My oldest liked snap circuits at that age. We worked the book together at first. Also Klutz makes some lego "simple machines" books.

Welcome! You could start with the How Smart is Your Baby book (http://www.amazon.com/How-Smart-Your-Baby-Revolution/dp/0757001947/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1434768266&sr=1-1&keywords=how+smart+is+your+baby). This starts with activities to be used from birth. At 2 months there are lots of visual stimulation exercises and mobility exercises that are recommended. Doman mom has all of the cards needed for the program on her site (http://domanmom.com/2014/06/newborn-stimulation-all/) they can be easily printed off. What I did was print them, laminate and then hole punch them, then put them in order in a binder to make it easy to grab and go.

I used early learning with my 2 early children, and now have a new little one who is 5 weeks.

My younger son (age 5) is working at a 3rd grade level in all subjects. If you look at this thread it shows his progress:

http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-to-read/reading-update-with-my-3-year-old/

My elder is 9 and is working at an 8th grade level.

I agree with momtobee the only other program I'd add would be readingeggs which both my children enjoyed and benefited from. The nice thing with that program is its often easy to get several months free and then discounts on the monthly cost.

For early bird we just did the workbooks. For level A we did the textbook and workbooks. The text books add quite a few extra problems with pictures which was helpful in explaining new concepts. In level 2 we added the HIG. It tells you what text pages to do with which workbook pages, it offers ways to explain new concepts with manipulatives, it suggests games to help with fact memorization and mental math strategies. It also and has mental math worksheets to do most days. I find it helpful, is it "necessary"? No you could certainly just use the other 2 books, but I do like the mental math strategies and mental math worksheets.  My son does have great number sense and so we haven't needed the extra practice book. Often he will choose to do 2 lessons a day. At this point we are just trying to decide if he should move on to Saxon after 2b or do level 3. He completely understands addition, subtraction multiplication and division. He has the mult/div facts memorized through the 6's and uses skip counting to calculate the rest. So, we may just put him through to so on do as to not hold him back, although I do like the mental math skills he's gained in Singapore.

We have been using it for a while with my youngest who turned 5 in October. He is finishing 2B after this level we will either have him do level three or transition him over to Saxon 4/5 (which is the program his older brother does, and we plan to use through calculus). It has been very helpful in developing mental math skills and number sense, which is something I feel like we could have done better with for his older brother.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/africa/esther-okade-maths-genius/index.html

Anyone see this article? I thought it was great that they are working to start a school in Nigeria to incorporate some of the techniques they used with their own children.

[How are you guys finding Saxon Math at this point in your journey?]

How are you guys finding Saxon Math at this point in your journey?
It is working well for us, it is not an "exciting" program but it is complete and I feel like he is getting a top notch math education. For us the spiral method is the right choice. I have found so many times that if kids take a break from a skill they forget it, and that is why we chose to stay away from mastery programs from the upper elementary years on. My 8 year old started 5/4 at age 6. My younger son who just turned 5 will start within the next year.
What age did your kid start Saxon?
My older son started Saxon at age 6. I intend to start with my younger son after he completes the 3rd grade curriculum of the program he is using now (Singapore).
What did you use prior to Saxon?
With my older son we used a mix of flashcards, Kumon and Jones Genius. I felt like although those programs really helped with the mechanics of math they didn't instill the intrinsic number sense I was hoping he would have. So with my younger son we have done Singapore and I feel like he has the "number sense" that I was looking for. I plan on keeping him on Singapore until he finishes grade 3 then switching to Saxon 5/4.
What made you chose Saxon over other, equally popular programs?
Spiral program, comprehensive, goes through calculus, proven track record.
Are you using the older editions or newer editions?
Older editions written by John Saxon before they were sold to Houghton-Mifflin.
Do you use the "Warm up" and drill sheets that come with the Saxon books?
Yes, we also have the boys do fact practice in a flashcard format using Sterling Math facts to make sure the facts are really internalized. The warm ups teach mental math strategies and offer one complex problem each day to test your problem solving skills. The drill sheets help with fact memorization. In the level my son is in now he is also memorizing conversions with them and measurement facts.
How do you teach it? Do you use the white board to present the lessons or does your child just read the lesson from the book?
My son does his corrections from the day before and any that are still wrong we do together. He then reads the lesson, does the sample problems on scratch paper with the book, times himself on the drill sheet and then does the lesson.
Do you "tweak" Saxon to keep it fun--If so, what do you do to keep it "fun"?
We do not tweak Saxon, but we do give him a reward whenever he finishes a book. He can also get "Wii time" by getting 100% on lessons/drill sheets.
Now that you've had more time and experience with the program, can you offer a review of it and give some tips about what you would and would not do if you had it to do all over?
I plan on doing things the same way again next time.

Maybe you could you order something like this?

http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Dellosa-Thinking-Kids-Classroom-Money/dp/B00B1Z6RG4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1411862871&sr=8-5&keywords=coins+math

Or this which has 30 pennies, 20 each of nickles, dimes, and quarters, 4 half-dollars, and 2 sacageweas for $5.95
http://www.amazon.com/pennies-nickles-quarters-half-dallars-sacageweas/dp/B00004WKOU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1411862871&sr=8-6&keywords=coins+math

Or this one has 98 coins for $2.25
http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Dellosa-Thinking-Kids-Math-Student/dp/B00B1Z6QXS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411862871&sr=8-1&keywords=coins+math

Has anyone read "John Saxon's Story, a genius of common sense in math education"? I heard some good things about it on another forum I frequent. For those like me who use (or are planning to use) Saxon with their children I think it may offer some important insight. The poster on the other forum said that there is "a ton of information including philosophies, his purposes for each specific book which books should be taught when and why, how he fought to reform education in America and what he saw as the deficiencies in the educational system".

Anyway I'll probably get it, but also thought it might be interesting to some of you as well.

How exciting for you! Is he just doing math or any other classes? My son turned 8 in May and is about 1/2 done with 7th grade Saxon math. My 4 year old is about to start grade 2 Singapore math. I would love to know what materials you use, or has it been through a school? What about writing? My kids are both about 4 years ahead with everything except maybe only 2 in writing. I  feel like that would be the thing that would hold them back from college level work.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm going to check those out. we were thinking about Elements:Ingredients of the Universe, but I'm worried that he is gong to be disappointed that it is still not the level he was looking for.

My 8 year old wants a chemistry textbook. He has experience with his chemistry sets and books for younger children, but he wants "an adult book, with small print and over 100 pages that explains things. Not just how to do experiments." I don't want to actually get him a college level text, but maybe middle school or high school. He is requesting the same thing for physics. I have given him many general books on these subjects, but I think he wants something more meaty.  I was wondering if any Brillkids parents have any suggestions to start me off?

No problem, I was struggling with committing to buy books and then not being sure if I was purchasing the correct edition until I was able to actually look at it first hand. So I was hoping this would help a few other people.

[Math 76: Either the hardback 3rd Ed or the new soft cover 4th Ed. (The Math content of both editions is the same)]

I was struggling with finding the right edition books. The once I found them ensuring that the homeschool packet (the answer key with the problems worked out) and the test forms (which has the daily fact practice and other non-reusable rescources for the lessons) corresponded to that book.

As you may know I am pretty type A, so I complied a list of the editions I had researched and found to be best (I mostly referrenced Art Reed's website for info on the books) and found the corresponding ISBNs so that when searching on amazon and other book sites you can be sure the books go together. When there was an option between 2 books I choose hardcover over softcover and corresponding chapters listed if possible. I hope this helps some of you.

One happy note, my 7 year old finished Saxon 6/5 today and will be starting 7/6 tomorrow. He is thrilled with his progress
                             
Math 76: Either the hardback 3rd Ed or the new soft cover 4th Ed. (The Math content of both editions is the same)
3rd edition ISBN:1-56577-153-2, Homeschool Packet ISBN:1-56577-156-7, Test Forms ISBN:1-56577-157-5             

Math 87: Either the hardback 2nd Ed or the new soft cover 3rd Ed. (The Math content of both editions is the same)
2nd Ed ISBN:1-56577-188-5; Homeschool Packet ISBN:1-59141-168-8; Test Forms ISBN:1-59141-169-6                       

Algebra 1/2: Use only the 3rd Edition. (Book has the lesson reference numbers added)
ISBN:1-56577-149-4, Homeschool Packet ISBN:1-59141-172-6; Test Forms ISBN:1-59141-173-4; Homeschool Kit ISBN: 1-565-77499-X

Algebra 1:  Use only the 3rd Edition. (Book has the lesson reference numbers added)
ISBN: 1-56577-134-6; Homeschool Packet  ISBN: 1-56577-138-9; Test Forms ISBN: 1-56577-139-7   

Algebra 2:  Use either the 2nd or 3rd Editions. (Content is identical. Lesson reference numbers added to the 3rd Ed)
3rd ed ISBN: 1-56577-140-0;Homeschool Testing Book ISBN: 1-60032-014-7

Advanced Mathematics:   Use only the 2nd Edition: (Lesson reference numbers are found in the solutions manual, not in the textbook)
ISBN:1-56577-039-0; Homeschool Packet ISBN:1-56577-159-1; Test Forms ISBN:1-56577-160-5;

Calculus:  Either the 1st or 2nd Edition
2nd ed ISBN:1-56577-146-X; Answer Key  ISBN:1-56577-182-6; Homeschool Testing Book ISBN-13: 978-1-6003-2015-6;  ISBN-10: 1-6003-2015-5

We started 5/4 when my son was 6, but honestly we should have started sooner. We kept waiting for him to have all of his facts "memorized", but he kept working them out. Eventually we just moved on to 5/4. He has done great with it and is finishing 6/5. When I look at his math now I am very happy. He is able to read word problems and figure out how to solve them and what operation to use. He continues his daily fact practice as is recommended in the Saxon, but he also does Sterling Math facts 250 problems a day. Hopefully he will finish 7/6 before his 8th birthday. I like that Saxon has a mix of mental math, rote memorization and problem solving. My older son also benefits from the spiral method where you review concepts that were previously covered so they are not forgotten. It is not exciting, but it is effective and my "non-mathy" son is very strong in math using this program.

My younger son is currently using Singapore. We plan on going through the third grade level and then moving over to Saxon for him as well.

We own Right Start, but honestly it was too teacher intensive for us, my children struggled with the visualization and I didn't feel we were able to move as quickly.