Life of fred and ChalkDust

[training5]

For those who use this combo, which books to you use with which level? How do they match up? Is it redundant to use both? Thanks!

[Karen in CO]

My ds is using Life of Fred for review before he goes off to college and placement tests. He thinks that it is great for working through on your own. I am keeping the books for the next kids.

I have seen other threads - maybe on the highschool board - where people used both. They seen to work well by just being either worked on different days or some from one book then some from the other without trying to line them up. Doing it that way, has a built in review.

I just received the fractions book and really like it. I am collecting the early books to use with my younger kids to present these topics from a different perspective when they get to them in Singapore.

[training5]

Thank you. Anyone else.

[Pongo]

I would say the LOF Fractions, Decimals & Percents with or before Chalkdust Pre-Alg, my dd actually did them BEFORE we started using CD Pre-Alg. I bought the Aufmann Pre-Alg books and the Dana Mosey DVD's so it doesn't say Chalkdust, but it's my understanding that's the only difference;)

[training5]

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