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My 10 year old was bored at the glacial pace of 4th grade and begged for homeschooling. We just took her out 2 weeks ago. Having LOTS of trouble choosing the right math curriculum. We did several online trials but she hates videos. I think she'll do best with a good well-paced book that explains the concepts clearly and provides some (not too much) problems and quizzes. I assumed I'd do Singapore but looked at books and not so sure. Any recommendations? I heard Mammoth Math is good, I do not think she would like Saxon. We prefer mastery over spiral.

This is probably bad advice, but what I would do at that age and grade level I would probably start searching for a good pre-algebra textbook. I have read that pre-algebra is really a review of all elementary math. I would want to do curriculum compacting. You pre-test each new chapter. The chapters they obviously know well, you can skip. The chapters they don't understand you can find extra work for. Mammoth Math is good for that because you can buy just the booklet for the exact skill you need.

In the past, we've used Horizon, Singapore, and Teaching Textbooks. We are currently using Johns Hopkins on-line for math (note: you have to apply to their program), but will probably switch back to Teaching Textbooks when we are done.

It is in video format, but my DS10 doesn't view the online lessons. He reads them and then does the accompanying problems. Once complete, he does like to put his answers in the system, because they have these little animals that morph as you get answers right and he likes to watch that process.

I would check out Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) materials and Life of Fred.

There is also EPGY, which (like Singapore) has the advantage of having been around and working well for large numbers of people homeschooling HG/+ kiddos for decades.

I might try running through a beginning-of-course pre-algebra assessment for 'readiness' and see what needs work.

Most major textbook publishers have those included in the first few chapters of the book. Our public library and university library both have math textbooks in the reference section, so you could photocopy from one if that is an option locally.

Pearson might even have a sort of abbreviated version on-line-- PHSchool.com somewhere in the textbook companion sites, by the way.

The DD8 is not even tickled by the 'regular programming' at her elementary school so we have supplemented 'after hours'. We have used the First in Math online program and the Singapore Maths programs here. I was recently made aware of the 'Challenging Word Problems' series also from Marshall Cavendish that appears to supplement the Singapore Maths series. I was impressed with the challenging word problems - even the first exercise of the 4th grade ones introduced problems that can be solved with simultaneous linear equations. The DD8 loves these problems because they make her think.