Beast Academy

[Nabeel]

Hi. We are trying to implement beast academy into our first grade daughter’s routine. She is current in school and gets separate HW from there. Any recommendations on how to incorporate beast academy with school and any recommendations for tutors in the Chicago land area 

 

Thanks 

[Rosie_0801]

School and homework and after-schooling and tutoring? That seems rather a lot for a small person to attend to, let alone properly absorb.

Is there enough time in her week for all that?

[Nabeel]

I’m just trying to figure out a way to incorporate beast academy outside of the math she is learning in school without overwhelming her. Wonder if anyone else has done that ?

[Rosie_0801]

Well, make sure she's had adequate protein and water, keep lessons short, and be prepared to put it away if it's too much. That might be until tomorrow, or it might be until next year. She's bound to let you know. Kids do, don't they? Just remember it isn't necessary to complete an entire lesson, or even problem. It's okay to take time to think about stuff.

 

[Clarita]

56 minutes ago, Nabeel said:

I’m just trying to figure out a way to incorporate beast academy outside of the math she is learning in school without overwhelming her. Wonder if anyone else has done that ?

If I were to do it I might just read the comics to my child.

I've heard/seen people incorporate it by just reading the comics for fun, or doing some of the workbook problems for fun. It seems like people want to incorporate Beast Academy for the problems in the book sometimes and they now publish puzzle books which are based off the types of problems they have in their workbooks. 

I would imagine doing it in total would overwhelm a child. I do hear through the Facebook discussions that Beast Academy online is less work or less hard that might also be an option, like an educational video game they can choose to play?

It seems some parents whose children are beyond the math that they are learning in school can have schools use Beast Academy with their children as a type of independent study instead of the math the rest of the class is doing. This might come because the student has been identified as being gifted or too far above grade level in mathematics. 

[Kobi]

I also have a first grader and, like you, am trying to figure how much math to do and how to make it happen. We are using Saxon, but have not been progressing at a sufficient rate to cover a full year in one year, especially since we really do seem to need all the repetition and can't just skip forward. We're still a little ahead, but losing ground. The program they are using in school (Bridges) is very focused on group activities, which is a struggle for reasons that have nothing to do with the math.

We've been following the same afterschooling system since the summer my kids were four and two: we pick out delicious goodies together at the grocery store every week, and the boys can earn them by doing a reading lesson or a math lesson (or potty, back then). Participation is strictly optional, but we average about six lessons a week. 

I think math is progressing slowly because reading is my top priority, so we end up doing three reading lessons for every math lesson. We are almost over the hump in reading (maybe), so hopefully we can get the math moving later this year. 

[Penderwink]

Can you make the math just games at this level, so you can focus on reading in the “formal” lesson time?

We were using curriculum for math, but finished the K book early and were filling the time with games to solidify math facts. It’s going so well that we’re delaying starting again with a curriculum. It also lets us put the very limited sit down time to reading and handwriting.

We like:

Funexpected Math App

Melon Rind Games: Jump, Candy Shop, Clumsy Thief

Learning Resources Games: 10 on the spot, Sum Swamp, Volcano Pop

Orchard Games: Number Bears, Pop to the Shops, Mammoth Maths, Whats the time Mr Wolf?

There are lots of great games out there!

Other topics like measuring, weighing, fractions can also be supported with fun craft ptojects or tasty baking.

[Clarita]

I really like Math Facts that Stick series for supplementing math. It only covers arithmetic but I think all the other math things can easily fall in line if the arithmetic is solid. 

Even though I homeschool my children, I often supplement with this series if they seem to be struggling or not as quick at math to make the curriculum math easy.

The worksheets are pretty boring, I just play the games and ask them the worksheet problems (instead of handing them the sheet).