Schooling at home without homeschooling?

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Anonymous wrote:Are you asking about how parents supplement their FCPS aap child (3rd grade plus), and your child is four or less?

OP. My child is at home with me this year for various reasons but I plan to enroll said kid in school in fall of next year or possibly in spring. I taught my child to read when 3y during the pandemic and it was a great gift bc now reading fluently at 6y and enjoys it very much. Finding that while at home it's almost impossible not to accelerate past peers when just doing 2-3 hrs a day of focused, traditional academic activities. My concern is that when said child goes to "real" school, learning will actually slow down bc is too far ahead and also less time per day devoted to actually academic work.

Agree with the poster that it is a golden age of strivers. We are not putting any pressure on our kid. It's just a core value of ours that if a child can learn, they should learn and achieve their potential rather than be idle so as not to get too far ahead.

My kids entered kindergarten reading fluently and one was very good at math. For example, the summer before kindergarten (5 years and 3 months), I could ask for the sum of 2 or 3 three digit numbers aloud and he could give the correct answer. If I said, “What’s 923 + 365?” Or same thing but adding a third three digit number, one of my kids could give the correct number. The same kid sat non-bored in FCPS kindergarten counting out pumpkin seeds. I volunteered that day and saw him counting them out by 2s, then 3s, then 5s and then 10s. I am guessing your kid will be ahead of some and on par with a few and behind some, too.

I think this is a great point. We saw something similar. Gifted/advanced kids aren't necessarily going to be bored, they're going to find ways to make connections and extend what they are doing.

The fact that your child is well-mannered and content with being underserved by the school is not cause for celebration. Your child is wonderful, and deserves better.

I think you are overlooking the importance of learning many other things in school.

So the child goes to school to learn things other than what schools are supposed to teach?

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Anonymous wrote:How many here are essentially teaching their kids math, reading and writing at home and then viewing school as supplementary or like "social time"? My child is not yet in FCPS but given what I hear, I don't have high expectations. I just wondering how I'll keep my child learning if they are spending so much time at school.

One has to do this these days. At our school, unless you are below grade level, you are ignored. I asked my first graders when their last reading group their answer was never, but many kids in their class have groups 3X/week. Just not kids who are at or above grade level. Although they kind of do math, it's also the lowest common denominator stuff, like forcing smart kids to do remedial math worksheets over and over to kill their interest. This emphasis on equity is really killing public education.

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Anonymous wrote:How many here are essentially teaching their kids math, reading and writing at home and then viewing school as supplementary or like "social time"? My child is not yet in FCPS but given what I hear, I don't have high expectations. I just wondering how I'll keep my child learning if they are spending so much time at school.

One has to do this these days. At our school, unless you are below grade level, you are ignored. I asked my first graders when their last reading group their answer was never, but many kids in their class have groups 3X/week. Just not kids who are at or above grade level. Although they kind of do math, it's also the lowest common denominator stuff, like forcing smart kids to do remedial math worksheets over and over to kill their interest. This emphasis on equity is really killing public education.

This really worries me. I can't afford private. All I hear on this forum is "your child will be fine", but at what cost? Sitting in a classroom occupying themselves instead of really learning and then coming home from school to be schooled? It's so backwards and does nothing to address equity.

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Unless the child is in a Socratic one on one seminar with the teacher, people act like the child's education is going to hell.

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Anonymous wrote:How many here are essentially teaching their kids math, reading and writing at home and then viewing school as supplementary or like "social time"? My child is not yet in FCPS but given what I hear, I don't have high expectations. I just wondering how I'll keep my child learning if they are spending so much time at school.

One has to do this these days. At our school, unless you are below grade level, you are ignored. I asked my first graders when their last reading group their answer was never, but many kids in their class have groups 3X/week. Just not kids who are at or above grade level. Although they kind of do math, it's also the lowest common denominator stuff, like forcing smart kids to do remedial math worksheets over and over to kill their interest. This emphasis on equity is really killing public education.

This really worries me. I can't afford private. All I hear on this forum is "your child will be fine", but at what cost? Sitting in a classroom occupying themselves instead of really learning and then coming home from school to be schooled? It's so backwards and does nothing to address equity.

Your child will be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless the child is in a Socratic one on one seminar with the teacher, people act like the child's education is going to hell.

Ha ha... I laughed at this one, but nevertheless I think it's a slight exaggeration. Personally I don't need that for my kid but still want them to actually learn academic subjects at school (old-fashioned, I know!)

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Anonymous wrote:How many here are essentially teaching their kids math, reading and writing at home and then viewing school as supplementary or like "social time"? My child is not yet in FCPS but given what I hear, I don't have high expectations. I just wondering how I'll keep my child learning if they are spending so much time at school.

One has to do this these days. At our school, unless you are below grade level, you are ignored. I asked my first graders when their last reading group their answer was never, but many kids in their class have groups 3X/week. Just not kids who are at or above grade level. Although they kind of do math, it's also the lowest common denominator stuff, like forcing smart kids to do remedial math worksheets over and over to kill their interest. This emphasis on equity is really killing public education.

This really worries me. I can't afford private. All I hear on this forum is "your child will be fine", but at what cost? Sitting in a classroom occupying themselves instead of really learning and then coming home from school to be schooled? It's so backwards and does nothing to address equity.

Your child will be fine.

Thanks. I feel so reassured.