Season 2, Episode 9 - Teaching Math the Classical Way w/ Kate Snow
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Check out Kate Snow's Website: kateshomeschoolmath.com/!
You can purchase Kate's curricula, Math with Confidence and Facts that Stick on our website, welltrainedmind.com/
My kid loves Math With Confidence so much, it is the perfect sweet spot between conceptual and procedural for us. I also appreciate Kate noting that even high schoolers shouldn't be expected to teach themselves math independently.
So good! Love hearing Kate Snow.
Thank you.
This was really helpful as well as encouraging. I’m looking into switching my daughter to MWC.
I also would really love to hear yours and Kate’s recommendations for Algebra 1 and higher level math as I am searching for what to do with my son right now. We’ve been using Saxon and he’s good at math, but he dislikes math. I feel Saxon has killed any joy in it even though I modify it a lot to fit his needs and I’ve done my best to help him make those connections in math that you discussed in this episode. Saxon is just A LOT and it’s boring. I’m getting to a stage where even though I’m good at math and I like math, I don’t feel like I’m going to have to energy to make sure I’m keeping up with reviewing algebra and higher levels of math to be able to teach my son well. What curriculum do you recommend for the high school levels?
Kate, what curriculum would you recommend for 7th grade and up?
Beyond sixth grade, here's the sequence I've followed in the past with my tutoring students:
Pre-algebra: Math Mammoth Grade 7
Algebra: Elementary Algebra, by Harold Jacobs or Prentice Hall Classics Algebra, 1 by Paul A. Foerster
Geometry: Geometry: Seeing, Understanding, Doing, by Harold Jacobs
Algebra II: Foerster’s Prentice Hall Classics Algebra II, by Paul A. Foerster
I'd consider this a "middle-of-the road" sequence, but these are challenging courses. (And, I'd only use Foerster's Algebra I with a pretty advanced student.) Several companies offer teaching videos to accompany these books that can help take some of the teaching load off, but most students will still need an engaged instructor to answer questions and help over the tricky spots.
This was a great podcast! Plenty to ponder.
I have a mathy 4th grade kid who has flown through MUS Epsilon and Beast Academy level 4 and loves both programs. We include Life of Fred and Math picture books in morning time, but more for his younger sister who struggles more with math than him.
I want to avoid hitting the calculus wall that you spoke about but am unsure what to do from here. Do I just let him keep going while he is happy and enjoying maths and slow down when he starts to get stuck?
He is my get in and get maths done guy and doesn't enjoy lots of games etc in his school so it is hard to slow him down that way.
I'm not Kate, but I'd say you are doing a great job at delving into math versus just racing head. Take a look at the Art of Problem Solving series (AoPS publishes BA). They have books on number theory and probability that are off of the calculus path, and cover these topics in much more depth than the typical math progression (which, yes, is often just a straight line to calculus). My personal choice would be to keep going as you are, knowing that there are solid choices for the future besides calculus.
Thank you for this! I often feel like I'm being dragged into the wilderness by this child and I'm constantly trying to work out what is next