Ok, thanks. It doesn't sound like it's as bad as Everyday Math, but that's probably not saying much. DS has done some Singapore math and I like how that curriculum let's them (or even encourages them) to solve things in their head rather than writing down every single step. It suits DS in particular. He has no idea how he solves things half the time, or if he does, he can't explain it. He did 12X18 in his head last night in about 10 seconds (he had to figure out how many inches are in 18 feet), and he did not like the idea of writing 12X18 down on graph paper like the teacher wants, and doing the actual computations on paper. Personally I think he needs to learn to write because he makes too many errors, but not write excessively either. DD is better about writing things down, but not great.