Reply to is outside enrichment really unaffordable?

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "is outside enrichment really unaffordable?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It's less the monetary cost than it's the time and individual attention[/b].  Kumon/RSM/AOPS are roughly in the same price ballpark and the curriculum and instruction is all fine for purposes of reinforcement.  I find though that even though I send the kids to Kumon/RSM/AOPS, I still need to make sure the kids do the homework and I often need to work through problems with them.  It's the keeping tabs on the kids and support that take up the most time and that would be expensive to replicate in that I suspect it would otherwise require some 1-1 tutoring.[/quote]
We are lower middle class as well, and the monthly fee was lowered to almost nothing.  We made time to sit with the child as well, but our kid did not want to study.  So we stopped, and child is back to TV and phone.  We are looking for suggestions what we can do if child refuses to study.   [/quote]

How old is your child?

I would remove access to TV and phone. Those are earned. Doing your homework, turning in assignments on time, getting As and Bs on tests - those things will give access to TV, phone, hanging out with friends. If those are not done, there is no access to fun things until they do. It's like when DD was young, I would say 'You have 3 hours before you have to go to bed. You can spend all 3 hours dawdling, arguing, not doing your work, or you can get it done quickly and well, and the rest of the time is yours'. She learned very quickly that being efficient and good got her free time to do whatever she wanted.  If your child is still young (I'd say below 12 or 13 years old), I would read to them. Play audiobooks in the car when you're taking them places. Talk to them about the books you're both reading/listening to.

A lot of what you need to do, is to get them out and about, and expose them to what the world holds for them. Take them to museums, monuments, gardens. Talk to them about what's there, why it's important to preserve old things, talk about events that led to monuments, etc. Look into things like planetariums, or talks about space and cosmology. Look into events your library might have, or ask them for help to research events that you can take your child to. A lot of what kids get in MC/UMC households, is parents talking to them about what is going on in the world around them, from a young age. This tends to develop curiosity and interests.

And I would be honest with them about your life and your struggles, and what you hope for them. DH and I are immigrants, that through education, hard work, and luck are now wealthy. We don't hide our past from our child; we talk about the enormous amount of effort that got us to where we are. My very first job as a teenager, was picking up trash in parks. I put myself through my post-grad work by working 70 hours in 3 jobs, while also carrying a full course load. We also talk about how much more opportunity she has to make a really good life for herself, and have a positive impact on the world around her.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics