We used the basic work books from Signapour math. They do offer more then just the mechanics of math, they have logic and reasoning. DS7 liked the workbooks. In California Signapour is offered as an everyday cirriculium, however our public school does not use it. Each district is different on what they decide to use. We did bring the workbook with us during our first meeting. The Achievment test along with the IQ test seemed to help the most. The SCAT test is to short to show holes, it is just another test results, that can be added to the overall picture. The math club (Math Olympiad) does not require ay profesional teaching degree or certfication. Our public school also did not require anything in the way of certification or credentials. (This was good because I don't have any, no degrees, and I am only OK at math, I am a Realtor not a Math wiz) The program comes with worksheets, answers and how to arrive at them. The Math Olympiad program does ask that a teacher help proctor the 5 contests (One a month). The school was very receptive, it did take some time to start but has gone well. I will hopefully run it again next year and will make some changes. It is a learning experance for me also. The Math Olympiad is dificult (In my opinon). The 5 problems given each month for the contest have a range of dificulty. The school is a K-5 with arround 600 children. The contest is for 4-6 grade. I started with about 50+ students (Next time I will limit it to 15-20 with some sort of test). I am now at around 20, of which maybe 10 are doing ok. No one has answered all 5 contest questions correct. Most can only answer 1 question, a few can answer 2, and only about 3 can answer 3. (DS7 is one of them). I do not teach math, I try to teach problem solving. I also try to keep it fun with mental math tricks. In regards to the school, I just asked and pushed a little and they agreed, its been kind of like learning to swim by jumping in the deep end of the pool.
