Mathematics is not the easiest thing to find when it comes to finding a story base curriculum. I will be 100% honest with you I found the perfect curriculum that was story based and my kids loved it the sad part is it was expensive and I couldn't afford it at the time. Hurt my heart but kind of academy was free and hey I got a computer for free so each boy use Khan academy but I still dream of Life of Fred from time to time and how they used to love all those stories from I think we got the first six books from the library. It went all the way through calculus I really love that series I don't know maybe I'll get it for my youngest. Then again maybe not when I mess around with something that works right Khan academy is free can't beat free. Now well I was searching I did find alternatives that were equally is nice beast academy and math and focus when I originally started homeschooling my kids I had signed up for the Calvert program and they use math and focus so for grades kindergarten first and second grade I use math and focus along with the life of Fred books because I liked introducing the concepts like I said before they went to bed and reading them the stories and then I would find the corresponding courses or lessons in the math and focus and then I would give them those pages and we would do drills through math and focus then when they got older by third grade they needed something a little bit more and since beast academy had comic book style things it really did engage my middle child he really likes comic books and anime and all of that so I went with beast academy for him. But again it was expensive so although I really really enjoyed the life of Fred series for math initially I couldn't afford it public housing just killed the math but I would recommend that for anyone using story based curriculum and you want every subject to have a story associated with it life of Fred is awesome and I hope that I am able to gift it to everyone that also enjoys it someday. But I can also say that beast academy with its comic book style is awesome for the advanced learner which my middle child truly gravitated towards and picked up oh my gosh he's so smart. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of beast academy because I have the online version and it's hard to get a screenshot of Khan academy as well to post on here but I'm positive that between Khan academy Junior which my 5-year-old is infatuated with and Khan academy for my older kids of whom my oldest child is infatuated with how easy the lessons are and how short they are you can't really go wrong Khan academy and Khan academy Junior are free. Beast academy they have lessons online and they also have little snippets of their comic books or comic strips and you can see how that story plays out. Life of Fred I believe also has samples and if you go to your library my library had them but I was always constantly waiting for the next available one which I hated waiting because then that messed up my whole flow so it's nice to have that whole series on hand and purchase so that way you don't have to put off math until you get the book in the library but if you're not typing like me and you can wait for the book to come in the library then I would highly recommend you go that route.
So to recap my main choice Life of Fred series. It was available at the public library. Request it if you have too it is worth it.
My second choice since it is a comic style story: beast academy. It is geared towards advanced children but they don't say you can't use it for the average child that like comic books.
My last choice because you can't beat free. Kahn academy. The founder of the site is in love with math and mastering concepts before moving on so no brainer there. Since I had to start working outside the home for a while I didn't dispate using Kahn academy kids for my current five year old. It is addictive because it also has stories, fairitales, games and puzzles. Nest educational app for a device monitored child for the single working parent. Of course don't leave it there bring In real world experiences and conversations. Help the young child understand. Don't let the device do all the work. You are still the parent.
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