Update on how Konos is working for me, and a view of Singapore math

I wrote earlier that we use the Konos curriculum and that I enjoy it very much for my family. I can honestly say that things are going very well. Aside from the problem I have every year of introducing a new level of expectation to my oldest and waiting for him to grasp ownership of it, our school year is going VERY well. I had a few weeks that everything in our personal life got off schedule which greatly effected our school schedule, but we are almost on track for every subject, the only one we are behind on is Math, and that is easily remedied because Caeden has a minimum of one assignment to complete every day and an hour to do it, so if he finishes the assignment he moves on to the next one and works until the timer goes off, so eventually he will most likely be caught up without putting too much emphasis on it. And that brings me to my next subject! MATH! I HATE math. I honestly only feel confident doing math in my head up to a 3rd grade level, and after that require either a.) a lot of time, or b.) a calculator to figure it out. I'm almost ashamed to say this, but everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and I'm able to teach a lot of things I can not do myself, so I feel that I should be able to teach my kids math far longer than I feel confident doing it (especially with the teachers guide in hand!) I researched many math curriculum, saxon math, math you can see, Hands on Math, Abeka, and the list goes on. Math is such an important area to me because I myself have very little skill in it and know that I need a curriculum that I can teach and understand above anything else. For the rest of my curriculum choices I based my decisions entirely on how my children learn (mostly my oldest son since he is the only one up until this point who is in school full time). Math however was chosen based on my own strengths and weaknesses. I want to be absolutely sure I can understand what I am teaching my children before expecting them to learn it themselves. I had never heard of Singapore math until I found a review on it. The things I read were pretty impressive. It is a sort of unorthodox method of teaching but amazingly I understood it and thought it would be a good fit for us. The first books (which we completed last year) were so totally different than what I had learned in public school as a child that I was shocked. I understood it all for more than one reason... a.) it is first grade math, pretty easy! b.) it is taught the way I learn!!! I've NEVER seen a math program that I understand as much as I do this one. Now we are in book 2a, and while reviewing the material we would be going over this year I was terrified to learn that he would be really truly beginning to learn multiplication this year! That means that he is going to hit my level of math far sooner than he would in public school or with a different teaching method. But I'm not totally freaking out, because I do math with him every day, and if I'm doing it then I'm getting more practice with it and more understanding as well. I also feel like I'm being given a second chance at learning how to do math myself. True next year I'm going to have to buy the teachers edition so that I can be sure he is actually doing all of the work correctly, but that is ok, I get to learn right beside my children. Singapore math is a slow introduction to all areas of math, and though it isn't that great for teaching currency or learning to tell time, it does go over both subjects and does an ok job of introducing them. It is in my humble opinion that Singapore math is a great unconventional way to teach math to the child (or parent) who doesn't learn in a typical fashion. My husband who loves math and learns in the typical fashion isn't the greatest fan of the method, but as mentioned already it is awesome at helping me to teach my children. Also, when I teach math with my son, I LOVE using a tiny white board/chalkboard right at the table, and my son thinks it is great fun to be able to use the white board when he is doing his equations. That is probably my favorite purchase for school EVER! Happy Homeschooling!