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I just wanted to say Thank you to all the parents who have enrolled students and made this program possible, and for all your patience and understanding while I learned how to run the program and troubleshoot problems. We now have 60 students and are continuing to grow.

Are you still accepting students into your fold?

Our school initially said they would cover EPGY, but are now back-pedaling a bit... so I may have to foot the bill myself.

Is there any functional difference between going through your group and paying the $$$ to go direct through EPGY? I understand the no direct tech support, but is the content, pacing or general functionality any different?

If there's a thread that already discusses this, please feel free to point me in that direction.

Yes, I am still taking students.

The online material is the same as used in the individual program. The difference is that you are the teacher versus paying for one of their "tutors" to be available to you. I am then the liason between you and EPGY. So you email me first and if needed I will then in turn forward the problem to the right person at EPGY. There are two settings of instruction available, and some individual settings based on the student.

The original thread http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/ubbthreads.php/topics/52282/1.html

Melissa,
I PM'ed you. Thank you.

Have others been enjoying EPGY as much as we have? Thanks again to Melissa, et. al. for making it possible! Our DS5 gets basically no math in Kindergarten, so this is really the only place he gets to learn math at all formally. He plays a lot with various math games outside of EPGY too, but that's always so hit-or-miss. I love the idea that he's learning a full curriculum so that we'll have some idea how to place him next year.

So a question: Does anyone know how the EPGY math curriculum relates to what gets taught in schools? The emphasis on set theory seems a little odd, and not really what I remember from my childhood. But I may just be out of touch. If he's finished with Grade X in EPGY, do you suppose he should be prepared for Grade X+1 in the regular classroom? Grade X? Grade X+2? The Kindergarten teachers have been very supportive, and they seem simply to assume that he will be subject accelerated in math next year. But it would be good to have some idea what grade to recommend.

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We really like it too. My DS is also 5 and gets no math in Kindergarten and loves to play his math game (that's what he calls it:) ) at home. He does love the Language Arts as much but I think he needs a little more teaching in that area before he truly understand what they're talking about.

I have no idea if grade 1 corresponds to 1st grade or not.

what is the cost for this Math? Is everyone taking the same grade of Math or class? How do I find out more?

I don't really know how to answer your question but you might consider looking at your state dept of education and see if it is the same information. Will you get a report of your son's EPGY math mastery or testing so the school has a guide for placement?

Look for the EPGY thread on here. There's a group that you can join if there are spaces for $135 per school year. So much cheaper than doing it on your own.

We're really liking EPGY too. I also wondered how it compared to since DS has progressed from the K stuff to 2.6 already. He does 1 session a day for the most part and is loving the math races he has to do before each session (started at gr 2 lvl)

He only does the language arts about once a week. He doesn't like it as much but it starts at grade 2 and that seems about perfect since he's high 80s/low 90s on it.