This is a fun and interactive course designed to support homeschooled students currently using the Saxon Math curriculum. However, it is open to all elementary students who are looking to practice their math skills in a fun and engaging atmosphere. Saxon Math is based on the idea of incremental development, which is the belief that students should learn math concepts in small, manageable steps, with each lesson building on the previous one. With this spiral approach to learning, students should master a concept before moving on to the next one. Saxon Math is known for this repetition and cumulative review, which is designed to help students retain and understand concepts.

In this ongoing weekly class learners will practice math skills that will support learning with the Saxon Math curriculum grades 1-3. Specific areas covered weekly include: arithmetic, word problems, calendar use, telling time, patterns, shapes, graphs, money, measurement, and more. As the course goes on learners will begin to practice multiplication, fractions, and adding and subtracting two digit numbers.  

All games and activities for the week will tie together with a fun theme. Learners will see how math is important in all areas of our everyday lives! Each week learners will receive a two-page themed handout to go with the session. The handout very mush resembles a Saxon math homework page. 

Class Schedule with Weekly Themes

August 27- Back to School
September 3- Going on a Picnic
September 10- Going to the Movies
September 17- Visiting an Apple Orchard
September 24- Grocery Shopping
October 1- Let's Take a Fall Hike
October 8- Autumn Festival
October 15- Making a Costume 
October 22- Trick-or-Treat 
October 29- Exploring the Lives of Nocturnal Creatures 
November 5- Baking Pies
November 12- Watching a Football Game
November 19- Thanksgiving Feast
November 26- Making a Christmas List 
December 3- A trip to the Arctic