Dive Into Saxon Math – Review and Giveaway!

 

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HHM Team Member Review…

I was ecstatic to receive the Dive Into Math CD-ROM in the mail. After all, I have dreamed of someone else teaching math to my kids for a long time.

You may feel the same way for several reasons.

1. Math may not be your strong suit and even though you are armed to the teeth with a teachers manual, you still feel ill equipped.

2. You have a hard time communicating with your kids during math because you are speaking two different languages- yours is Math and you have no idea what theirs is.

3. Maybe you’re good at math, (especially your adding and subtracting) but with a houseful of kids also needing your hip self, you find it difficult to juggle all of their subjects.

4.Your husband may like to come home to a sane woman every once in awhile.

5. You need more time because time is money and just like money, time is tight! Right now you currently have a science experiment growing in the toilet and you still haven’t updated your facebook status in like, two hours! Need. More. Time.

6. Maybe you are a working parent, so though you value the benefits of being their teacher, you still need to supplement in certain areas and often times, math is a subject you need to supplement.

Whatever your reason, Dive Into Math is definitely something you should consider. Dive Into Math utilizes Saxon, my favorite math  (I can’t believe I just used those two words in the same sentence!!) curriculum. You place the CD in your computer and Voila! A nice man named Dr. David Shormann, (or whom I like to call The Math Whisperer) teaches your kids math from a Christian world view using a digital white board. You can hear him talking, but do not see him which eliminates a possible visual disturbance for your child if they are prone to being easily distracted. The tutor takes the Saxon lesson and displays examples while he teaches the concept, even referring back to prior lessons as a help. This is clearly an advantage as I can’t recall what happened 15 chapters back (or even 15 minutes ago for that matter) or how it relates to the new concept. Your child can easily back up the lesson if they need to to hear it again and again and he won’t grunt at your child  for rewinding him five times like I grunt after explaining myself over and over. He stays nice the whole time. 

My ten year old daughter is thriving on math with this CD and we have completely done away with me losing my patience due to me not being able to teach the concept in a way that makes sense to her. So, to say Dive Into Math has benefited my relationship with my daughter is an absolute (take note of the math term) yes!

I will definitely use the CD with my up and coming math “experts” and won’t hesitate to order future ones each year as we progress.

Dive Into Math offers this CD for just $50.00. It is well worth my sanity, my daughters joy of learning and the time I save so I can focus on their other subjects. My life just got easier.

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Tammy is a Hip Homeschool Moms team member and blogs at Unique Family Vision.

 

 

 

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The Big Giveaway…

Dive Into Math is awarding one lucky winner (in the United States or Canada) a DVD of their choice for grades: grades 4 through High School for Calculus and Physics .

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