So we started out our school year in June. I went ahead and found workbooks for math for my younger two, I got her a pre-k one and him a k one. He's almost done the whole thing already. He loves math. I think I can stretch what's left in it another week or two but after that I need something else. So I'm considering either getting him the Kumon My book of Simple Addition or just easing him slowly into the Math Mammoth 1 that we have. He is technically four at the moment but is doing kindergarten. He loves math and numbers - all my kids do and I blame it entirely on their father. I definitely don't want to push/pressure. I want him to work at his pace but I don't want to hold him back either. So what would you do?
I would let him do it as he wants to. If he doesn't understand something, just put it back on the shelf and let him try it another day. Dollar store workbooks can be good too.
I used Miquon with my kids. They didn't do it until they were in 1st & 3rd, so we finished the whole three years in a little over a year. I liked that it was inexpensive. My kids enjoyed building with the counting blocks.
We love McRuffy math here, but since you have MM, I would go ahead and let him start on it, maybe working really slowly, but MM1 was pretty comparable to McRuffy K in skills taught, so he may do fine with it all the way through.
I'm also a fan of Miquon. It starts very easy (counting) to make sure you understand how to use the rods, but it quickly moves into 1st grade material.
Thanks guys, I found an addition workbook at the target dollar spot today so grabbed that. When he finishes through both of the workbooks we'll move slowly into math mammoth.