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[quote=Anonymous]NP here. As others have said, a lot of this comes down to family culture. My kids attend a public elementary that is academically weak and so we supplement at home starting when they’re in kindergarten.

It takes a ton of work but they’re used to the idea that they have “homework” with us for 30 minutes several nights a week. DW and I bought a printed reading curriculum and AoPS paper workbooks and do those with the kids. We also bought the teacher supplement which helped us get started but now we don’t bother with that part (neither of us has any teaching background).

It was intimidating at first because I’m terrible at math and didn’t understand the new way of thinking about it and DW had similar challenges understanding how to teach reading. We’ve been doing this for 4 years now though, and it does get easier. We bribe the kids with some candy or screen time if they do this work without complaining and that’s helped. We also restrict candy and screentime the rest of the time so that the bribe is more meaningful, and so now the kids ask for homework so they can have their treats. It takes a ton of effort for the parents, but it’s doable at a very low cost if that’s what you want.

Good luck![/quote]

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