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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if they supplement at YY or LAMB outside of language supplementation?[/quote]

YY family here.  We only supplement for things like religious instruction, another language (not Mandarin) and sports and hobbies.  The other families we know do the same.  [b]I don't know anyone who supplements for academics, math, reading, but we are in an upper grade with a child who is 2-3 grade levels ahead without outside help.[/b]  Yu Ying does a good job with differentiation in their classrooms.[/quote]

Yes, you do, you just don't know it. At the 3-week long Johns Hopkins CTY camp our kid attended in Alexandria (for rising 3rd to 5th graders, $2,500), we realized that some of the DCPS and DCPC families participating were keeping the arrangement private. A few parents we know from our DC neighborhood asked us not to tell others that they'd enrolled a child. Even friends in MoCo whose children take "compacted" GT math in the upper elementary grades quietly supplement with tutors, on-line programs, and math camps. They just don't talk about it. [/quote]

Interesting.  Do you mind sharing which DC neighborhood?  I find it so bizarre that people outwardly put down supplementation only to do so in private.  It is as if your child is less intelligent if he/she requires supplementation.   Also, even though the OP says she/he does not want to supplement, she/he does so in the broader sense.  Personally, I think it is fine to do so and no parent should feel that they need to hide from it or be ashamed of it.  [/quote]

That is weird.  We supplement.  I don't broadcast it, but if you asked me directly, I'd tell you that I do.  There's nothing wrong with it.  [/quote]

Same here, although it may be more like enrichment than supplementing.  Either way, it comes off as insecure / bragging when people are really in your face about it.  If you're interested, we can talk about it, but it's nothing I need to broadcast.[/quote]

What's the difference between enrichment and supplementing?  That sounds like a distinction without a difference.[/quote]

I look at it as broadening their knowledge versus deepening it in one specific area.  So if they're a grade ahead in math and I provide them with instruction / workbooks / etc. to get them 2-3 grades ahead, that's what I think of as supplementing.  I look at enrichment as  bringing them to a butterfly garden when they're learning about the lifecycle of insects, or something like that.  So I'm much more focused on enrichment, but I'll give my child the ability to work ahead grade levels if that's what they're asking for.  And yes, my kids are weird and ask for math 1-2 grades higher.[/quote]

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