Edmund and William have been working on Saxon Math since kindergarten. We have recently incorporated Math-U-See (Gamma) to boost our mastery of multiplication. I’m loving combining the two approaches! Nancy Larson’s approach in Saxon 1, 2, and 3 is manipulative based, incremental, and largely intuitive. My 4th, 2nd, and 1st graders all love the early Saxon material. After a long summer of building our house though, I felt like we weren’t really achieving mastery with multiplication. Daniel has more than once talked with Ethan Demme (CEO of Demme learning, the producers of Math-U-See) about the Math-U-See approach: learning why a specific concept works via hands-on manipulatives and then mastering it well enough via review that the student can essentially teach the concept himself. I knew we needed to bring more of that into our study. My 4th grader is watching the DVDs with me and his first comment was “Hey! He [Steve Demme] make sense!” I feel that the DVDs teach me to be a better teacher as well. We’re looking forward to combining Saxon 54 and Math-U-See Delta into our schooling this spring and summer.