Why doesn't the guide recommend Epsilon until 6th grade?

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  • May 22, 2013 at 6:19 pm
    4myboys
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    I was looking at the free curriculum guide for math and I am curious. I see that Epsilon is recommended for 6th grade (or could be started in 5th).  I’m wondering if there is reason my soon to be 9 yo ds should hold off rather than do it next year in 4th grade. He will finish Delta over the summer.  I see that Your Business Math is recommended for 4th, but that’s not a full year’s worth of work.  I’ve been considering LOF, but to use the whole elementary series would be to expensive.  

    To complicate matters my 12 – going-on-13 ds is only going to finish Delta about two weeks ahead of his brother.  I think it might be good to consider separate curriculums, but that is also an expensive option.  I am really uncertain of which is the best way to proceed.  Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

     

    May 22, 2013 at 7:04 pm
    Rebekahy
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    I think it depends on where you want to end up.  If you’d like your child to go all the way through Calculus before college, if I remember correctly, you need to do Epsilom in 5th grade.  My dd just turned 9 and started it in January.  We move slow when we need to, but some concepts are pretty easy – like averages. 

    May 22, 2013 at 7:48 pm
    Bookworm
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    There is no reason not to continue with MUS at the pace your child is working.  Don’t rush, but dont’ hold off either.  If they progress to a point they are having more trouble with the concepts, just slow down to keep pace with them.  My 7th grader has just finished pre-algebra; that puts him at having done Epsilon in 5th.  And your kids may be able to handle both of them working in about the same area just fine.  Just explain that everyone works at their own pace at everything; some are faster at one thing, some at another, and it really doesn’t matter.  I personally find it confusing to jump through different curricula, so we never did much.  We did a Your Business Math as a summer project one year, that was kind of fun!  

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