I'm totally on the same page but didn't realize that it had to with time of year. I have been frustrated with DD8's math pace since the school year started so I started Aleks in the middle of the year. Now I realize that she has not advanced much in reading/language arts wrt critical thinking skills I guess you'd call it. Most likely due to lack of exposure and waiting for everyone to catch up. argghhh. It is frustrating. I was so exctied to hear that our class finally started cursive a couple of weeks ago when other classes had started long before.
