Why not just wait until my 3rd grader or 5th grader is older before studying algebra? Or why not just wait until my child can take algebra as an advanced class in 6th or 7th grade?
The short answer: it’s often too late if you wait! – as kids have even more time to be exposed to bad explanations, bad teaching, and bad experiences with math. The longer answer: there are several strong and affirmative reasons for your child to attend SAI at an age earlier than is the customary age of first exposure to substantive algebra. Basically, the earlier the better! 1. SAI focuses on the structures of math – on how math works. Even for advanced students who take algebra at an early age (like in 6th or 7th grade), most algebra books don’t deliberately and overtly focus on the structures of mathematics and how algebra connects with arithmetic. But that is precisely our focus in SAI., which is helpful to kids with a wide range of academic abilities, including advanced kids. 2. SAI goes beyond procedures. For virtually all elementary students, there is an excessive focus on the procedures of math – doing addition with “carrying,” or doing subtraction with “borrowing,” or doing lo
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