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Saxon Math
is the nations best-selling, most comprehensive, and
most thoroughly researched math program for homeschoolers today. Each
program is based on over 20 years of research and teaching success. With
Saxon, you can help your child develop a complete mastery of math
language and concepts, all the way from kindergarten to advanced high
school levels.
Saxon's Math K program is
carefully planned and packaged in a homeschool kit to make your teaching
experience easier. Kindergartners will develop skills including oral
counting; recognizing and sequencing numbers; identifying ordinal
position; acting out addition and subtraction stories; counting with
one-to-one correspondence; sorting; patterning; graphing real objects and
pictures; identifying and counting pennies, nickels, and dimes;
identifying one half; identifying shapes; covering and replicating
geometric designs; measuring using nonstandard units of measure; telling
time to the hour; and using a calendar. Oral assessments are built into
the program.
Saxon's primary mathematics programs have been carefully
planned and packaged. Each homeschool kit comes with all necessary
materials required for one-on-one instruction. The Math K
homeschool kit contains the following:
Teacher's Manual - The heart of
each K-3 program is the teacher's manual, which employs a unique
instructional format. It contains daily lessons, each of which includes
pre-class preparation instructions, a list of materials, and the entire
scripted lesson. Scripted lessons provide the parent with questioning
strategies and language designed to help children understand mathematical
concepts. Since the teacher's manual is nonconsumable, it can be used in
successive years with the purchase of new student workbooks and meeting
books. Meeting Book -
Each grade level has its own consumable meeting book,
which is used during The Meeting at the beginning of each day.
Lesson Components: Each lesson
includes a daily meeting, a new increment of instruction, guided practice
of new and previously introduced concepts, and number fact practice.
Written and oral assessments are built into the program and are given at
regular intervals. The Meeting
- The daily meeting is an opening exercise in
which children practice skills related to time, temperature, money,
counting, patterning, and problem solving.
Number Fact Practice - Children
are presented with strategies to help learn number facts. They are
encouraged to recall facts through the use of pattern recognition. Facts
are practiced orally, and students test their skills in timed drills (fact
practice sheets), competing against past performances.
Written Practice - Children
complete the first part of the written practice with parent assistance.
The remaining half, which mirrors work completed in class, is done later
in the day. The time delay between practice sessions improves retention.
Oral Assessments - Each
assessment questions children on skills they have practiced for at least
five lessons. In Math K, all assessments are oral, and they are
given every seven lessons. |
