“You HAVE to do Saxon! We just LOVE it!”
“Benefits of Saxon? I’m not exactly sure, but my Ph.D. engineer friend says it’s what she was taught and it seems to have worked pretty well for her!”
“Saxon is great! My kids are scoring way higher than I thought they would on their standardized tests!”
Does any of this sound familiar? If you’ve shopped math curriculum or talked about it with more than one or two homeschool families, you’ve probably heard similar testimony. What you may not have heard is WHY Saxon works so well for the people who love it!
Curriculum choice is a huge deal and can take up a lot of your time. So let’s break down the question of “Why Does Saxon Work?” Today, let’s talk about “Why does Saxon work for math learning?” Or to put it another way, “Why do kids who stick with Saxon do well with math in their academic career?”
There are five main reasons why there are so many great benefits of Saxon math:
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Practice of Basic Facts and Mental Math
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Problem Solving Practice
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New Concepts Introduced in Increments
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Lesson Practice for New Concepts
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Problem Sets Review Concepts Taught Previously