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[quote=Anonymous]Doing Kumon from preK - 3rd/4th grade or even 1-4th really is beneficial in getting down all math facts and computational addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Kumon emphasizes speed and accuracy. My kids did Kumon up through level E or F which is fractions /decimals.

Becoming fast and accurate makes doing extra math work a breeze because school math takes only a few minutes to do. Being able to instantly reduce fractions , change between decimals and fractions, and quickly add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions makes algebra so much easier.

Then one of my kids who loves math moved in to AOPS pre algebra and continued through the series (doing the books not the classes).

The other moved through Singapore math then took online algebra and higher level classes. This child was a string math student but doesn’t love math. There is no point in doing AOPS with a child who doesn’t adore math and want to think about math problems. It was much more efficient to directly teach math so math at school was never new. Teachers saw those children as amazing at math when in actuality child was a good math student who was accelerated due to all the work. Sibling is the one with the real math talent.

We aren’t white or Asian but I grew up in CA with many Korean friends. I learned getting ahead and being exposed to new concepts allows you to be a top math student. So I did the same with my kids who are now in high school easily getting A’s in most advanced math classes. Being told all your life how good you are in math builds confidence.

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