August 2, 2018
Teaching Textbooks
I’ve used Pearson, A Beka Book, Nelson, and pretty much any textbook I can find. Most of the textbooks seem to be aimed at a traditional learner. One who can read and remember. This worked well for Christina and Rebeccah. With a little teaching and a few explanations as needed, they understood.
Kimberly has been a different type of learner. She is more tactile; she has to hear, see, watch, and do.
Another parent who has several learners like Kimberly, suggested I try Teaching Textbooks. I found a used copy of Geometry because I was about to help tutor another student who was using it and I like to understand the curriculum so I can help in a style they are used to.
Oh my goodness!
Kimberly was beginning to struggle with math in A Beka’s Basic Mathematics. She’d tried “Life of Fred” but that was only more confusing to her.
When the box arrived with Geometry everyone was excited… until Christina and Rebeccah saw it was textbooks and were like “MOM!” and went back to the Game of Life. I went through the first two lessons to see how this textbook worked. Kimberly got really excited, “Mom! I get what he’s saying!” and asked if she could do that as math instead of Basic Mathematics.
Kimberly loved it and seriously started to understand the concepts presented. I was so excited that I researched Teaching Textbooks further, hounded EBay until I found used complete sets of Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, and Algebra II. Kimberly was super excited when Pre-Algebra arrived and is now doing both Geometry and Pre-Algebra. Jaquline watched (her learning style is somewhat tactile, and her abstract thoughts lead her to overthink lessons she reads) and is now doing Pre-Algebra with Teaching Textbooks too. The material is presented so thoroughly and with clear explanations that anyone with a good understanding of basic math operations can understand and retain the subject matter well.
I will certainly be checking out any used Teaching Textbooks course I find. Check out their site at www.teachingtextbook.com for more information! (I buy everything used, mostly from homeschool book sales or from friends, 2nd place is EBay when hunting something specific, and lastly, I order from A Beka Book, or Apologia when needing a specific title quickly and can’t find it used.)
Thanks for reading!
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~Nancy Tart