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    ljoy, lots of nice resources that I know my daughter will like. Thanks

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    Another one for middle school up is elements of mathatics fundamentals.

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    We're doing a combo of Derek Owens PreAlgebra at an accelerated (2x) pace and Critical Thinking Company's Discovering Geometry for dd9. We do/ have done Alcumus, Zaccaro, and Creative Problem Solving in School Mathematics. Dd does a lot of math on her own, so I'm really gap-filling. AoPS PreA would not be a good fit here, either. She loves Murderous Maths, though.

    We came from Singapore 5, did a quick spin through Math Mammoth 6(about 4 months), and will probably move on to Jacobs Algebra when we finish Derek Owens. We could have skipped the Math Mammoth (or maybe went straight to the Jacobs), but I guess I don't feel like it was wasted time. It really has helped dd learn to "read to learn". I also wanted more time to work on math facts.

    If you didn't want to full course for Derek Owens PreA, you can get away with just the workbooks (about $20 each for 2). The answers are in the back for the initial problem set. The tests, exams, and extra homework pages and answers for those three things are on the flash drive.

    ETA, videos for the whole program are here: http://www.lucideducation.com/?p=PrealgebraPre.php

    They are Mr. Owens walking through the problems, but he makes things clear, works neatly (unlike Khan Academy), and his videos are short.

    ETA: I just re-read your OP (but not the whole thread). Why not stick with Fred?

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    Originally Posted by puffin
    Another one for middle school up is elements of mathematics fundamentals.

    I have been told in private the eIMACs really does not want 9 year olds. My dd had scored very high on the placement test, but I was waved off by a mom whose son had tried it before 10 and had a bad experience. I think it could be a really good fit for some kids, but Elements folks really want the maturity as well as the ability.

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    We went from SM 5 to Discovering Math/Dimensions Math with our first, and from 6 to same with the next child, each at about age 9. It's the middle school series from SM. Four courses of integrated pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and beginning geometry. We've found it quite good, but not realistic for independent work. Parental support was definitely required at the younger ages, though after about 11 or 12, it started to become easier.


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    What about this:

    http://cty.jhu.edu/descartes/about/

    I haven't used it. I've just seen flyers around. It looks like a game.

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