Does Saxon teach math tricks?

[Medieval Mom]

Such as:
56-14= 56-10-4

This sample is from Singaporemath.com, from book 1B.

Does Saxon math also teach mental math tricks?

[alilac]

Yes....like 9+4 = 10+3 so far, in Saxon 2

[BramFam]

In Saxon 1 when learning beginning addition facts, you learn that:

+1 facts are just counting forwards 1

+2 are skip counting (even +2 will be next even and odd +2 will be next odd)

Doubles +1, like 3+4, 4+5, 5+6, 6+7 .... are simple a double fact (which are the first ones memorized) plus 1 more. So when you see 6+7 the trick is to double the smallest # and add 1 more, so 6 doubled is 12 plus 1 is 13.

Haven't gotten any farther so I can't help you with more than that. But I think their "strategies" are helping my ds pick up math pretty quickly.

[Hilltop Academy]

Not as much as Singapore does. (At least not from what I've seen. I might have missed something somewhere though.)

[ummtafari]

They teach it in 54 as well in the mental math part. My son strongly opposes it though and rather figure it out on paper.

[Julieofsardis]

I like the way Singapore teaches concepts that help with mental math. I don't think Saxon is nearly as good as Singapore when it comes to that. But, I love the way Saxon has incremental learning and lots of review.

However, I have found R&S to be the best of both. R&S teaches mental math tricks as well as having built in continual review.