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    Apparently it's revolutionary and has almost no repetition. It's designed to help kids access their permanent memory centres. So you take child for assessment (free). They suggest placement in modular program. They teach parent how to do it at home and you pay a once off modular fee (meaning a family can use the same module over and over for each child at no extra cost). According to them, they can teach an average child the times tables in 10 minutes per day in 3 weeks so such a degree that they never forget it and know it totally well, backwards, forwards inside out etc.

    They don't mind kids skipping around in modules - so my child could easily do the Algebra module without doing division module for example.

    They also cover geometry, trigonometry, bonds for younger kids and a bunch of others.

    So I am wondering why I have never heard of this before, and if it's worth looking into. The cost is totally inexpensive in my mind for the times tables thing and that is something that both my mathy kids need right now - they are floating along learning them slowly but it's causing frustration for Aiden (7) in his Soroban abacus program currently as well as for his other stuff he keeps wanting to do.

    I know that this is usually the best motivation for HG+ kids to learn the times tables - my question to you, would you go for the assessments and get the program and try it? (both boys are keen in fact saying they will do it as we travel for three weeks in March around our country (road trip) and surprise everyone by knowing their times tables when we get back)

    I'm thinking it's worth a shot...


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    It sounds interesting. Is this program strictly local? Do you have the name of the program/method? Maybe a website?

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    I dunno. Honestly, the terms

    revolutionary
    access permanent memory centres
    no repetition
    never forget
    free assessment
    purchase modules


    Kind of make me wonder what METHOD they are promoting.

    Hypnosis??

    Because that is (seriously) about the only thing that I can think of that would truly work that way.


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    If it needs no repetition, then where's the value in being able to repeat modules over and over?

    I'm thinking the marketing department for this product is superior to their curriculum development department, because they're marketing something the company hasn't actually developed.

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    I am skeptical. It sounds too good to be true.

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    is it mathnasium?

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    Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
    I dunno. Honestly, the terms

    revolutionary
    access permanent memory centres
    no repetition
    never forget
    free assessment
    purchase modules


    Kind of make me wonder what METHOD they are promoting.

    Hypnosis??

    Because that is (seriously) about the only thing that I can think of that would truly work that way.

    That was my exact thought process as I stood there and listened to this guy wax lyrical while his associate stood dumbfounded while having a conversation with my 3 and 5 year olds (who were standing in the shopping cart at the time)

    He wanted to rush off and get the founder/developer of this program to come meet my kids but I was not in the mood for monkey ogling.



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    Originally Posted by Dude
    If it needs no repetition, then where's the value in being able to repeat modules over and over?

    I'm thinking the marketing department for this product is superior to their curriculum development department, because they're marketing something the company hasn't actually developed.
    No you can use the modules again for younger siblings - so I pay once and use it for the younger kids too!


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    I just found the site (have not looked at it myself just yet)
    http://www.k2u.co.za/home/

    The program is called (ta-dah) K2U Learning systems. Something in the brochure about him developing science stuff next.


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    The website is wordy (in very bad language) and has no information on the higher level maths at all! how annoying.

    I am put off just by the website now - urgh!


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