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In these reviews, Life of Fred shows up as a supplement rather than a core math program. One family added it midway through a rough first year of homeschool math and kept it purely for fun and storytelling — their son asks to read it on weekends — while choosing a different program to build math fundamentals. A curriculum-comparison reviewer frames it the same way: funny stories with application questions worked through verbally, word-problem style, that suit kids struggling with math because of the humor and real-life application, but without the comprehensiveness or worksheet structure of a full program. One reviewer also notes it is secular, which matters to families avoiding faith-based math stories. Neither reviewer treats it as a standalone curriculum.
Synthesized from 2 independent video reviews — every claim sourced from what real homeschool parents said on camera.
Families who want a fun, story-based, secular math supplement that connects math to real life — especially for a kid who resists or struggles with math.
Families who need a comprehensive standalone math curriculum with worksheets and systematic practice should look elsewhere or plan to pair it with another program.
Math U See Review | Did it get us out of homeschool math purgatory? Let me tell you. We were s-t-r-u-g-g-l-i-n-g with math during our first full year of homeschooling. As a brand new homeschool mama with one child in first grade, I was so unsure of where to even begin. After watching reviews, I chose some curriculum...that...ended up not working for us at all. Enter...Math U See (with the help of amazing Amanda from Demme Learning). The rest is...what they call...Math history. This is our honest review and real life experience (and also our very first vlog about homeschool). I've included the four step learning process from Math U See as well as some inside peeks at the "Alpha" resources we have been using. You may also like: Never Thought You'd Homeschool? https://youtu.be/5MrUwml55HY (As promised) Spelling You See Review: https://youtu.be/PW4xVHOp4KM To learn more about Math U See: https://www.mathusee.com/ (Not an affiliate link) #demmelearning #mathusee #mathuseereview #homeschoolmath #homeschoolcurriculum #homeschoolcurriculumreview #homeschoolmama #onebeautifuljourneyvlogs Thanks for stopping by! onebeautifuljourney.com contact: onebeautifuljourneyblog@gmail.com subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3gWTGrj --- As an Amazon Associate I may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Complete Life of Fred 10 Book Series Mentioned in Video: https://amzn.to/3AlXsBN Our Camera/Vlogging Setup: Sony a7c: https://amzn.to/3jrfYCc Sony Kit Lens FE 4-5.6/28-60mm: https://amzn.to/3ir9js8 Tamron 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD: https://amzn.to/2VumYpQ Sony ECMGZ1M Gun/Zoom Mic: https://amzn.to/3Cpd1dO Hoodman Steel 128GB 2000x Memory Card: https://amzn.to/3fDZDJ1(Indoors) Neewer Ring Light Kit: https://amzn.to/3rVUuAY ---- Song Credit: Song: Atch - Traveller Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Video Link: https://youtu.be/PbcfSOhkzYw
The Top 10 Homeschool Math Comparison Review Feeling overwhelmed trying to choose the right curriculum? What if you could do all your subjects with all your kids . . . together? Try a free sample and see just how easy this can be! http://gatherroundhomeschool.com/samples There are so many great math programs out there it can be nearly impossible to decide what will work best for your family... especially if you are shopping online. In this homeschool math curriculum comparison, I pull out the top ten math programs including: Teaching Textbooks vs. Math U See vs. A Beka vs. Singapore vs. Math Lessons for a Living Education vs. Life of Fred vs. JUMP vs. RightStart vs. Horizons vs. Strayer-Upton. I'll show you inside the books, talk about what kind of learning styles and homeschool styles each homeschool math curriculum will work best for and help you compare and identify which one will be a better fit. LINKS: Blog post (with pictures and comparison charts): http://homeschoolon.com/ultimate-homeschool-math-comparison Teaching Textbooks: http://homeschoolon.com/go/teaching-textbooks RightStart: http://homeschoolon.com/go/right-start Math U See: http://homeschoolon.com/go/math-u-see Math Lessons for a Living Education: http://homeschoolon.com/go/mlfle A Beka: http://homeschoolon.com/go/a-beka JUMP: http://homeschoolon.com/go/JUMP Life of Fred: http://homeschoolon.com/go/life-of-fred Singapore: http://homeschoolon.com/go/singapore Horizons: http://homeschoolon.com/go/horizons Strayer-Upton: http://homeschoolon.com/go/strayer-upton Saxon: http://homeschoolon.com/go/saxon Moving Beyond the Page: http://homeschoolon.com/go/mbtp-6to8 WHAT WE USE: We use Math Lessons for a Living Education (Charlotte Mason math totally fits my homeschool style and values) for nearly all of the kids. We have one son who is trying the online version of Teaching Textbooks and one daughter who is using RightStart math. So far it seems to be working well for everyone and we are looking forward to a great year of math! What we are using for all our curriculum this year: http://homeschoolon.com/curriculum-reveal-2018/
“we did add at that point halfway through the year life of fred which we will continue to use in terms of just fun and storytelling and making real life math part of his curriculum”
“he asks to read it sometimes on the weekends we just use it more for story time”
“works very very well for students that are struggling struggling with math because it brings in that humor and it brings in the life application”
“it's not as comprehensive as something like math lessons for living education but the pro is that it is secular”
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Reviewers in these videos don't use it that way. One family uses it for story time and introducing concepts alongside a separate program that builds math fundamentals, and a comparison reviewer says it doesn't have the comprehensiveness or worksheet style of a full program. Plan on it as a supplement.
No — one reviewer specifically calls out that it is secular, so non-Christian families won't have to worry about faith-based stories the way they might with some other story-based math programs.
Reviewers say yes, with caveats. The humor and real-life application work very well for students struggling with math — one child asks to read it on weekends for fun. But the family in that situation still needed a more systematic program for core skills.