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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those parents supplementing at home because you feel MCPS is not doing its job.. what are you supplementing, math only?  Writing?  What exactly is MCPS not teaching your kid that you teach them at home?[/quote]

I supplement math, writing, and foreign language on a weekly basis. As the kids get older we try to work in supplemental instruction in history and geography, but that is something we currently do much more informally

For writing, MCPS seems to do a decent job at the creative/productive aspects of writing in the younger grades, but I prefer a more systematic and formal approach. At home we do direct instruction in grammar and use a writing program that focuses on narration and copywork. I think this complements the writing done in the classroom and should ideally lead to my kids having a more well-rounded writing style that is both content-rich and technically sound.

In math we focus on fact memorization, mental math, logic, and simple math extension going beyond what's offered in class.

I feel that history and geography, which to me go hand in hand as very closely related subjects that ought to be considered together rather than in isolation, is one of the weakest areas of the US system of K-12 education. There's a tremendous emphasis on reading and STEM, which is great since those subjects are important. But social studies/history seems to fall by the wayside too often for my comfort, and the general level of knowledge of geography I have seen amongst the admittedly small sample of US students I know is terrible. Other than reading Story of the World for history, we don't do a formal curriculum for this yet because we prefer taking heavy advantage of opportunities for hands on learning at home or in the local area and integrating these content areas into our daily lives.[/quote]

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