learn all about addition (or Multiplication) in one year. He does not like how the traditional method introduces math: a bit of addition, subtraction, geometry, etc.
We are thankful that we found this curriculum, and we'll continue to use it.
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