Beast, Beast, Beast.

I have 2 kids who did Beast. Older one is the traditional "math kid" : math-loving, 3B1B-watching, contest-winning, highly-accelerated kind. Did all the problems in the online courses and some of the workbooks, a year ahead of school class.

Younger is in the common Honors track, does school work but is math shy, afraid of competition, and a little embarrassed that older one is more accelerated. DC's cried sometimes while trying to do Beast work (because DC is afraid of making mistakes - anxious personality in general), but has read all the comic textbooks (above and below grade level) a dozen times, and when DC pushes through fear, performs far above what DC thinks their level is.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your poor child.

+1

Is your DC struggling or are you pushing? And if you're pushing, why? Because 2nd grade math isn't "rigorous" enough for you?

Maybe OP’s kid likes math??

My kid loved math and BA was an awesome addition to the boring math they had to do at school. Kept my kid interested and engaged and excited about Math.

I remember buying the comics when DC was in 1st grade but they didn't really get into BA until the online program was released. This was the fall of their 3rd grade and there was no material for grades 1 and 2 then. I think their content is great but especially for early ES I gravitate to more traditional materials. Once they master the basics though I'd switch to BA probably no later than 4th.

As a math teacher who has her kids in private school and is disappointed at what they are receiving there: I say go for Beast Academy. Your child can continue with it in the upper grades too. I use the workbooks and guidebooks at home. We read the guidebook together, and then they do the pages on their own, with my support, if needed. We started with the 2A,B,C,D and now we finishing 3rd. If you know how to do the bar model strategy used in Singapore, you can always teach that to them as well. But I would say BA will give you the full curriculum esp. as they grow into the upper elementary grades.