Life of Fred plus ALEKS - would that be enough?

[klmama]

Life of Fred is the only math program one of my dc has ever enjoyed. We started Fractions, and although it was a hit, we switched back to Singapore because I wanted more intense practice. However, I was just reading about someone who used Life of Fred with ALEKS for high school math, and wondered how ALEKS would work for 6th grade with Fractions, then Decimals and Percents when done with that. Would it be enough? Has anyone done that?

[klmama]

I just looked at my posts and saw this one never got an answer. Does anyone have any insight about this today?

[Mallory]

This is from someone who was very disappointed in ALEKS and can't wait to get started on LOF next fall, so you might take it with a grain of salt.

I think that if you are worried about not having enough practice, that is a problem with ALEKS, too. To pass a pie level you have to get it right three times the first day and then again on the review day. And when you add in the fact that in ALEKS you don't have to learn the idea just to solve the format that the problem is in, I don't think that it would solve the problem you want it to solve.

I wonder if the Key to books might be what you are looking for?