Thanks for the additional suggestions. All of this feedback has helped immensely. I have some wonderful programs to choose from. Thanks everyone.

Thanks everyone again. So many great suggestions. I have a lot of research to do on these other programs. When Singapore math is mentioned, do you mean the books called Primary Mathematics, as the "standard" books? Not Math Challenge the Singapore Way? I'm guessing you mean the first, as they have the levels in two sections A and B. And did you have the textbooks, teacher guides and all the other books for each level, or just the workbooks? CSMP - I used this for her years ago for a short time. Will look at this again as it might appeal nowdays. And MEP - haven't seen this before - will also take a look. Just checked out Key to.....this looks very Miquon like - might be a good option. Beast academy - a friend has this for her daughter. I love the look of it, but way too much information for my DD to take in so quickly right now. This might be a good choice as a supplement that is fun and has the story, and she could do it at he own pace. Or start it in a year or two, when she's more ready for that type of workload. Love the cartoon and colour in it, and the story approach. Harold Jacobs - this is new to me - will check it out. Thanks so much everyone :)

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions so far. I'd also like to add: my daughter struggled with understanding math concepts when doing MUS and Math Mammoth, and hated the boring repetition. But by the time I tried Miquon, she was 8 years old. It's for grades 1-3, so she was going grade 1 maths at 8. I think that's why Miquon was so successful for her. It does advance quickly, and I think if she'd started at about 6/7 years of age, it wouldn't have been very good for her. But because she had some basic maths understanding and was a little older and ready to understand conceptual math, it was the right pace for her. Kind of the right program at the right time. So we're after something like that, but it obviously can't be too HARD, as maths is her weaker subject, with English being her stronger one. And she's sooo visual (especially pictures). She hates too many numbers being thrown at her. Sees pictures in her head (not numbers or letters). I do everything visual for her, and hands on too. For spelling, I've made all her sound cards into pictures, and she has memorised everything so well this way. Also learns things to songs - but only catchy tunes that can be memorised, not those silly math facts cds that you can get. So I think that Miquon, whilst there's not actually pictures everywhere, it's very clever with it's presentation on each page, big print, different each page, very interesting presentation. Thanks again!!!

Hi everyone. After hating MUS and Math Mammoth, my daughter is enjoying Miquon Math. She is also progressing and retaining what she learns with this program. And finally, some conceptual math is being understood, rather than just memorising a way to compute, and copying it over and over, without any understanding of why she's doing it that way. My dilemma now - where to after Miquon!!!!!!!!!!! Does anyone have experience/knowledge of what programs teach in a similar way to Miquon, for grades 4 and up? (Miquon only goes to grade 3, sadly). We're after a program that has: minimal things on a page (so as to not overwhelm), pictures (and colour if possible but colour not essential), interesting pages with things presented differently all the time (like Miquon does), difficult math concepts presented in a very simple and fun way, 'handwritten' style pages if possible (like Miquon uses), pages that get the child to write their own sums that are related to that particular learning. And I'll emphasise pictures! Pictures, pictures, pictures! - and the pictures need to relate to the math - not some random picture in the corner to make it fun, but actually useful ones that are used to work something mathematical out on that page. Oh how I wish Miquon continued for all the elementary grades!

I was wondering what people move to, after using Miquon math, with their child. My daughter hated MUS and Math Mammoth. I changed to Miquon, and she's doing so well on it. But it only goes to grade 3. I have no idea what curriculum to choose for her after this. She understands the way Miquon present everything, and I don't know which grade 4 (and onwards) programs teach in this similar way. And it's not just the teaching style. She likes that there is less on each page (not busy and making her feel there's too much to get done). And she like how each page presents things differently - keeping her interest, as she gets bored with math so easily. Also pictures to keep her love of 'visual' learning, and learning with the aid of pictures. Any suggestions for Miquon style curriculum for grades 4 and up would be wonderful :)

Can someone tell me what BJU stands for? Thanks