If your children are as interested in playing with pattern blocks as mine are, you may want to provide more opportunities to play with them throughout the month.

Pattern Blocks – The lessons for Saxon Math K lend themselves well to long-term use. Giving kids the opportunity to explore and learn on their own with math is an implied part of the curriculum. In fact, you could set up Math Centers each month of the Math K year which would help to reinforce the math concepts and manipulatives which are used that month. But there are tons of activities which would translate well to a Math Center or long term use. Which is kind of funny because it is not mentioned anywhere else. There is a passing reference to a “Math Center” in one lesson of Math K. I also heartily recommend laminating these “work mats.” Long term Use I would use two different colors of construction paper (or cardstock) for these work mats. The Saxon K Teacher’s Edition asks you to make 2 work mats for your students. I included a blank sheet printable sheet for the work mats (first mentioned in Lesson 7) in the Teacher’s Companion. It is to help kids learn to follow directions! Subtle, but so necessary and gently done – the program excels at this.Īlright, let’s get to the nitty-gritty details about Saxon K math. It may surprise you to know that the point of the morning meeting is not to understand the days of the week and the weather, etc. I did not feel the need to work through an entire year of Math K to make sure he understands this.Īll that said, the Saxon K program is truly fun and engaging for little ones. The only thing my pre-K/K kid didn’t know was the names and values of a dime and a nickel. If your kid has already gotten these concepts, he is ready for Saxon 1. Rather, it focuses on numeracy – counting – and patterns. Saxon Math K does not emphasize number recognition. But also, don’t waste your child’s time if he is ready for Saxon 1. Saxon does have a placement test for their early years and it will help you accurately place your child into his appropriate level. Thus, I recommend most Kindergarten age students who are starting with Saxon, start in Saxon 1. Since Saxon K is gentle, I would use it for pre-K a few days a week. I would not use this in a kindergarten setting unless I had a developmentally delayed child. My biggest takeaway from creating the Teacher’s Companion for Saxon K is: Saxon K is a thoroughly pre-K curricula. I only recommend things I use and believe to be a blessing. If you click and make a purchase based on my recommendation, I get a small remuneration at no extra expense to you. So, this is a bit like a companion to the companion. Some of these observations are specific to the Teacher’s Companion. Having never taught K before, but working through it to prepare a Teacher’s Companion for it, I have some observations about the process. Math K can be a quick jaunt through math concepts to ensure a child is ready for Kindergarten or a slow stroll through a largely play-based introduction. There are 12 lessons per month, giving much flexibility in how much time is spent “learning” math and how quickly it is completed. Saxon K is a program for early years math education.

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