rigger
- Reviewed on Thursday, August 27, 2009
- Grades Used: K and 5th
- Dates used: 3 Aug '09 - present
We love BJU math! My son , grade K, did NOT want to do any school work. He would barely look at the other materials we had. So I took him to the homeschool convention & showed him A Beka ,Horizons, LifePac, Bob Jones & others. He picked the Bob Jones math & we love it. He loves the full color workbook , Farmer Brown & the stories that go with the lessons, and all the animals. He begs to do math now! & more than one lesson a day!
I also purchased BJU math for my 6th grader. We used Saxon 6/5 last year & hated it. There was a big jump from the Saxon to the BJU 6th grade, so I bumped her down to the 5th grade book. She's loving math this year ( & excited about it).
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samiam
- Reviewed on Monday, April 20, 2009
- Grades Used: K5
- Dates used: 2008-2009
Love this program!
I have never looked at BJU products before, because we are a secular homeschooling family, and try to stay away from religious curriculum whenever possible. But I do use it when it suits our needs.
I was looking for a math program for my 5 year old. He was so NOT into doing any schoolwork. He doesn't want to sit at the table, he doesn't want to even bother with anything that is "schoolish".
But we had to do some sort of math. A friend gave me Saxon, which is big in the HSing world. I hate it, myself. I felt like my son was getting the basics, but not loving math.
Many people recommended BJU to me, so I finally looked at it. We LOVE it. First, the pages are so colorful, it draws my son's attention. Second, each lessons has a few different activities in it, so it's not all workbook pages. Today we measured weights, counted to 40 and then did a worksheet on what weighs more or less. The K5 program has a Farm theme, which grabs my son's attention.
The worksheets do not have too much writing, which was something I wanted to avoid, as wanted math to be about math, not perfecting writing skills. The religion aspects are easily left out if wanted, ( I did).
My son is progressing through the math program wonderfully, and to my surprise, it is a easy task for both of us.
I loved how in the TM' BJU tells different ways to make home-made manipulatives, so you don't have to spend a bunch of money on manipulatives if you didn't want to.
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kerri
- Reviewed on Saturday, September 27, 2008
- Grades Used: 4th
- Dates used: 2007-2008
THis is a really solid math program especially of you have a child like mine who can't keep up well with a Saxon-like program where a new concept is introduced everyday.
Each chapter focuses on a particular skill giving the child time to really learn it. You can get the accompanying Math Reviews workbook which provides practice for previously taught concepts.
I don't read all of the stories in the Teacher manual--we just get right to the math lesson.
It's' designed so that you do 1 page together and give your child the back of the page to do independently.
Not overwhelming-not 100 problems on each side, but instead, enough problems are given to practice thoroughly without frustrating the child!
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tissy
- Reviewed on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
- Grades Used: 8th and 9th
- Dates used: 2006-2008
We used BJU Press for Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1. My daughter loved them. All of the problems are easily explained in the student text and especially in the teacher's manual's. Which really helps mom out! Beats paying a tutor! I really recommend BJU for anyone who is looking for great Math Curriculum.
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