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[quote=Anonymous]I know that lots of families supplement at home.  It has never been a priority for us but I'm curious to hear and think about the arguments for why to do it.

Also, how does supplementing actually typically work?  Are there ways to do it that are actually fun for kids who don't find academics inherently interesting, or is it just a matter of pushing them to do it like you would tell them to do their chores?

(In our case, my 3rd grader is bright but not highly gifted. Test scores generally fluctuate in the 65th-85th percentile range... my gut is that she has the capacity to be consistently in the high 80s/low 90s if she was continuously exposed to new, challenging  content. She is not very interested in academics (although she does love to read and write) so I expect it would be a struggle to get her to do more math/etc unless I can find her really fun apps/games with learning built in or something similar.   This is top of mind a little more as we head towards the ELC and compacted math selection process, and I'm wondering whether our lack of supplementing might mean she misses out on those due to her MAP scores even if she might benefit from them, and whether a lot of the other families in the grade are likely to be supplementing while we're not...)[/quote]

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