Beast Academy 教材的特点是特别能抓住儿童的兴趣,把数学概念当作卡通漫画来解释。中文学校从2018年开始采用了Beast Academy 教程,效果很好,受到学生和家长的高度好评。 我们学校统一购买了BA的online 学习系统,需要的小朋友可以购买,$70/year,可以access全部BA1-5的内容,家长和孩子可以按照自己的节奏来安排学习。 每周六学校有数学成绩优异的初中高中Counselor和成人老师值班,报名这个BA Workshop的小朋友可以walk in来领取下周的任务,记录上周完成的任务,然后拿一个小小奖励。希望通过这样的模式,鼓励孩子们有计划的完成学习任务,有问题也可以得到解答。
我们建议家长通过学校统一购买Beast Academy 教材,介绍如下: Beast Academy is curriculum for students in grades 1-5. Each grade consists of four pairs of books (A through D), and each pair consists of:
A Guide book: a fully-illustrated textbook written in an engaging, comic-book style, which provides comprehensive, rigorous instruction; and
A Practice book: a workbook providing hundreds of exercises, problems, puzzles, and games to reinforce the lessons from the Guide.
Beast Academy materials cover the core fundamentals and then go well beyond these basics to present material at a deeper and more challenging level than a typical elementary-school math curriculum. Our school has purchased the BA online learning system, student can purchase at $70/year, which provides access to all BA 1-5 content. Parents and children can plan their studies at their own pace. Every Saturday, the school has math counselors from middle and high schools and adult teachers on duty. Children who have registered for this BA workshop can walk in to receive their assignments for the next week, record their completions from the previous week, and receive a small reward. We hope this model will encourage children to plan their learning and get answers to any questions they have.