It is a curriculum written for the Christian classroom, however it is easily adapted to homeschool. The lessons are well laid out and easy to follow. Although the chapters and lessons are set up in a mastery format, the authors threw in a great amount of review.
I would love to say that both of my children had great experiences with R & S, however I cannot. I started using this with T after using Math U See to get him caught up on basic math skills. He came home from public school very behind and lacking most basic skills. T and this curriculum were like oil and water. He didn't like the lessons, the timed test nor the pace. We made it through half the year and went back to Math U See.
Poogie thrived with this curriculum. We began with Math U See, went to Saxon (big mistake) and ended up with R & S. The only reason we have went back to Math U See is that he completed all the levels of R & S and is now moving into the high school years. I find it so interesting how one child can thrive with a curriculum and another just sinks.
Pros-
Through lessons with great review and supplementary materials.
Easy to use for teacher and student.
Low cost for such a high quality curriculum.
Cons-
Christian-based (for those who only want to use secular curriculum)
May be a little overwhelming for students use to a workbook style curriculum. The student has to copy from a textbook in this curriculum.
I'm sure there are many more pros and cons for this curriculum but these are the main ones I found to be true for our family. My next post will be about a few of the other curriculums we have used for supplement and reinforcement of skills over the years. Till then...
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