Making math meaningful

[Winkie]

anyone use this? what are your thoughts on it?

[Micah]

Yes, Yes!! We LOVE this program.
I have levels K and 1 at this time....

[Winkie]

thanks! i assume that means your children like it too?

[Micah]

Yes :)

[lotsomama]

I didn't like it much. I've discovered with this and other programs that as the "teacher" I don't like prescripted lessons - so part of it is me. Dd liked it fine, but likes it just as well when I make up math games or problems for her. I also had an expectation that one book would carry us through the year and if we had kept up the pace in the book (level 1), we would have finished in December. We could have done that and moved on to the next book, but it was just as easy to find a list of skills that are recomended for the first grade and just teach those in my own way. I also noticed that the skills in the book "fell short" of the "standard" and with lots of time playing with manipulatives or doing math projects and games, dd trucked along much faster when I dropped this program.
HTH