C’s working on Saxon 54 Lesson 125 and I had him read through the lesson on reducing fractions but then he got the practice wrong and got frustrated. I read through it (shame on me for not reading it first!) and now I understand, the lesson doesn’t make sense. It attempts to teach a rule that doesn’t always work and only confuses the kids. I explained in a different way (can the denominator be divided by 2 or 3? Can the numerator be divided by the same number?) and it made much more sense to him and he finished up quickly.

Overall we do like how thorough Saxon is, even though we don’t expect the kids to do all the problems for every lesson (tons and tons of review, not needed if the kids understand the concept already) but I’ve learned I have to read through the lesson to make sure it’s clear and I like how they teach the concept. Otherwise it can cause confusion and some mistakes!