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What book, the pre-algebra? Or Algebra?

Pre-algebra.

Just got the books in the mail. Not sure I should have bothered with the Algebra Book. There isn't much in book my son hasn't already covered in his Algebra Class. He is currently doing Logs & Exponents, But the Challenge problems look very good. The problems look easy at first, but when you start thinking about them not at all obvious. And there is no Trig in this book at all. The Counting & Probability book starts with material my son did last semester and gets more challenging.

I can see why these books would appeal to parents homeschooling their gifted kid. They seem very accessible to elementary school kids.

This was recently discussed in the thread "On-line computer programming class?" in the message
http://giftedissues.davidsongifted....line_computer_programmin.html#Post180090 and following.

Thanks.. I posted at the top of that thread but never saw the bottom for some reason. Guess I'll see how the math books work first. Problem with the class is that the only summer class takes ALL summer, and my son already has other commitments. And during the school year he is already too busy.

Maybe i am a freak but to me Maths education isn't a race to be 'King of the castle' and acquire all of the methods but rather it is about acquiring a solid mental toolkit with which to solve diverse problems and to be able to understand the 'why' as much as the 'how' so that rules can be derived from first principles.

So far, the AoPS pre-algebra class has demonstrated that it fits that bill. Starting all the way back at the rules of Arithmetic and then working forwards... It is a bit slow but it is rigourously slow which is OK in my book.

My son is finishing the AoPS Intro to Number Theory book. He is self-studying as the timing of the online course is not convenient and I am not sure necessary. There have been a few chapters he breezed through and others have been quite challenging.

This is his second AoPS course (first was Intro to Programming) and I like their material.

He did EPGY for Pre-Algebra, Algebra and Intermediate Algebra. I think AoPS may be a better course as the questions seem more challenging.

I have also purchased AoPS Intro to Geometry and AoPS Counting and Probability that he will do next. EPGY's Geometry course was not very good.

Did he do the Intro to Programming as a Class? I don't see books? How old was he when he completed it. Just wondering if it was something my son could do as self study this summer.

There was no textbook when my son took the class. There are lots of books on Python, but some of them are aimed at professional programmers who have used other languages. You can search Amazon for "python computer science" to find books on Python for introductory computer science classes which do not assume prior programming experience. The book "Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus" by Charles Dierbach is recommended by Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python.

I have python & C, & C++ etc books. Professionally I am a computer programmer (although I haven't worked in a few years) & my husband is also in the field. Tried teaching my son a little programming when he was 12 and it didn't really work.