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texasmama Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Singapore has Challenging Word Problems workbooks, as well as Intensive Practice workbooks. The IP workbooks are truly intensive and advanced. That should give her something to chew on.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Singapore has Challenging Word Problems workbooks, as well as Intensive Practice workbooks. The IP workbooks are truly intensive and advanced. That should give her something to chew on.;) :iagree::iagree: These have slowed my mathy guy down a little, and helped him work laterally and more deeply through the material. We hit an IP problem in 3B yesterday that 8 adults couldn't solve LOL. That was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 :iagree::iagree: These have slowed my mathy guy down a little, and helped him work laterally and more deeply through the material. We hit an IP problem in 3B yesterday that 8 adults couldn't solve LOL. That was fun. This makes me feel much better. I put away my son's IP workbook for 4A when I couldn't solve one of the problems.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) Singapore has Challenging Word Problems workbooks, as well as Intensive Practice workbooks. The IP workbooks are truly intensive and advanced. That should give her something to chew on.;):iagree: If she's still flying through, consider dropping the Singapore workbooks altogether and use the text and IP as your core. There are many and varied supplemental materials at a 6th grade level and higher. For K-6, not so much. That said, Primary Grade Challenge Math by Zaccaro is quite good. Edited April 21, 2011 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhappyjoyjoy Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 She sounds like my son. We started RS B at the end of last June and he's already into C. He's gone through 1A, 1A IP, CWP, 1B, and is almost done with 1B IP. I bought miquon just to throw more at him without getting to far ahead right now. I may also print out MEP, because he loves workbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I think 7 is the right age to be doing (or done with) Singapore 2A+2B. As others have suggested, you can get the IP and CWP books to practise the concepts. You can also print the MEP Year 2 practice books and let her work through them. MEP has a few things Singapore doesn't at this level: puzzles, inequalities and negative numbers. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koerarmoca Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Would it be wrong to just stop math for a little bit and maybe focus on some other subjects? My 3rd grader is dappling a little with Saxon 6/5. My 5 yr old finished a 1st grade Harcourt math workbook in 3 days.. I told her just do what you know. Not thinking she would sit and do the first 79 pages in under an hour :lol: I think this may be an issue on the horizon for us too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamachanse Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 What is MEP? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 What is MEP? :confused: It is the "Mathematics Enhancement Programme." it is a UK based math initiative based on a Hungarian math program. Like Singapore is based on a whole-parts model. The materials are particulary strong in building logic and reasoning skills and are fun in this way for students. The materials can be downloaded for use my home educators without cost. http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mep/default.htm Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I'll second (third, or forth) the recommendations for the Singapore Intensive Practice books (IPs), the Challenging Word Problem books, the Zaccaro Primary Challenge Math book, and using MEP. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Same problem here, dd is flying through CLE at her own pace. I bought her MM for 'fun' and she gets to do as much as she wants of that. I'll do placement with her end of next summer to see 'where she is'. My gut feeling is at some point she'll hit a wall. She's 7 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I think TT is on the easy side.. that's what I heard. u might want to switch back to Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I probably wouldn't use TT with a math-gifted child. I'll back the suggestion for Singapore texts + Intensive Practice as her main program. Don't worry if she goes quickly -- some kids just can and do. For supplements, look at Zaccaro's "Challenge Math". I'd start with Primary Grade Challenge Math (don't worry -- it requires ~3rd grade skills to start and each chapter has a total of four "levels" on the topic given, so even very math-savvy kids can be challenged), and then consider the regular Challenge Math after that. Penrose, the Mathematical Cat is a fun supplement, as is Number Devil -- which introduces concepts that kids might not otherwise meet for a number of years. (There's also a computer version of Number Devil, which is fun.) The practice problem books available from Math Olympiad are *very* challenging and creative. Wonderful for math-oriented kids. Some kids can just fly through elementary arithmetic programs and are ready for more complex work much sooner than many of their peers. That's okay. :) At *some* point she'll slow down a little and you'll be able to get by with just buying 1-2 years worth of math per year. It just may not be at the elementary or pre-algebra level. TT is a little slower and easier than other programs. I wouldn't use it for a child who is accelerated in math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Other people have made some great suggestions for going deeper into math concepts (IP, CWP, MEP). I've also heard of a Primary Math Challenge book that other parents use in the same way. Personally I think it's great to delve deeper but wouldn't keep giving "more of the same" to a child who has completely mastered something. If she's mastered it, and gone deeper into the concepts, then I wouldn't get hung up on age. The beauty of homeschooling is being able to tailor curriculum to our children's unique abilities and challenges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniseibase Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I have a similar DD - she flew through Saxon K & 1 & started 2 in kindergarten, made me skip most of Saxon 3 because it was 'too easy!', and did Saxon 54 in second grade. Now she is in 5th grade and finishing Saxon Algebra 1/2 and has slowed down a little bit. Earlier this year she encountered some issues with the distance formula and some problems with adding like terms, and we were able to take some extra time and really focus on going over those over and over until she thoroughly understood them. Eventually, no matter how smart your kids are, they will run into things that challenge them - and if you let them fly through the stuff that is easy, you will feel SO much less panicked when you have to slow down for a bit to ensure understanding on something harder! You won't run out of math to do - you may have to switch or add curriculum - we are switching to AoPS next year because otherwise at this rate she will run out of Saxon in 9th grade - but as long as your focus is making sure the kids understand and retain everything, let them go at whatever pace works best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I've tried multiple math programs to slow her down, and it doesn't work. Would you put an almost 8 year old into TT5? Add something to it? If so, what? Use a completely different program? I don't know what to do with this girl. My 7-year-old did TT3, 4, half of 5 this year -- along with Singapore 2A/B, 3A/B along w/ IP & CWP and a handful of MM blue supplements. She turned 8 last week. We are on lesson 80 of TT5, and mid-way through Singapore 4A. My dd is not math-gifted. We just work diligently year-round with breaks. We took 2 weeks off for our east coast trip this month -- and it has taken her 2 days to get her math brain on again. (Me, too. :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I've been going through the same thing with my ds. We've done exactly what everyone here has recommended. CWP is challenging for him. So is Zaccaro's PCM. I just wanted to plug Miquon. Miquon allows my ds to explore topics that he his other books haven't started like factoring. It is ds's favorite math and it is easy to tack on as a supplement because you can do it in any order you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyall Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 :iagree:the miquon books are nice to let them explore new topics with and have some fun pages in them too. Very interested in learning more about the MEP program, thanks for the link/info Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Hands-On Equations would be another good program. A student who has his/her times tables memorized can do Level 1 of HOE. Do get the Verbal Problems Book as it's the "meat" of the HOE program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 :iagree::iagree: These have slowed my mathy guy down a little, and helped him work laterally and more deeply through the material. We hit an IP problem in 3B yesterday that 8 adults couldn't solve LOL. That was fun. Which one in 3B was it? I don't remember anything like that. Please let me know. Maybe I just gave up with the first try. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 :iagree:the miquon books are nice to let them explore new topics with and have some fun pages in them too. Very interested in learning more about the MEP program, thanks for the link/info Bill. You're welcome. If you like Miquon you will likely enjoy MEP as well. The means are different but MEP (like Miquon) engages children in the "thinking process" and that helps make math "fun." Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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walkermamaof4 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Singapore has Challenging Word Problems workbooks, as well as Intensive Practice workbooks. The IP workbooks are truly intensive and advanced. That should give her something to chew on.;):iagree: This is what we did too. Then we let our ds move on to the next level of MM. At its low cost, MM is a great way to let them practice and get problems presented in a new way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Another thought on SM levels 1 and 2 - these start out deceptively simple as concepts are introduced, but the program picks up the pace of complexity beginning in 3A, in my experience. At that point, my kids are slowed down naturally. I also like to discuss with my boys the hows of their computations. We each share our own method of arriving at the answer. One of the strengths of SM is that different ways to arrive at the same, correct answer are taught. As a gray area, abstract thinker, I very much appreciate this.;) Most of the time, my kids think that math is fun. They are all using SM in some form. (The 5 year old preK'er is using Essentials.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hathersage Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I added in Khan Academy for my 7 year old., http://www.khanacademy.org/ My daughter loves earning the badges, and likes the youtube videos better than TT, even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 My 7-year-old did TT3, 4, half of 5 this year -- along with Singapore 2A/B, 3A/B along w/ IP & CWP and a handful of MM blue supplements. She turned 8 last week. We are on lesson 80 of TT5, and mid-way through Singapore 4A. My dd is not math-gifted. We just work diligently year-round with breaks. We took 2 weeks off for our east coast trip this month -- and it has taken her 2 days to get her math brain on again. (Me, too. :)) Seriously :lol: at the bolded. Unless she's just randomly writing numbers and getting most of the problems wrong, yes, she is gifted in math (even if it isn't her best or favorite subject). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The reason I'm planning to stick with TT for now is that dd thinks it's alot of fun.. TT is just easy compare to SM. DS is 5B on SM but he easily placed in Pre-algebra and in algebra placement , he meets the 1st section and got 7 on section 2. That been said, TT is fun, He did some demo lesson for algebra and he liked the idea that it is on line and he can type in the answer. But I don't think I will use it as main course. I would still use SM and TT just for fun as supplement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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