We’ve used Saxon Math with two kids, the only kids my husband and I home-schooled. We teach home-schoolers in Co-op, which is vastly different from home-schooling. Rob tried teaching Lacie Algebra I with Saxon Math. She didn’t get it at all. We switched to Glencoe Algebra I and Lacie eventually made it through the course. The problem may have been a math problem. Rob likes Glencoe more because the math textbooks have more variety. I like all of the graphing calculator exercises.
When we home-schooled Paul, he was in fifth grade. We used a sixth grade Saxon Math textbook. He liked it and performed well. The built-in review, quizzes, and tests didn’t make him flustered. He’s entering high school and taking Geometry this Fall. Paul is good at math. Here is my advise. Try a used copy. See if your child likes the format. Because my experience is so limited and so skewed, I’m not sure if the issue is the textbook or the child. Rob likes Glencoe better than Saxon for teens—except for Consumer Math. We’re hunting for a replacement. Here is the moral of the story. Every kid is different. You need to see if the math level is too hard to too easy. Talk to friends who home-school. Trust me they will have opinions, such as Teaching Textbooks. Borrow books and test a few examples with your kids,
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