I am not a teacher, but I wholeheartedly agree with linky's assertion below. I directly trace my professional success and career development to my "fluency" in math and numbers. It was drilled into me early on by a handful of very dedicated teachers and I know it made a huge difference in my life. Any teacher that advocates the use of a calculator in place of actual brain power is doing your kid a disservice.

I'm a schoolteacher (taught math basic skills for many years) and I do recommend KUMON for computation and number sense. It's a big pain and the kids hate it, but it really develops discipline, focus, and they will be really, really fluent in computation. For basic arithmetic, it's wonderful. I did not do the reading as my kids did not need it. btw: Don't listen to educators who tell you that kids don't need to be fluent in arithmetic because they have calculators. It's nonsense.

Is kumon worth the investment? Never used them before, but considering...

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I did KUMON for years with them, but I'm looking for something with more problem solving and geometry.

Have you considered Kumon?

I am thinking of enrolling my kids in the 101 Discoveries math program. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm also open to other after school programs as well.