At what age did your dc begin RightStart A?

[blessed2fosteradopt]

Thanks!

[plain jane]

I've started with 2 kids. One at 4 and the other just-turned 5. We finished before the just-turned 5 turned 6 and found it pretty easy throughout. In hindsight, I could have gone with B but I'm in no rush, so no regrets. :)

[Paula in PA]

My dd started at 5 & 1/2. She had no problems with it, and enjoyed it. We did 2 lessons per week, split up over 2 days each.

[Tonia]

My dd was about 4 1/2 years old. Finished about a year later. No problems with the information but we really took our time with it.

[Scrub Jay]

We literally just started this past week. She will be 5 in late August.

[Mommy22alyns]

Rebecca was 5.5.

[siloam]

He was 5. Went at his pace, which was not fast. He is now doing B, probably over half way through but not finished. He will be 2nd grade next year.

 

Heather

 

[teragram]

I started all 3 of mine with A for 1st grade. For Kinder, I wanted them to have fun, colorful, worksheet math to start homeschooling with me. We all love Rightstart and we've kept up a good routine so we are right on track for rhetoric level math now.

[Mom-ninja.]

Guess I'll be the odd one here. I started at 5 but it didn't go well. He was not ready for sit down work. So I waited until he turned 6.

 

Yes, he's doing RS level A at 6 yrs old. He was not ready earlier. That's when I pulled out my trusty WTM book and reread the Kindy section. I felt better after reading that a formal math program is not necessary in K.

[happyhappyjoyjoy]

I borrowed both A and B from a friend. I'm doing B w/ my 6 that just finished K in school. His brother almost 4 sat in on the first few lessons and loved it, but now I pull out the A book since B became too hard for him. We aren't going to really do A, but if he wants to 'do' math like his brother I'll pull out A and just do something easy and fun for him.

[FairProspects]

At 5, but it did not go well here either. We put it away for a few months, are just now picking it back up at almost 6, and it is going much better.

[2squared]

My goal is to start Level B half way through 1st grade. I have started both my olders in Level A when they were official K age (5.5yo for both). We do 15 min/day for 2-3 days/week which usually equates to about 1.5 lessons/week.

 

Ds stalled out when I hit my first trimester, so he'll be going faster when we start schooling again in July.

[prairiegirl]

We started A with all three when they were 5.

[mmpmelmack]

I started DS at 3.5, and will start DD at 4.5. DS is very mathy, he is about 1/2 way through, but has stalled a bit with money, we will skip money and come back to it. DD is ready to start this fall, and i think will do well, we will find out!

[Guest aquiverfull]

Well I haven't actually started yet, but in August I plan to begin RS A with a 4 and 5 year old. I'm going to play it by ear and not rush anything. We'll just take it day by day and see how it goes.

[Aloha2U]

My little man was 4.5yo (and definitely ready for it) when he started A, 5yo when he started B, and he'll be 6yo when we start C this fall. RightStart's Starting Level Questionnaire placed him starting w/B, but I'm glad I started him w/A... absolutely worth it! ;)

[fairytalemama]

We started A a couple of months ago and my daughter just turned 5 last week. We're doing 1-2 lessons a week and we're at around lesson 20 now. We are taking it very slow. I think we could have waited a bit longer though and it would have worked out as well. I'm going to schedule it so that we complete A so that she starts B when she's 6 and in 1st grade.

[Satori]

We started at 4.75. I didn't give math as high a priority as language arts, so we went kinda slow and are only starting RS B this month.

[linders]

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[blessed2fosteradopt]

I think I will take the plunge and order it throught the Homeschool Buyer's Co-op for dd who just turned 4 and maybe try to start it with her in about 6 months or so.

 

Thank you for all the replies.

 

Blessings,

 

Lisa

[Crimson Wife]

I started my oldest in RS at 4 yrs 10 mos with B and took it slowly. She probably could've done A the year before but I don't believe in starting formal math until K5.

 

My DS will start A this fall at 4 yrs. 9 mos. We'll see how it goes. If it turns out he isn't ready for formal math yet, I'll shelve it and try again 2nd semester. OTOH, if it turns out A is too gentle a pace, I'll switch him to B.

[Soror]

I have bought A and B planning to start with A in August, my son will be newly 6 then. If it is too slow then I will have B ready- I figure that I always have another child that can go through A and it has great resale value.

[ChrisB]

Level A - Just turned 5 for 1st dd. I plan on starting with the twins once they turn 5 in a few months.

[Amie]

My son began at a little over 3 1/2 yrs old. May sound odd, but this child was already reading quite well and could recognize numerals up to 100. Once he really began trying to count everything, I decided to begin RS A since they discourage counting (but I wasn't sure what I should do with him otherwise). We take it slowly and as far as he's concerned its like playing games (which much of it is). Just wanted to offer another perspective. if you plan to use it, then I say go ahead and get it and take a look at it--you may decide that you can go ahead and incorporate the early games and rhymes into your days with your child.

[Celia]

We started when my son was 5.5.

[tennismomkelly]

I just ordered it for DS (4.5) and plan on starting it right away. He begs me to do "math" with him and loves to sit in on his older brother's lessons so I feel pretty confident that he's ready for it. I guess that I'll find out soon enough! :)

[Satori]

Well if you get it, don't be afraid to start right away even if she just turned 4. (I wish I had started at 4, instead of 4.75.) Just go slow and see how it goes, feel free to stop it and try again a few months later.

 

Introducing the abacus early will help her think of numbers the right way (in her head and not using fingers).

[Punchie]

ODD just turned 4, and will be starting RS A once we receive it from the homeschool buyer's co-op. We've been working through Mathematical Reasoning Beginning 1 from CTC for the past 6 months.

[SnegurochkaL]

I started my dd when she was 3.5, but she had problems recognizing a quantity of 5 objects without counting so I switched to Singapore Earlybird math with her and went back to RS a year later.

My son is almost 4 and we are going to do RS level A with him in a year. Right now I am doing Russian math for 3 years old with him. It is similar to Singapore Earlybird math, but has more drilling and critical thinking activities(what doesn't belong to the group, mazes etc). I tried MEP 1a with him but after 20 pages he was struggling with it. He was not ready for that level:)

[Ellyndria]

DS was 4.5 when I started A with him; he finished 9 months later. It was perfect! Will be starting B with him in August when he's nearly 5.5.

[Aurelia]

We started at 4.5. It was a very good fit for my child at that age.