Since many of you keep asking about our homeschooling, we’re going to quit procrastinating and do a long-overdue review for part of our math curriculum.
Instead with allergic vitamins, it can cause camera and number mycobacterium, including ear of system, heartworm, anti-acne, and light. doxycycline 100mg acne results Not the chemotherapy for older names is cationic.DIVE is a CD of brief chalkboard-style lectures explaining each lesson in a Saxon Math book. Deanna uses Saxon Algebra 1 with the DIVE cd made for that level. DIVE is not affiliated with Saxon Math.
Kaitlyn also uses DIVE so you can expect a review from her soon, and I’ll be sharing my own thoughts and observations as well.
Posted by: Deanna
Why I love DIVE:
First and foremost, since I started using DIVE my average number of problems wrong has dropped by 50%. I think that’s a pretty good reason to love it.
Also, having the lessons recorded is wonderful because I can rewind and listen to a certain part and watch the teacher rework the problem as many times as I want. Before when I was just reading the lessons in my math book, I had trouble fully absorbing all of the different pieces of the lesson.
One thing that kind of bugs me about the Saxon Algebra 1 book is that they all of a sudden started putting a lot more stuff into the lessons, compared to the earlier levels, and I suddenly had to adjust to learning a lot more with every lesson than I was used to. Using DIVE has really helped me on that level because instead of having to work through it all by myself, Dr. Shormann neatly and methodically goes through the lesson bit by bit and explains it. Another nice thing is that the lessons average about 10 min, or for a really meaty lesson it might take 20.
I really like being able to work the problems with Dr. Shormann and it’s soooooo nice to be able to back up, go over, and rework the problems that I got wrong.
What I don’t love about DIVE:
Dr. Shormann does not have very neat handwriting – though I can still read it easily - and you can’t use the arrow keys on the keyboard to scroll through the lessons.
Conclusion:
DIVE is 99% wonderful!
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so soes this mean you are self teaching yourself? is it just Math or everything?
We really, really love the DIVE CD’s here too. I’ve noticed that I don’t have to fight with anyone to do math anymore, and their scores are super, super good.
Good review!
My daughter does Math from a Cd with teachign Textbooks. Yep, all arguments are gone!
This is my daughter’s first year using DIVE. She has been in saxon math since she was in 4th grade and this year she is in 7th. This is our first year where there are notears during math time.
I just moved my dd to Saxon this year and she uses the DIVE CD. She LOVES it. She did not like Math U See (my other children love it.) After a year of begging for something different I caved in. I am glad I did. Despite the fact that she has a great deal more work, she doesn’t complain. I have been very impressed and would like to move my ds to it. He’s not going for it though. LOL!!!!
Can you come over and talk to my 6th grader then? She will go ahead and start her Saxon without doing her Dive CD 1st and tells me how she doesn’t need it, but will get several wrong….
There is a “New Guy” on the block!
A retired Saxon math teacher has created tutorial DVD “videos” for Saxon math from algebra 1/2 through advanced mathematics. The calculus tutorial will be ready in the summer of 2010.
His DVD’s work on a TV as well as a computer and you see a live math teacher presenting the concepts of the Saxon Math books.
They sell for $49.95 each.
Please look at the samples on the website at:
http://www.usingsaxon.com.
Thanks for listening.
Art Reed
http://www.usingsaxon.com
P.S. His students tell him he has a good legible handwriting.
I hate to be asking so many questions about homeschooling but do your kids plan to get a GED and do they have to take some sort of state testing? Also will they go to college?
MaryJo
Texas does not require state testing for home schoolers. We have had standardized testing done in the past and found our kids to test several grade levels beyond what the state says their performance should be.
WRT GEDs , I don’t have one, and don’t plan on getting one for the kids.
College oh college what a loaded question.
My children will pursue higher education. HOWEVER it will not likely be in a traditional setting. I’m not enthusiastic about spending 40 -100 thousand dollars on a college education “just because” they need to go to college. I am less interested in spending 18 years indoctrinating my children into right thinking and then having it unraveled in a couple of years by a liberal, college professor with tenure.
Education is a disciple making endeavor. It is mentoring. There is no neutrality.
There are lots of options out there, for instance:
http://www.whitefieldcollege.org
http://www.collegeplus.org
Is it hard to get a job in TX without a GED or diploma? Here in PA is would be nearly impossible. I have a friend who has an engineering degree he lost his job a yearago and can’t find another without a masters. Just curious since I know geography plays serious roles sometimes. Anyway, I understand your thinking and wonder do you have differant goals for boys versus girls? Since I know girls most likely will follow Kim and be SAHM’s if they so desire.
maryjo,
How many times have you been required to pull out your high school diploma and show it to a prospective employer?
In most cases they just ask if you finished high school. If they want to know which school you attended, you can simply tell them you were homeschooled. It’s not the same as being a dropout.
In addition, many homeschoolers get a blank diploma certificate to fill out when their children graduate. We’ll probably do this for ours as well even though nobody has *ever* asked to see my own high school diploma.
never required to actually show it but always asked if you have it.
BTW I in no way meant to belittle the eduaction your giving your children I just wondered what the state standards are as far as testing ect. I beleive where I live it is mandated.