Kids Summer Academy by ArgoPrep: Grade 7-8

Really recommend!We recently bought a book “Kids Summer Academy by ArgoPrep – Grades 7-8” I like that there are a lot of interesting, varied tasks that a child will do with interest during the summer holidays, when there is no school. It is suitable for preparing for the new school year or for reinforcing material during the summer months. The manual provides extensive material covering the curriculum for students in grades 7-8. The simple and understandable structure of the lessons makes learning the material more accessible and convenient. The materials in the manual are well structured, which helps the student organize their learning processes. A variety of tasks and exercises are offered here, which contributes to a deeper mastery of the educational material. The presence of practical problems helps students apply their acquired knowledge in practice.

Note: the book is white and black not coloredThis doesn’t make is less helpful for summer review

Needs better subject organizationI got this for my son for the summer before 8th. He likes school, but I didn’t want the other boring summer workbook options, this one looked more fun (like a brain quest workbook but they end in 6th grade). I really wanted to like it and I knew it was in grayscale printed based on other reviews so I was prepared for that. The big issue I had is the organizing of subjects for the days. It has you doing a reading passage/language arts only the first two days of the week. Then day 3,4&5 a page and a half of math with some fitness exercises. Day 6 is an experiment. Day 7 logic puzzles are cool and he would enjoy. My second main issue is my son needs more science. Interesting material, not just an experiment. He also loves social studies so I already ordered a separate workbook for that ahead of time. The first few weeks they have you continuing to read one story, which it seems interesting about Greek Mythology but the second half of the 8 weeks of language arts lessons are the play that My Fair Lady is based on. My son wouldn’t be engaged in that play. For a kid who would only do a few days a week-I think it would work better. Reorganize the week to do some math and the language arts in one day. My son wants more so I’m looking for a better options than this and the other summer workbooks.

“Offers” a lot but all false promisesThis book “offers” video explanations for all the answers. But, the app doesn’t work and most of the explanation videos are just no audio and math scratchings on a blank screen. Makes no sense. Highly disappointed in this company because it seemed so highly rated. Would not buy again.

Misleading Book View/ErrorsI do really like the literature and reading passages as well as the writing prompts. The math seems okay. My child is quite disappointed that this book is in all black and white/gray scale print! The Look inside and the image on the back cover is quite misleading, making you think it is a full color book. For twenty bucks, we were certainly looking forward to a color printed book which definitely adds to the excitement and engagement.

Kept my child engagedGood value