How much studying is your elementary child doing this summer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing. One going into 3rd, one into 1st. They are playing with their little brother, swimming, visiting cousins, having fun.

Amen. Same ages here and we've made a few trips to the library - they've read more than enough for their summer reading list. Aside from that? Beach, pool, park, movies... and yes, Wii.

[Anonymous]

Rising 3rd grader. Attends immersion language school.

45 minutes of Mandarin with native speaker tutor, Mon - Fri.

In August we are losing our tutor so I'll be drilling the multiplication table every morning for 10 minutes until school starts.

[Anonymous]

Studying? None. We've never done anything formal in the summer but we have done lots of board games, cooking and baking, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None. DS is entering 6th. This thread has been a real eye-opener.

Where do you all live? How would you describe your culture/ethnicity/race/country of origin?

Nobody I know in my neighborhood does this, nor do DS's classmates at his independent school in DC.

Wrong. Likely every kid is doing something. We are also at private school and my DD started off the summer with a similar complaint. Talking to the moms, I have found that every kid is doing something either a workbook, camp, or tutoring. Summer break for privates this year is really long.

I'm not wrong. I know most of the parents well by this point. It's a smallish progressive private and I've known the moms and some dads for years and I seriously doubt they lie -- their kids would accidentally rat them out eventually. They're 12.

We are not a "workbooks" group of parents. That's why we pay $35k a year per kid to avoid public school pedagogy and curriculum in the first place.

Do you live in a neighborhood with bad public schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None. DS is entering 6th. This thread has been a real eye-opener.

Where do you all live? How would you describe your culture/ethnicity/race/country of origin?

Nobody I know in my neighborhood does this, nor do DS's classmates at his independent school in DC.

Wrong. Likely every kid is doing something. We are also at private school and my DD started off the summer with a similar complaint. Talking to the moms, I have found that every kid is doing something either a workbook, camp, or tutoring. Summer break for privates this year is really long.

I'm not wrong. I know most of the parents well by this point. It's a smallish progressive private and I've known the moms and some dads for years and I seriously doubt they lie -- their kids would accidentally rat them out eventually. They're 12.

We are not a "workbooks" group of parents. That's why we pay $35k a year per kid to avoid public school pedagogy and curriculum in the first place.

Do you live in a neighborhood with bad public schools?

I wouldn't say that -- Chevy Chase DC.