Math enrichment over the summer - rising 1st

[Anonymous]

I have been underwhelmed by the kindergarten math curriculum at our school. I would like to do some work with my daughter over the summer in the hopes that she can begin with the level 1 Beast Academy books next year. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with her over the summer? TIA.

[Anonymous]

Get the Beast Academy Level 1 books and start 1A at a very gentle pace. If it ends up easy for her, you might be able to finish 1A/B over the summer and then sign her up for 1 C/D in the Fall.

[Anonymous]

But realize you are setting her up to be really bored at school.

[Anonymous]

beast academy books are math only, get boring quickly.

At a fraction of that cost, there are summer bridge books from amazon that cover not just math, but also Reading Comprehension, Writing, Science

https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Bridge-Activities%C2%AE-Grades-Activities/dp/1483815811

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been underwhelmed by the kindergarten math curriculum at our school. I would like to do some work with my daughter over the summer in the hopes that she can begin with the level 1 Beast Academy books next year. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with her over the summer? TIA.

What kindergarten math curriculum?

[Anonymous]

Skip the worksheets and books for the summer and just buy some dice and play different dice games for more fun and playful way to learn math!

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/learning-toolkit-blog/math-games-using-dice-kids-aged-3-7.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been underwhelmed by the kindergarten math curriculum at our school. I would like to do some work with my daughter over the summer in the hopes that she can begin with the level 1 Beast Academy books next year. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with her over the summer? TIA.

What kindergarten math curriculum?

OP here. Our school uses Eureka.

Thanks to the PP for the summer bridge suggestions. I'll take a look and agree it would be good to do ELA as well as math.

And to the other PP who mentioned boredom--I know this could get worse with supplementation. But my kid is already bored, and I would like her to at least have some challenge outside of school. And my understanding is that Beast Academy gets them to think more creatively about problems. (I may be wrong on that, as we never used it with my older kid.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get the Beast Academy Level 1 books and start 1A at a very gentle pace. If it ends up easy for her, you might be able to finish 1A/B over the summer and then sign her up for 1 C/D in the Fall.

That sounds like a good plan, thank you! - OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Skip the worksheets and books for the summer and just buy some dice and play different dice games for more fun and playful way to learn math!

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/learning-toolkit-blog/math-games-using-dice-kids-aged-3-7.html

Look up dice games for kids- 50, 100, pig, knock out, three or more, lu-lu, martinetti, list goes on