Greetings all - I am a long-time lurker, first time poster. I posted this in the Afterschooling Forum and got crickets.
DD9 (4th grade) and DD11 (5th grade) both attend a Parochial school that has great academics. The only subject I have observed to be lacking in relation to their abilities is math. The school uses a Singapore curriculum by Holt - not a bad curriculum but both kids are way ahead of the rest of their classes and have both indicated extreme boredom with math.
Last year, they both tested into the EPGY tutor-supported classes last year and we have been using it since. We stayed with EPGY after the switch to giftedandtalented.com (G&T), but switched over to the independent study courses.
DD11 is finishing up EPGY 7th grade math, so I am looking for options for the next step. We are not going to stick with G&T past the K-7 course for a few reasons: 1) cost and 2) even though the content/structure of the courses is the same, the "any customer with a valid credit card" feel of G&T is a little off-putting.
I was thinking of switching to a few different options - AOPs online courses or taking the talent search route and taking math courses through Northwestern CTD/JHU CTY/etc. I am working with their school to potentially replace school math with our selected option in 6th grade, but it would need to be an accredited curriculum from a recognized gifted provider for them to accept my plan.
For the AOPs folks - I am unsure which level to start with - would EPGY K-7 place DD11 into PreA or Algebra? Is the AOPs approach different enough that we should retackle PreA even though EPGY indicates their 7th grade course is PreA? I think the Algebra course would be the next logical step, but I am a little leery of the pace and workload in the compressed time frame.
Does anyone have experiences with the Northwestern CTD or JHU CTY math? Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any input.