Homeschool Math: Middle School Learn Math Fast Review
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Does the thought of Middle School Math make you cringe? Is your kiddo behind thanks to years of being dragged behind the bus in public school? Can an inexpensive, to the point, old school math curriculum be the answer to your problems? Math pun intended Check out the Learn Math Fast Homeschool Curriculum with me and find out how it's working for my 7th grader.
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With homeschooling, you don’t have to deal with an education consultant’s ideology. Children have such a richer educational experience at home. I learn so much from these videos.
I love this, my daughter is having a hard time with math in the good and the beautiful and I think it’s because of all the beauty and “fluff.” She sounds a lot like how your son started, I’m interested in trying this curriculum and see if I can get her to enjoy it a little more. Which means I’ll enjoy it more. 😆
This was a great review!! Thank you!❤️
My husband and I have decided to homeschool our two kids (6th and 8th). The both were struggling in math and I don’t get the common core way. While we’ve been home this summer I’ve been teaching them the old school math and they like it. The only problem is I have to go all the way back to the beginning. I’m excited about this curriculum and I know they will be caught up in time. Thank you for this video.
You are so welcome and I hope you enjoy your homeschooling journey.
Thank you for such a thorough review. This is a very helpful video!
I'm so glad I could help! Happy Homeschooling!
THANK YOU!!! We are in a similar situation. I just pulled my 8th grader and am stumped where to start. I am ordering this NOW!! Thank you!!!
I'm glad to help! Happy homeschooling!
This what we did this year for my 9th grader and it has helped so much
This is so helpful!!! I have an 8th grader that’s has struggled so badly w math. This really sounds like it might help him with his confidence!
Oh I'm so glad you found it helpful. It really was life changing for my son, happy homeschooling.
Thank you! I feel like we have tried everything! I just ordered both books 1 and 2.
Praying this helps build confidence and proficiency!
Learn Math Fast is what we use. It has been the best fit for us. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Thanks for this review. We have tried so many math programs. I think this is just what my son needs.
I hope it helps!
This video is 🔥! I agree with you and those circles...lol!
Yay! Thank you!
So thankful for this video. We are homeschooling for the first time next year for seventh grade and my daughter really needs to fill in math pot holes!!
Glad top help. Happy Homeschooling!
We started LMF in Algebra after TT didn’t work...we LOVEDDDDDD algebra. Headed to Geometry next year. One lesson per week, about 15 problems to work out...more online if needed. We wanted understanding, no tears, our relationship intact at graduation
This 100%!
My daughter is doing 9th grade in all classes except math. She is using Abeka 7th grade math but it is not going well. We have tried TT as well and it didn't go well either. I saw someone mention this curriculum so I started looking for reviews and found this video. My daughter struggles so much in math. It is the one subject that causes my daughter and I to argue. Like you, I want our relationship intact when she is done. I have looked at some examples of this online and I think this may help her as well. Thank you for sharing your experience with Algebra.
Wishing you lots of success! Happy Homeschool!
Does the program have more help online? I didn't quite understand what you meant. Thanks!
There are more practice sheets online but not like instructional videos or anything like that. We have used CZcams though to look up particular principles since my son needed a little extra help.
I'm homeschooling a 7th grader who was very much in the same boat. I heard about learn math fast but he kinda needs the color in order to feel interested. So we went with TGTB math4 in order to get him to have confidence in math. Because he had the same "I'm just bad at math" mentality but we're now over half way through the book and he no longer hates math because he has that confidence of, "no wait, I can do math"
I love to hear his confidence is improving! Happy Homeschooling!
I am an adult who needs to brush up on math and I think this will work for me. ty for sharing it.
Honestly I grasp these math concepts so much better! It's explained so simply! I was pretty bad at math in school and now I feel like a mathematician LOL
Great review!
Glad you think so!
This sounds wonderful! Simple and to the point. Yay to no cc.
We have had the curriculum with the 100 manipulative pieces 😂that was not “fun”.
My math learning style is “I hate math” 😆
Definitely not cc😆
Online Virtual Learning was horrible for my 3rd grader. She needs hands on with pencil and paper. She has Add and dyslexia...Math has been an issue at school for the past year. She does a lot of steps in her head and could not figure out WHY she had to do 20 steps to get the same answer. I am so happy I pulled her out and decided to homeschool due to covid..she doesn't want to go back, she says she has learned more at home. We've done Abeka Math the past year. I like it because it is spiral and keeps her on her toes, she hates it because when she gets it she gets it and is ready to move on. I'm going to get her this system to give her more confidence. Thanks for an awesome review.
Distance Learning is tough for everyone but for some its just impossible. Glad your daughter has you to identify and meet her learning needs! I hope this curriculum works for you🤗
Your son’s math experience sounds just like my son’s. We had to meet with the principal because my son wasn’t showing his work in the way they wanted him to. He knew how to do the math and knew the answers. It was ridiculous.
Isn't it silly when the kids are doing just fine but the teachers demand they do it the hard way?
I love Learn Math Fast. As an adult with dyscalculia. I have made a lot of progress.
I am thinking of getting this for me!!
@@karendavis4793 It is really good. I like a lot.
I'm coming back to your video again online wasn't really working as we can tell he can't get past the multiplication still . I bought the times tales he felt stupid watching it so I just bought this book now for my 6th grader . We were also trying the usborne 10 day multiplication book he has been in tears so I'm really helping this will help him . I heard to do this book along with reading life of fred so I'm borrowing the life of fred goldfish to have him just read and this to do for his work .
Hoping this helps him. Math can be rough, I'm going to be honest, it will never be my son's favorite subject, but it's not a fight any more.
I am so sorry he is having so much trouble. He will eventually catch on.
Thanks for the review! Could you please tell me approximately how long your son took to complete volume 1? Volume 2? I know that every child is different, but am just wondering how long it took your son. Have you continued through all 7 volumes? What is your opinion on the complete program? How long has it taken to go through the volumes? Thanks, again! 🙂
We went through 9th grade with this course. We moved onto consumer math after Algebra I to work on real life math skills.
My son (13yrs old next month) has dysgraphia and is possibly on the Autism spectrum. Online math is not working because he zones out during lessons and hates the voices on curriculum like Teaching Textbooks. We did an ACE diagnostic test and it shows missed concepts in 3rd & 4th grade then he would start at 5th grade level. He absolutely despised working on things that he already knows so if I start this curriculum at Level 1, would we be ok to skip some sections? Or should I start at level 2?
I'd start at level one, you can do the chapter test to prove he can do it. If he passes praise him & move on, if he scores low you can go back and do the chapter.
Have you tried the Rod and Staff Math for your daughter? We enjoy mastery base math for kids. Common core does not work for our children either. You are right too many distractions.
I'll look into that one, thanks! Happy Homeschooling!
I've got two 7th graders and about 2 days left to decide to homeschool or enroll in cyber school. Math is my biggest stumbling block. My son is not great at math and has forgotten much of what he learned last year already.
Do you think it's good to start with book 1 of this or on his grade level? And can this program count as your math class for the year for homeschool?
I always recommend starting at book 1. Building self efficacy and reviewing from the beginning was so valuable for my son.
Thank God we can still use a math curriculum without using common core. In my state we have to get our kids tested annually. Do you know if the kids that do old school math can still pass a standard test?
We don't test in our state, but most tests are on the computer so I think as long as they can get the answer they should be fine.
Do I need to buy the worksheet books that they sell separately or are they same as ones you can print online?
Common core is stupid! Good for you!
So, those conceptual ideas, the drawing the circles, should only be used to introduce the concept- as the abstract-then be related and transitioned into the abstract-the numbers and symbols. Sad to hear it’s being used wrong, and messing up so many kids! Thank you!
You can print them online for free once you have the book to supplement. Common core just didn't work for us. So glad we found homeschool curriculums that meet our needs.
Do you find this to be best only for older students needing remedial help? Considering for my 9yo. He got lost in the weeds with multiplication/division in 3rd grade.
I do, going back to square one and moving through at their pace really builds their confidence. We also use Musical Multiplication from The Good and the Beautiful each morning as a refresher and my 7 year old has some memorized already.
I don't know all my multiplication facts sadly . I am looking at adding in times tales virtually or good and beautiful musical multiplication with beast academy for my son . I puller him two months ago end of fifth grade . He basically needs to go back to basics to third grade .
That was my son. Musical Multiplication helped. Honestly though I had the goal of giving him enough multiplication knowledge that he could narrow things down. He knows his 2' and his 3's, he knows the fives trick and the nines trick and he knows the tens and eleven tricks. So when he approaches some that he doesn't know he will start with is it times is it *2 is it * 5 is it * 9 and see where it falls in between. It's not a perfect system but it's such an improvement from where we were.
I know mine but passed the 12’s. Not very good by the time my son was in 5th. I couldn’t help with any of his homework. Thankfully he is 25 years old and loves math. I want to improve myself.
Just a question, how much would you do a day? Is it a “lesson” a day type of thing?
It really depends on your student and where you are at and how comfortable they are with the material. In the beginning we could do a lesson or two or sometimes three a day, but as we've gone on sometimes one lesson will take us multiple days. I always have my student read the chapter, attempt the worksheet on their own, and if they score a c or better they may move on to the next lesson if they do not score a c or better then we redo the worksheet together before we move on.
How are you calculating if he gets a c, b, a etc? I bought book one and my son is on the same boat as where yours started!
So I go by percentages. If there are 15 problems on a page and he gets 12 right I calculate the percentage and then in a is 90% or above a b is 80% to 89% the sea is 70 to 79% and then D is 60% or below down to 50%. If he gets anything lower than a c he has to redo all the problems that he missed.
I know that this is an old video, but have you ever tried Math Mammoth?
I haven't.
@@thequarteracre4914.. We used it to fill in gaps and then just ended up using it as one of our core math programs. You can teach by topic if there are gaps to fill, it's such a great program. We also use LMF, my son loves it because there is no fluff...lol
I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
Did he test well on his state testing after Learn Math Fast?
When he was in public school we never had him take State tests. Now that he is doing a charter High School at home program he has to do some testing and the testing that he did do showed leaps and bounds improvements over where he was it shows that he's still a little bit behind in math but I believe that that is because the test is all done on a computer and he is a paper and pencil kind of guy.
You might have mentioned this, but is this curriculum common core?
Hi Maribel! It is not Common Core, but it does cover the scope and sequence of what kids are learning at our public school for the grade levels. Only instead of 20 steps to complete a problem it teaches them to do it in 5; leaving less margin for error.
@@thequarteracre4914 How does this work out for standardized testing or college entrance exams?
Do you use this as your only math curriculum?
For my son yes, my daughter used Masterbooks. I did take a break to do another workbook for a quarter worth my son but it was not to our liking.
@@thequarteracre4914 thanks!!! Just ordered book 1 (yes its below his level) but my son hates math and we've tried multiple
Will check it out through Sumner
THANKS for the video!!!
@Beautiful Chaos Glad to help, my son was 6th grade starting on book 1. He flew through some of it, which was great to build his confidence, and then we would slow down when he hit a wall. Remember that there are additional practice pages available for free online.
Just wondering what Masterbooks math book did you try that you didn't car for?
Do you still like this curriculum two years later?
Yes! We are departing from it for the first time this upcoming year because he wants to try consumer math instead of geometry. I'm nervous! But it worked well for us 7th-9th grade.
@@thequarteracre4914Which consumer math did you pick? I'm struggling to choose something for my high schooler.
@@Karen_YAHUAH were haven't started it yet so I can't recommend it yet. Once we are at least a quarter in I'll review it here on the channel 😊