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For those of you that have used AoPS and Singapore DM together...

 

How on earth do you schedule these out?? :001_huh: I love the thought of working through both of them, as we have loved Singapore and its problem solving... yet I also love the looks of AoPS, especially for helping see the big picture and then the challenge of filling in the details.

I know they both are more than sufficient as stand alone curricula, so that is not the question... I have read of several of you having your dc working through a combination of both... so for those of you that have, would you mind sharing more specifically how you have done so??? Do you work through one then the other, or a couple days per week for each? Do you assign all problems?? etc...

I am all ears! :bigear:

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are you talking about one of the AoPS "intro" books (algebra, geometry, etc)? b/c these are full curriculum, but the ones just titled Art of Problem Solving are not; they are contest preparation.

 

dd is doing AoPS intro to algebra, and it takes a LOT of time. we've always done more than one program, but I can't imagine doing SM and AoPS at the same time, lol. I was thinking that Right Start Geometry (middle grades) might be suitable, spread over Algebra 1 & 2, a prep for high school geometry.

 

now, dd does do all the problems, including the challenges, but I think I'd rather have her do that than add in a different program. as far as a schedule goes, I have really never scheduled our multiple books in any set way, they just switch back and forth. If they encounter the same topic at different times, all the better, imo.

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If you want to do both programs, one way of doing it is to do DM first followed by Intro to Algebra.

 

I say this because it's very hard to match up any two algebra programs. Each author has his own preferred sequence of introducing topics, plus, AoPS has a few topics that are not seen in traditional algebra textbooks.

 

Another reason is that I find (at least in ds's case) AoPS easier to digest if done after a traditional program. It's kind of like when kids are first introduced to LEGO. Most of them would follow the instructions to build what they want at least a few times and then they feel comfortable to build their own creations.

 

Just a suggestion for you to think about.:001_smile:

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