Ducking in here curious about the BEST math curriculum, particularly for a HG kid who's skittish about math. My daughter does 'Life of Fred' at her school supplemented with IXL practice and it's not working for her. She likes that Life of Fred has CONTEXT (how would you use this math in the real world) but thinks it lacks CONCEPT (why do these techniques work, what's the theory behind them). At least this is what I gather from her less than coherent feedback. I think last year the teacher made a point of including the concept stuff, but this year she feels like she's not getting taught math. The teacher works through sample problems and they practice using IXL (I think that a lot of people would say this is teaching, but I think she's looking for something more here). And IXL's scoring system just drives her nuts.
We have the option of switching to different curriculum, but which one?
