SAI: the Summer Algebra Institute
for Kids! – for next summer (2026)
For SAI next summer – 2026 – we usually finalize location, dates, and times in January, so mark your calendar to check this site at that time.
We had a great SAI this summer of 2025 – fun, memorable, hands-on math activities combined with substantive Algebra connecting with the Arithmetic students already know.
Parents – we’ve been doing SAI since 1995 – we know how to get kids turned ON to math – using Algebra! Some 4,000 students have attended SAI over the years.
SAI is…
• a hands-on math enrichment program…
• using Algebra (!!) to get kids in grades 3-7…
• turned ON to math…
• with active, hands-on algebra activities…
• for students with a wide range of academic abilities…
• not just gifted/talented…
• with some 4,000 students attending SAI since 1995.
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• This is not your parents’ Algebra class! This is hands-on Algebra – using color, shape, SIZE, texture, math pieces, music, hands-on activities, and Games – with kids becoming eager and excited about doing math that make so much sense.
• In SAI, math becomes as simple as “Say what you see, write what you say.” SAI makes Algebra that easy – and fun and sensible – while also connecting Algebra with foundational Arithmetic such as place value and basic facts.
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This summer of 2025, we held SAI at two locations:
1. SAI classes in west Michigan were held Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 12 noon in the Holland-Zeeland area, with all classes taught by SAI founder and director Bob Hazen. Our schedule was:
• SAI-34 (rising 3rd/4th grade students, fall 2025): July 14-18
• SAI-567 (rising 5th/6th/7th students, fall 2025): July 21-25
• SAI-Advanced (students who have already attended SAI-567, OR students who are ready to take a course in Pre-Algebra or Algebra-1 in fall 2025): July 28-Aug.1
2. SAI classes were also held in the St.Paul, Minnesota area June 23-27, with our veteran SAI teacher Deanne.
While SAI is especially convenient for students in west Michigan – the Zeeland/Holland/greater Grand Rapids metro vicinity – students from anywhere in the U.S. or Canada can register for SAI. There is nothing like SAI in the entire country. Over the years, families from as far away as Texas, Arizona, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Georgia have travelled with their students to attend SAI.
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• If you are interested in arranging special in-person SAI sessions for your own group of students in west Michigan or in the Twin Cities (Minnesota), contact one of our trained, experienced SAI teachers directly at:
• Michigan (Holland/Zeeland/Grand Rapids): Bob Hazen: info@algebraforkids.com
• Minnesota (St.Paul/east TwinCities area): Deanne: dmwillman@usfamily.net
– Deanne’s registration website is here.
• Minnesota (Lakeville/south Twin Cities area): Heather: heathermc5@gmail.com
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