I believe RFP has something both those courses as semester long classes.

This is the class for AOPS Virtual Academy. The one associated with the live instruction in person campuses. https://virtual.aopsacademy.org/courses/year-round/math-6

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I wonder it the AOPS classes over at Royal Fireworks will help. WTMA might be strict about age. RWP supposedly is aiming at gifted education. The instructor (Allen Gross) over there is reponsive to emails.

We actually delayed AOPS geometry until after AOPS intermediate algebra to buy more time for maturity before reaching geometry. Patty Paper Geometry is excellent. I just taught that to a group of kids of mixed math ability (pre-a, algebra, and concurrent geometry)

@CondessaOr Math Without Borders. All of that is Foerster (except Geometry). I would have had no problem doing this. I slowed mine down because we were tandem doing Singapore and Beast. Then we worked through Jousting Armadillos first not because it was challenging but to make him learn to read a textbook and write out problems in an organized manner. Zaccaro. Glen Ellison. Cleo Borac. Patty Paper Geometry. Jacobs' Mathematics: A Human Endeavor. We did all this and more to go sideways and build EF skills along the way. We actually ended up doing Intermediate Algebra before Geometry (he doesn't love Geometry topics and finally has gotten over his proofs issues). It's onto Precalc this fall.

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You can do it the easy way and make a batch of lentils or beans for him him to have protein.

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It's a math curriculum that was developed for math adept students who need little repetition. It introduces depth which these students need. Unfortunately, far too many people don't understand that aspect of this curriculum and use it with students would need far more repetition. I have a gifted math learner but I never used it stand alone. I used it a level behind Singapore Math to introduce depth and interest, but I never used it stand alone. Philosophically, I subscribe more to the school of though that fluidity comes through familiarity. I don't drill and kill, but I believe that there is a certain level of mastery that comes only after you put in signficant time and effort. I recognize this is more in line culturally with my Asian background, but I don't agree with what goes on as the norm overseas in Asia around education.

I would say get the AOPS content math books. Look on this page and scroll down. https://artofproblemsolving.com/store/list/all-products This would be the way I would suggest to incorporate some of this with full solution manual or you can just use the free videos for PA and algebra and Alcumus problems. I really think Dimensions with the videos or if you do not want to teach it yourself. Do Amelia Chan's classes which uses Dimensions. https://www.mathamelia.com/classes It seems like you are attracted to conceptual math programs, but teaching it yourself is overwhelming. These are honors level math courses.

One thing that you should be aware of about AOPS. There is no repetition in the problem sets. Every problem builds off the previous ones and whatever conceptual leap you were supposed to make. If you need more practice, you do that by going on Alcumus. The curriculum is really designed for students who grasp math concepts quickly and do not need repetition before going very deeply into the topic. Drill and practice are not AOPS. If you want/need a curriculum to have drill and practice, then AOPS is probably not be a good fit. My son very rarely uses Alcumus.

It all depends on the student, and it depends on how you define pre-algebra. Art of Problem Solving pre-algebra looks so incredibly different and at such a depth that I hesitate to even call it just pre-algebra. I use pre-algebra to do a lot of other math topics, so for us, we did a lot of other exploration in math topics outside of arithmetic and traditional math sequence before moving on to higher level mathematics. Even doing that, we will be getting to pre-calc in 8th grade.

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I can scan some easy version of hymns that I have. Does anyone want an organist wedding songbook I have? I've been sitting on this thing for years.

Those are pretty helpful if you are in the math contest world. I do think that it is hard to find time to fit these in later. In my mind, I hate losing momentum once I get going on the calculus sequence with college level math courses as I fully expect him to continue onwards beyond calc BC. I'm trying to think about when to do statistics or whether or not to run that parallel in a given year. We totally do math during the summer as well. FWIW, he completed Intermediate Algebra and will be do Pre-Calc in the fall. We cover NT and C&P through our math circle, but we are looking at picking up courses over the summers in those topics specifically.

It doesn't mean that Jacobs necessarily intended it to be used instead of pre-algebra. He just thoroughly reviews all the topics before delving into the algebra topics. Remember this was a text written for use in public school, so students routinely had summer brain drain, so review is generally necessary.

If you want discovery approach, a far more accessible curriculum for younger accelerated students would be Jacobs' Algebra or Arbor's curriculum starting with Jousting Armadillos. The first 1/3 of Jacobs is pre-algebra. Many students have gone from from from MM6 or MM7 or SM5 ot SM6 directly into Jacobs. Even though this is currently published by Master Books, it has nothing to do with MB. There are DVDs that go along with it. Ignore the fact that it is published by them. Or if you really dislike the company. Look for old copies on the used market and old Dr. Callahan DVDs. MB only acquired the right to publich in the last couple of years.. https://www.masterbooks.com/jacobs-math-series A highly overlooked, but very enjoyable book from Harold Jacobs which is used by many accelerated math learners is Harold Jacob's Mathematics: A Human Endeavor. It can be used alongside pre-algebra work and explore many topics in math are never covered in traditional math sequence like number theory, probability, combiatronics, etc. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/649958.Mathematics_a_Human_Endeavor Another excellent resource during the pre-algebra/algebra years is Patty Paper Geometry by Michael Serra. This is a really wonderful hands on way to introduce geometric in a discovery based way as well. https://www.michaelserra.net/weblog/patty-paper-geometry-1.html

Well, now that I see you mention private school, it seems like paying for a class may be possible for you. If you really would like to consider AOPS, I would suggest you consider outsourcing this. Since you mention lively instruction, I suspect the online text based courses would not be a good fit, I would suggest you look at WTMA's AOPS pre-algebra courses. I went to copy the # of seats available right now. These are EST schedule. Yoo is a veteran teacher with Well Trained Mind Academy. Pre-Algebra (AoPS) - Sect 1 2022-2023 Full Year Mon/Wed 10-11:15am Mathematics Yoo, Dorothy 0 $735.00 Pre-Algebra (AoPS) - Sect 2 2022-2023 Full Year Mon/Wed 12-1:15pm Mathematics Yoo, Dorothy 3 $735.00 Pre-Algebra (AoPS) - Sect 3 2022-2023 Full Year Tue/Thr 10-11:15am Mathematics Yoo, Dorothy 5 $735.00 Pre-Algebra (AoPS) - Sect D 2022-2023 Full Year Delayed Mathematics Yoo, Dorothy 2 $735.00