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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) Core Knowledge Series - edited by E.D Hirsch
 -  What Your Preschooler Needs to Know: Get Ready for Kindergarten (The Core Knowledge Series) https://www.amazon.com/What-Your-Preschooler-Needs-Know/dp/0385341989/
      There are 8 books in all - preschool, kindergarten, grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

2) Core Knowledge Foundation website  https://www.coreknowledge.org/

Curriculum from K-8 - https://3o83ip44005z3mk17t31679f-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CKFSequence_Rev.pdf

[b]3) Math competency -  https://www.aleks.com  (nominal fees is involved)[/b]

4) For those who have lagged behind in Maths because of 2.0  There are some fantastic course that go in a very linear and logical manner.  Spend some money on this. Buy courses taught by James Sellers. Math, Algebra 1 and Algebra 2.

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/mastering-the-fundamentals-of-mathematics.html

5) http://www.beestar.org/   for worksheets and resources.

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For parents (K-12) who are unsure about the Math competency of their kids,  ALEKS  is a great tool  to for the following - assessment of content knowledge, tutoring in the area of need and reassessment to check for content mastery.

In other words, this website does all - it figures out what your kid does not know and then teaches it to them till they master it. I would give it higher marks than any tool or tutoring service in the market right now.

A boon for busy parents and it is very inexpensive.  As long as your kid does the work, you should see significant results.

Another useful tip - many institutes of higher learning are also using ALEKS for placement of their students in Math.

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Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course she is taking.

ALEKS also provides the advantages of one-on-one instruction, 24/7, from virtually any Web-based computer for a fraction of the cost of a human tutor.[/i][/quote]

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