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[quote=Anonymous]I've recommended Beast Academy in another thread, so I hope this isn't redundant, but we did the same switch at the same time you are considering. Singapore Math was great for fundamentals. It taught number sense and approach to computation in a way I found far superior to what was being taught in school. Learning subtraction as deconstructing groups vs taking away alone was worth all true work we put in! After second grade, though, I wasn't as excited about a solid improvement on the basics, I wanted something that really went beyond.

I'm almost jealous you will have the oppprtuntuy to use their second grade curriculum, and I'd encourage you to look at it when it comes out. Beast Academy adds a whole level of depth that compliments school math rather than just improves upon it. It was a completely different experience than using Singapore math. Except for a few key chapters (like times tables), there was very little repetition. It was more like exploring progressively harder puzzle books. 
For perimeter and area, for example, you'd start off with your basics of calculating perimeter. Then you'd get a known perimeter and have to figure out missing sides. Then, without any further instruction, you'd get a rectangle with three sides missing and have to figure them out from the perimeter. That could be a day or two of work, but it's not, IME working concepts to mastery, it's expanding concepts.

I guess my only caveat, again not knowing the second grade curriculum which isn't out yet, is that I wouldn't switch a kid who wasn't really secure in basic operations. There's no drilling that and they will be frustrated. But, in third grade, there's basically a point where they tell you stop, learn the times tables, and come back they are solid. So maybe they will do something similar in second for adding and subtracting.[/quote]

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