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Anonymous wrote:It's only the parents that complain about ST Math. The kids don't mind.

My daughter and her friends burned the penguin in effigy, that’s how much they hated it.

Covid was a different story, PP.

Anonymous wrote:If ST is optional, just do free Khan or free AoPS Alcumus (for prealgebra+) instead.

Prodigy is 95% video game, and the bad parts. 5 % math

I doubt it's optional? I haven't yet asked but I thought the teachers require students to do it so that they can have some data on the kid. I might be wrong though.

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Anonymous wrote:My first grader went into first knowing multiplication and division. Loves math and strong math skills. He still LOVES ST math. Always a highlight of his week on the day where he gets to work on Gigi.

Yeah, I have strong math kids and they actually love ST Math. if they work quickly it gets pretty interesting.

Interesting how? Thank you for giving me some hope.

Anonymous wrote:My first grader went into first knowing multiplication and division. Loves math and strong math skills. He still LOVES ST math. Always a highlight of his week on the day where he gets to work on Gigi.

This is mindboggling to me. Your child was strong in math and didn't mind doing trivially easy work week after week? Is this what gamification does to the brain? Explain.

If ST is optional, just do free Khan or free AoPS Alcumus (for prealgebra+) instead.

Prodigy is 95% video game, and the bad parts. 5 % math

Anonymous wrote:My first grader went into first knowing multiplication and division. Loves math and strong math skills. He still LOVES ST math. Always a highlight of his week on the day where he gets to work on Gigi.

Yeah, I have strong math kids and they actually love ST Math. if they work quickly it gets pretty interesting.

Anonymous wrote:There are a few other math programs. I think prodigy and IXL are ones? Ask if the teacher would allow DC to work on those instead if you subscribe. ST Math is absolutely horrible and a waste of time

Unfortunately at some schools admin includes usage of certain programs in teacher evaluation metrics. If you’re at these schools, teachers use the programs because they’re essentially forced to.

Anonymous wrote:It's only the parents that complain about ST Math. The kids don't mind.

My daughter and her friends burned the penguin in effigy, that’s how much they hated it.

ST Math is great!

My first grader went into first knowing multiplication and division. Loves math and strong math skills. He still LOVES ST math. Always a highlight of his week on the day where he gets to work on Gigi.

It's only the parents that complain about ST Math. The kids don't mind.

There are a few other math programs. I think prodigy and IXL are ones? Ask if the teacher would allow DC to work on those instead if you subscribe. ST Math is absolutely horrible and a waste of time

Math is not the only subject at school

The computer program with no instructions and that stupid penguin?

Move to a different school district and/or drop kick the computer off a tall building.

In all seriousness I wish I could give you a hack - but it was awful for my kid in first grade - and she has a strong number sense. I see how it can work with some kids, but I disagreed with the 100% correct to move on aspect - especially when the program was glitchy. All it did was frustrate my kid.

I've talked with DC's teacher and was told she'd assign more appropriate work but nothin so far and not sure what she'll do even if she does assign something. DC is capable of waaaaay more advanced math and is being forced to start at a level well below DC's skill level (new to FCPS). What is this torture? What can I do? I was thinking he could plow through this at home to get to a more appropriate level but that seems like it's going to take a long boring time.

Help! DC enjoys math and I would like for school time to be spent actually learning something new.