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[quote=Anonymous][quote]No one is saying don't get a tutor for a struggling child. What is bewildering is for those kids in ES that clearly are bright to begin with, why get a tutor? They are just in ES. Aren't you concerned with burnout for such a young kid? I feel like an ES kid should have a chance to be a kid. Schools are more competitive now so I know my kid will face the stress eventually. Why bring it on so early needlessly if your kid is already bright, IMO. [/quote]

I'm not sure where you equate tutoring or outside academic classes as stressful or burn out. The kids work at their own pace. The plans are individualized. You're not forcing the kid to do the same boring thing over and over again and there is no deadline that they must master XYZ by a certain time.

My kids were losing their interest in math thanks to MCPS. They enjoy math. They get rewards when they finish a level but its up to them how fast or slow they get there. They also are proud of what they do. For ES age kids being to work fluently with big numbers in your head, solve math puzzles, or use math to build something complicated is cool.

If they had the opportunity to work at an appropriate level of school, develop deeper number sense, and enjoyed it there, we would bother with the outside classes. Since MCPS doesn't provide a quality math education, we replace it after school. [/quote]

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