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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Beast Academy.  Brought my kid up to 99% on standardized tests and they qualifed for our school's gifted program. Started sixth grade ready for Algebra. [/quote]

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Same experience. [/quote]

Did you do the same level as the grade level? So Beast 1 in 1st, Beast 2 in 2nd? Or did the child work a year ahead?[/quote]

Beast Academy targets very mathy kids. Relative handful will be working a year ahead.

My list, FWIW, of full programs I usually recommend, that are implementable at home.

Beast Academy: kids extremely strong in math, who enjoy puzzle solving and have a lot of self-motivation.

Singapore Math US Ed: Kids ranging from normal to extremely strong in math. Lots of direct instruction. Home instructor's guide is very good.

Rod and Staff Mathematics for Christian Living: Kids ranging from bad at math to normal. Amish/Mennonite. Much more repetition than SM US Ed, more concrete. Possibly easier on the parent to implement b/c while Singapore Math's bar models are extremely powerful, they're going to be unfamiliar.

Saxon Math, pref older editions: Spiral, not mastery program. There's a significant population of dyslexic kids that this seems to work well for, probably because they need enormous amounts of review.

Schoolaid (1-2)/Study Time (3-8): Another spiral program used by the Amish. Dyslexics who are bad at math. Wordier than Saxon, but slower moving and very, very concrete.  Study Time has excellent themed word problems.

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Supplements:

Math Facts that Stick series.

Kumon workbooks.

Life of Fred, if you have a kid strong in reading - very weird series, but kids who like it, like it. Not nearly enough repetition, IMHO, to serve as a spine.
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Is Life of Fred worth it for a mathy kid who is a couple grades ahead in math and also loves to read? Or is it meant to help kids get on level?[/quote]

I think it's more of a sidequest than something to really help a kid get on level. Try something either at, or just behind where he is in math, and see what he thinks. Not super expensive to get a used one.[/quote]

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