I have been using Singapore Math for a while. 3rd grade was fine. 4th grade was a little challenging. 5th grade is getting more challenging.
I think challenge is good, but there is very little explanation for how to teach concepts. I have the instructor's guide and there is still very little help in there.
I actually have liked Singpore Math so far. I think it is very strong on challenging word problems. Now that the concepts are harder, I find my son is struggling more. We just started learning about the area of triangles. We just started with right triangles and the book quickly jumped to finding the area of other types of triangles with little explanation.
I find that my son quickly forgets concepts we learned earlier. I would like to find something with more practice.
What has been your experience? Melissa said she chose to do Teaching Textbooks. What are you all using? What has helped?
