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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much time do you spend supplementing? They’re already in school for so much of the day and then have to do homework. Kids do need some downtime!

Wish MoCo would just switch to the Core Knowledge curriculum. Anyone know if they’re considering it? It worries me that the same dude that screwed up last time still plays a major role in this.[/quote]

How much time we spend supplementing during the school year? Surprisingly, very little.

My kids have always finished homework at school because there is a lot of free time in school.  In the rare days that they have to do homework, that is the first thing that they tackle.  In ES and MS, the amount of homework is shockingly little, as long as your kids have learned to do it in the school.  My kids usually finish worksheets within minutes of being handed in the classroom, and so do their peers.

When I did teach them from pre-K to 5th grade, it was not more than 30 -40 minutes a day.  The magazines were seen as fun and they did not realize that it was educational.    I subscribed the magazines in their names and they were pretty happy to get them by mail.  Since we always followed the core knowledge curriculum (even before 2.0)  we only ever needed to do minimal work.  The key is to consistently evaluate where they are lacking and intervene before it is too late..  Make sure you have some textbooks even if MCPS says that there are none.   There are high performing school districts, so google what textbooks they are using, or even browse Amazon for it.

Majority of hard core supplementing is done during summer break.  It is the time to really evaluate where they are and get them help if needed or acceleration if that is the next steo.  For the past 20 years, I have pretty much cherry picked curriculum from more than one source and used it.   [/quote]

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