more than one math curriculum at the same time?

[ddandgirls]

We are using MUS and have been since my daughter was little. She likes it and seems to be doing well. But, I wonder if I should add something like Saxon to prepare her for future tests to make sure that she can do problems when presented in a format different than what she's used to. I like the way MUS presents things since I am not mathematically inclined. I am not really interested in Singapore for that very reason. There's not enough help for me the teacher. Any thoughts?

[Deece in MN]

Life of Fred would be a good supplement to MUS. If you have Saxon, you could look for the lessons that support the topics covered in MUS and assign some extra problems for practice/review. I don't think it hurts to present some problems in a different format than the child is used to seeing as this will help you to see if your child really understands the concept.

Oops, I hit post before I meant to.
If you don't have any books to supplement with and want to save some money you could do a Google search for extra practice worksheets/web-sites. There are lots of things out there and it would be free.

[ddandgirls]

Thanks, I searched through some recent and past threads that also discussed MUS and other math programs and it has all been helpful. I will check out Life of Fred along with some other programs people have mentioned in past posts.