Saxon Math

The only part of our curriculum that we do not get from Alpha Omega
is our math program, which we get from Saxon Math. I would have to say that the Saxon Math program is very intensive, and we don't follow along with it exactly. We tend to do more than one lesson in a day instead of one lesson per day 4-5 days per week.


Saxon Math, for our purposes tends to be a bit of an overkill. For a lot of families, it is excellent however. It ensures that children that may struggle with math a bit will get a more comprehensive hands-on grasp of the concepts. Math is not a struggle for our family so the girls tend to be more bored with some of the activities. We will probably switch over to the Alpha Omega
math curriculum next year because we enjoy the format more. It is more student/self-directed than teacher/parent driven.

As a last note on Saxon Math, you are going to need to buy a variety of manipulatives for the curriculum. I found some at Walmart and some at the local homeschool supply store. Things like practice clocks and blocks that snap together. I already had an abacus for the girls to demonstrate place value and addition/subtraction. Crayons and pencils will be needed and I bought a pad of the lined practice paper for the girls as well. Once you have all of the manipulatives though, you will be able to reuse most of them for the different grade levels.