Another "average" mom here. You say your husband is good at math, well here's how we do it here in our family. We use the hands-on math in the guides with the workbooks suggested by HOD. But by the 3A/3B level I was not doing a good job (math is semi-independent by this stage so my DD was completing her workbook pages on her own). My husband would look over her work in the evening and find several she had done wrong that I had failed to check as wrong for her to redo. I was also pregnant at the time - no brain cells left for math work apparently. So he took over. My DD does her math on her own as well as she can during the day and he works with her in the evening, going over what she's done, having her correct mistakes, and discussing the concepts with her. He does such a great job! He is a better teacher than I am. I am so thankful he can do this with her and impart his love for math to her also.
To my own shame, I have a Computer Science degree so I can do math. And I even had the answer key and was unable to do a good job of checking over the math work. So: encourage your DH to get involved with it even now. When they are young they need the feedback right away so I am still doing the math during the day with my younger 2, but as they get older they will be able to do it more on their own and maybe wait for Daddy to be able to work with them. But he looks at their workbooks and talks to them about what they are learning too, even though I've completed it with them.
I think HOD is an excellent resource for an "average mom." It certainly has worked well for me, and while I may have a degree, I would say I am not naturally a good teacher. And as others have mentioned, I remember little from my elementary education. It is great to learn with my kids all over again about history and read these living books. It is a much more enjoyable way to learn, for sure, and I think will be more memorable. The stories really grip you and help you remember. I loved reading as a child and lived in the world of the stories in my books. If I'd had THESE books to read, imagine what I would have learned.
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