That is such a good question! The Critical Thinking Co. designs their math workbooks to be used either way: as a stand alone curriculum or as a supplement to another curriculum you’re doing. (Here is their list of what they’ve recommend for each grade level if you only used their company: www.criticalthinking.com/full-curriculum) For my son (age 4.5, just finished 2nd year of preschool), I’ve used his Mathematical Reasoning workbooks as his math curriculum for all of his homeschool experience. For my daughter (age 6.5, just finished kindergarten), I used it as a supplement alongside The Good & The Beautiful’s Level K Math, but it then became more of a stand alone curriculum for her towards the end of the year here, because she finished TGTB Math a while ago and I’ve been thinking I’ll pivot away from TGTB Math for her next year so I didn’t want to buy the next TGTB Math level for her. I hope that helps some! The Mathematical Reasoning workbooks are my favorites, I think. They are just so sound and I love how they progress through (and review) important math skills. And, my kids love those workbooks! They’re well done!
@@hannahbeeolson that’s very helpful! I will check the link out. We just finished kindergarten also. We used Math with Confidence and I loved it but I got the The Critical Thinking Co math for the summer. So far it looks like he will enjoy it more (he’s very math savvy and didn’t love all of the games in MWC). What do you plan to do next school year for your daughter? I got the lower grade math one for my 4yo and plan to use that with her also. I really enjoy your videos! I believe our kids are the same age 🙂 6.5yo and 4.5yo ( I don’t have a baby though).
@@JessicaJosie It's so fun to hear that we have kids who are the same ages! :) I haven't fully solidified what I'll be doing with my daughter (my 6.5 year old) just yet, but I've been heavily researching options for the past couple of weeks! I'm planning to start ordering curriculum soon and then I'll begin sharing videos highlighting our curriculum choices! It's exciting but it definitely can be overwhelming as a mama, right?! We all want to make the best choices (including academic choices) for our children that we can!! I want to go in a different direction from The Good & The Beautiful for math, as well as probably for reading/language arts...I do plan to keep incorporating The Critical Thinking Co. though!
@@hannahbeeolsondoing this home school stuff how are you setting your child up for college? They can't home school college Will they be able to get a college degree and get a high paying job its very competitive out there now for ppl with college degrees
Is Critical Thinking Co the only math you do? Is it a stand alone curriculum or supplement?
That is such a good question! The Critical Thinking Co. designs their math workbooks to be used either way: as a stand alone curriculum or as a supplement to another curriculum you’re doing. (Here is their list of what they’ve recommend for each grade level if you only used their company: www.criticalthinking.com/full-curriculum)
For my son (age 4.5, just finished 2nd year of preschool), I’ve used his Mathematical Reasoning workbooks as his math curriculum for all of his homeschool experience. For my daughter (age 6.5, just finished kindergarten), I used it as a supplement alongside The Good & The Beautiful’s Level K Math, but it then became more of a stand alone curriculum for her towards the end of the year here, because she finished TGTB Math a while ago and I’ve been thinking I’ll pivot away from TGTB Math for her next year so I didn’t want to buy the next TGTB Math level for her.
I hope that helps some! The Mathematical Reasoning workbooks are my favorites, I think. They are just so sound and I love how they progress through (and review) important math skills. And, my kids love those workbooks! They’re well done!
@@hannahbeeolson that’s very helpful! I will check the link out. We just finished kindergarten also. We used Math with Confidence and I loved it but I got the The Critical Thinking Co math for the summer. So far it looks like he will enjoy it more (he’s very math savvy and didn’t love all of the games in MWC). What do you plan to do next school year for your daughter?
I got the lower grade math one for my 4yo and plan to use that with her also.
I really enjoy your videos! I believe our kids are the same age 🙂 6.5yo and 4.5yo ( I don’t have a baby though).
@@JessicaJosie It's so fun to hear that we have kids who are the same ages! :)
I haven't fully solidified what I'll be doing with my daughter (my 6.5 year old) just yet, but I've been heavily researching options for the past couple of weeks! I'm planning to start ordering curriculum soon and then I'll begin sharing videos highlighting our curriculum choices! It's exciting but it definitely can be overwhelming as a mama, right?! We all want to make the best choices (including academic choices) for our children that we can!! I want to go in a different direction from The Good & The Beautiful for math, as well as probably for reading/language arts...I do plan to keep incorporating The Critical Thinking Co. though!
@@hannahbeeolsondoing this home school stuff how are you setting your child up for college? They can't home school college
Will they be able to get a college degree and get a high paying job its very competitive out there now for ppl with college degrees