Homeschool Software

There are so many great options available for home school math programs.  Here’s a look at some of the most popular ones.

Saxon Math is one of the most widely used programs.  It is an incremental step-by-step approach, and is highly repetitive.

Harold Jacobs programs add humour and make math interesting.  A great highschool math alternative to Saxon.

Singapore Math offers a more challenging program which develops thinking skills.  The expectations and topics covered are on a higher level in comparison to the US curricula.

Math-U-See is a manipulative based K-12 curriculum.  This programs comes with teaching videos and specializes in letting children see the concepts first.

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Modern Curriculum Press is an affordable and simple K-6 math program.  It includes problem solving lessons to introduce strategies for solving real-life problems.

Key Curriculum Press features inexpensive “Key to” workbooks which concentrate mostly on the middle-school level.

Miquon Math books encourage creative thinking and are designed for grades 1-3.  They have activities that encourage observation, investigation, exploration, and discovery of patterns in math.

ShillerMath is geared towards kids in Kindergarten to 5th grade.  There are 2 math kits with activities, manipulatives, guidebooks, and songs.  This program is based on the Montessori philosophy and covers visual, tactile, auditory, and kinesthetic concepts.