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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid currently goes to both and it a grade ahead at both. She loves math and her school curriculum is nowhere near where she is so I have to supplement. I really like them both. Previously we also tried mathnasium, kumon, Aloha, math tutor. RSM and AOPS are different but equally great, definitely much better than other enrichment classes we had. They both force kids to develop logic problem solving skills as opposed to going parallel to what school curriculum is. I do not like online classes as much as I liked in person, because in both schools there is just one teacher and 17-18 kids, which is a lot. However it is still better in my opinion than any other math programs and way cheaper than having a tutor. If you can, enroll her in both. It’s only once a week each and their curriculum are different for the same grade level. [/quote]

Would you mind sharing your experience with Aloha compared to the other programs? I am thinking of enrolling my kindergartener in aloha since she isn’t getting much out of distance learning. Thank you[/quote]

I am personally not a fan of Aloha. We tried both ( language and math) for about 3-4 months. And honestly I should have left sooner.
I just wanted to be fair and gave it a try. At math classes they use abacus tool to help them add and subtract fast. That is all they do. Just arithmetic with abacus , over and over and over again. Starting with single digit numbers, moving to double, but still the same add/subtract and nothing else. My kiddo got very bored and you honestly can have the same or even better results by just using workbooks at home.
English seemed to be more engaging and interesting, and she really liked her teacher. The problem was that their books have A LOT of misspellings and A LOT of grammar mistakes. I mean , almost every page of their workbook  had a few grammar and spelling mistakes. Things like: She go ( instead of goes) to school every day. So we had to switch to tutoring for English. [/quote]

Thank you! How old is your daughter? Since mine is so young, figured that Aloha would be good for a year or so to drill those math facts in her head, and then we could move to something more substantive like Russian Math. [/quote]

She is 7 now, 2nd drake in regular school and 3rd grade in both RSM and AoPS. We started math classes when she was four, it was more like a game type studying at that age though. If you decide to go with RSM or AOPS they will do assessment for your child to see where she is in math. It can be the same grade as her current school class or might be not. Also, in RSM they have three levels for each grade. [/quote]

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