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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yikes, I never realized I may need to supplement.  My kids are EOTP in K and 2nd.  They read every day on their own.  We go to the library or book store often (more often the library now that they are reading more).  We read to them (Roal Dahl, Harry Potter, graphic novels, etc) and listen to audiobooks in the car.  We limit screen time (none on weekdays, limited on weekends).  One kid take music lessons.  They play sports.  We play a ton of board games (Azul, Ticket to Ride, Catan, etc).  Sometimes they do math workbooks if they want (I need to refresh our workbook supply).  We do a lot of arts and crafts.  We go to museums and hikes on weekends.  We talk about the world around us and far away from us.  I try to teach gratitude for what we have and how lucky we are.

Now that I've written that out, I feel at peace with not "supplementing" more.[/quote]

Yes, because your kids are little and, presumably, attend a decent DCPS or charter EOTP.

Wait until 4th or 5th grade, when you can see that the curriculum isn't teaching them to write a grammatical and properly spelled and punctuated paragraph, or much at all in the way of social studies.  It's common for UMC parents in DCPS to start to hire tutors and pay for academic camps in the upper grades, no matter what else is true. [/quote]

My kids are at Deal. No supplementing here. They’re learning to read critically and write persuasively. They’re getting strong history/geography/world cultures instruction. They’re challenged in math. They get foreign language instruction every day. They have a reasonable amount of homework (and sometimes not much at all, which I love).[/quote]

You're kidding yourself about some of this, PP.  They definitely aren't getting strong social studies instruction at Deal.  If they're challenged in math, they're not great at math.  Foreign language instruction every day, I'll give you that.[/quote]

14:54 PP, why wasn’t your kid challenged in math?  Did they not test into a high enough level?[/quote]

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