Beast Academy. The books, not just the practice website. Most kids love stories and characters and corny jokes and detailed Waldo-esque cartoons and cultural references. For some, that makes the “productive struggle” of learning problem solving more palatable. My elementary school kid thinks a lot about whether he wants to be like Grogg, Winnie, Alex, or Lizzie in the future.
The 1st and 2nd grade books may be too hard for many kids to read on their own (math has big words and long sentences - even curricular materials like EurekaMath seem to be written above grade level for K-2) so it becomes family reading time as well.
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Beast Academy. The books, not just the practice website. Most kids love stories and characters and corny jokes and detailed Waldo-esque cartoons and cultural references. For some, that makes the “productive struggle” of learning problem solving more palatable. My elementary school kid thinks a lot about whether he wants to be like Grogg, Winnie, Alex, or Lizzie in the future.
The 1st and 2nd grade books may be too hard for many kids to read on their own (math has big words and long sentences - even curricular materials like EurekaMath seem to be written above grade level for K-2) so it becomes family reading time as well.