We have not tried Saxon. My kids struggle with math and from everything I have heard about Saxon, I never thought it would be a good fit for them. We have tried: Math-U-See, Horizon, Beast Academy, Life of Fred, and Math Lessons for a Living Education, and I am currently trying out Learn Math Fast with my daughter. Math-U-See and Math Lessons for a Living Education are the ones we have used repeatedly and seemed to work at times, not at others. Denison has by far been the best fit, but my daughter is not yet ready for pre-algebra which is their lowest level.

My son says the videos are about 15-20 minutes. They follow along doing the notes with the video. As far as I can tell this curriculum has no religious content. It does not mention anything I can find on the website, I don't recall any in the parent guide, and my son says it hasn't mentioned anything so far.

@@homeontheplains Thank you for the information.😊

Denison is a mastery curriculum although at the end of most assignments there are just a few review questions and it tells the student which lesson they are from, so they can go back and review the lesson if they need to. Here is an article from Denison explaining why he uses the mastery approach for struggling math students: www.denisonalgebra.com/blog/pickingmathcurriculum

Thank you very much❤

I think it would be very difficult without the videos. The student book is not like a textbook. There is not really written instruction, the instruction comes from the videos. The example problems in the notebook are just the equations and they work through how to solve them while watching the videos. There are only some quick review pages about each chapter, but that isn't detailed instruction.

@@homeontheplains thanks for the reply! I went to the website and looked at all the samples. It’s fantastic! I will be using the algebra this fall for one of my children. Thanks for highlighting this program b/c I never heard of it and this is our 10th year homeschooling.

Currently it looks like it is $175.

I have not tried to contact the company, but I have heard that Mr. Denison is very helpful! I wonder if maybe being the end of school year and when many people are purchasing for next year, they are just swamped so it may take a little longer for them to get back to you. The only contact information I found was this e-mail address: support@denisonalgebra.com They also have a Facebook page, you might try contacting them through Facebook.

Thanks