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Ania, thank you so much for the link. This is exactly what I need right now. If you have any additional suggestions for 5 yr old in K please post them. He is K on paper only, they give him higher grades material in school.

LMom

I really like www.aleks.com, which is mentioned in the FAQ by Mr. Bunday. It is $20 per month if you do it privately, but if your school/teacher orders it, it is only $35 or so per year !
You can log on for a 48 hour free preview trial.
Aleks is a regular tutorial site.
See if your son could do it for like 10/15 min each day at school.


Also, check out www.beestar.org
Their spring session starts this Sunday. It covers not only math, but grade level math is free.
Those are only excercises with immediate feedback.
He could also do them at school.

Again, Singapore Math Series, especially challenge problems books. Forget about any other workbooks. If you buy any, buy those.

Good luck LMom :-). Please remember, that the most important part of a good math education is the understanding of "why". Do not rush forward, go deep and wide :-)(but truthfully, if you know how to add, you know how to add and then you have to go forward )

Can a home school teacher get aleks for $35 per year?

??? Call and ask :-)

Thanks for the suggestions. I love Singapore workbooks they are really well done. I use them mostly as a reference just to know in which order they introduce things. Dh and I are both into math and we sometimes get into interesting problems and forget that DS better learn the basics first. Lately DS has been doing exercises from the workbooks because that's what his heart desires right now. May be I should leave only the challenge workbook (I have only one) lying around.

We do beestar GT together. It's a nice way to come across different problems and concepts. Time to sign him up for the next session if he still wants to do it.

I checked Alex long time ago and at that time it was too early, but it would be probably a good fit now.