Supplementing over summer (& beyond)

[Anonymous]

We haven’t done any academic supplementation with our kids aside from reading with them every night. DD is finishing up 3rd and could use more support. She’s behind grade level, especially in reading but also in math. Making progress but still behind. We work FT and I’ve had to admit to myself that we simply don’t have the bandwidth to work with her as much as I’d like. She is motivated by computer games so I was thinking if there is something like that I could set her up with but oversee, it might help. Tips, DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Khan, IXL, DragonBox, Beast Academy, (ugh) Prodigy, Number Munchers

[Anonymous]

Games won’t work well for ouch besides memorizing math facts. For concepts, you need actual teaching.

[Anonymous]

What about playing some games that require math like Farkle or Yahtzee?

[Anonymous]

She needs a tutor. She is behind in both academic core subjects. She does not need to play games to learn. She needs to learn. She needs direct instruction to work with her in her areas of weakness. If games worked, she wouldn’t be behind…

[Anonymous]

Sign up for Kumon and/or Mathnasium for the summer and she’ll be up to speed by the start of the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sign up for Kumon and/or Mathnasium for the summer and she’ll be up to speed by the start of the school year.

+1

[Anonymous]

There’s an older kids version of ABC Mouse called Adventure Academy, you could look into that.

[Anonymous]

Elephant Learning Math Academy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sign up for Kumon and/or Mathnasium for the summer and she’ll be up to speed by the start of the school year.

Kumon is horrible for students that are behind. Do you research. Kumon gives supplemental worksheets. There is no teaching. They guide them through repetitive worksheets. It is expected that the students work independently and learn themselves. This is a horrible concept for below grade level students. They also do not and will not follow your counties curriculum so don’t expect your student to be “on grade level.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sign up for Kumon and/or Mathnasium for the summer and she’ll be up to speed by the start of the school year.

Kumon is horrible for students that are behind. Do you research. Kumon gives supplemental worksheets. There is no teaching. They guide them through repetitive worksheets. It is expected that the students work independently and learn themselves. This is a horrible concept for below grade level students. They also do not and will not follow your counties curriculum so don’t expect your student to be “on grade level.”

+1 with Mathnasium. They give your kid an assessment. Then based on that, they throw 3-6 worksheets at them with no direct instruction. There is one high schooler there per 6 kids. Your child had to work independently and speak up to ask questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She needs a tutor. She is behind in both academic core subjects. She does not need to play games to learn. She needs to learn. She needs direct instruction to work with her in her areas of weakness. If games worked, she wouldn’t be behind…

Agree that she needs a tutor. It took a year of weekly tutoring to get my then 3rd grader up to speed in reading/writing after she learned nothing in the virtual year. She's now working with a math tutor weekly, and that will continue through the summer so that she is prepared for 6th grade, which I've heard is kind of the transition point for math (meaning it gets harder and harder to catch up after 6th).

Games are great for maintenance, but to actually learn, she needs a tutor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s an older kids version of ABC Mouse called Adventure Academy, you could look into that.

ABC Mouse = S-C-I-E-N-T-O-L-O-G-Y

[Anonymous]

Huntington

[Anonymous]

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