Question - where would a mamma bear with two bright, mature, and social children find help to keep those children be challenged intellectually and with real science? Summer camp suggestions? (Most we have found have gone anti-science woke - especially NC math and science programs out of Duke, UNC, and other universities). Anything? W…
Question - where would a mamma bear with two bright, mature, and social children find help to keep those children be challenged intellectually and with real science? Summer camp suggestions? (Most we have found have gone anti-science woke - especially NC math and science programs out of Duke, UNC, and other universities). Anything? We'll pay good money for good programs but will not subject them to anti-science woke indoctrination, any political indoctrination, or any program except those grounded in objective factual truth.
I am happy to share more details privately, but the lowest score, by rather a lot, either has ever gotten on a single area of MAP testing was the 92% - and that happened once only because the 7-year-old decided to start experimenting with the testing software out of boredom.
Their school is awesome - private, Chirstian, non-woke, academically elite, elementary STEM lab that is like a mini myth busters bought a small zoo, admission depends on being above the 70th% in every academic area, very well rounded from academics to athletics to arts to community involvement.
Still, it's really hard as a parent to find ways to intellectually challenge kids these days (at least I find it difficult particularly the last 2 years). Both my little kids love learning - they don't care what any particular answer is as much as they love figuring out the right answer(s). The 10-year-old reads 150-200 pages an hour and has read over 700 real books. She's also an incredible athlete. Between the books and the sports, we can give her challenges, though boys beating up girls on the club soccer field recently is causing motivational issues for most girls we know in higher level athletics. Our son is more difficult. He's been asking for a CRISPR since he was 5 (I'm not saying he should ever actually get his hands on one. LOL). He has encyclopedic knowledge of nature, critters, and is getting there on animal genetics part. When Covid mask started he was the kid, then barely 6, asking why so many adults didn't understand the definition of aerosol. He is very socially mature and lots of friends but has a loneliness about him sometimes because he likes documentaries and wants to learn scientific stuff while most of his friends are into more normal things.
Anyhow, totally off subject, but if we are going to save the next generation, we are going to do it one kid at a time. As a mom I'm trying really hard to do my part for my own children, but the challenge is real. Passing along any opportunities or organizations that could help would be very much appreciated!!
"the 7-year-old decided to start experimenting with the testing software out of boredom." Ha ha! Love it! I did that once too but I was a junior in high school.
Question - where would a mamma bear with two bright, mature, and social children find help to keep those children be challenged intellectually and with real science? Summer camp suggestions? (Most we have found have gone anti-science woke - especially NC math and science programs out of Duke, UNC, and other universities). Anything? We'll pay good money for good programs but will not subject them to anti-science woke indoctrination, any political indoctrination, or any program except those grounded in objective factual truth.
I am happy to share more details privately, but the lowest score, by rather a lot, either has ever gotten on a single area of MAP testing was the 92% - and that happened once only because the 7-year-old decided to start experimenting with the testing software out of boredom.
Their school is awesome - private, Chirstian, non-woke, academically elite, elementary STEM lab that is like a mini myth busters bought a small zoo, admission depends on being above the 70th% in every academic area, very well rounded from academics to athletics to arts to community involvement.
Still, it's really hard as a parent to find ways to intellectually challenge kids these days (at least I find it difficult particularly the last 2 years). Both my little kids love learning - they don't care what any particular answer is as much as they love figuring out the right answer(s). The 10-year-old reads 150-200 pages an hour and has read over 700 real books. She's also an incredible athlete. Between the books and the sports, we can give her challenges, though boys beating up girls on the club soccer field recently is causing motivational issues for most girls we know in higher level athletics. Our son is more difficult. He's been asking for a CRISPR since he was 5 (I'm not saying he should ever actually get his hands on one. LOL). He has encyclopedic knowledge of nature, critters, and is getting there on animal genetics part. When Covid mask started he was the kid, then barely 6, asking why so many adults didn't understand the definition of aerosol. He is very socially mature and lots of friends but has a loneliness about him sometimes because he likes documentaries and wants to learn scientific stuff while most of his friends are into more normal things.
Anyhow, totally off subject, but if we are going to save the next generation, we are going to do it one kid at a time. As a mom I'm trying really hard to do my part for my own children, but the challenge is real. Passing along any opportunities or organizations that could help would be very much appreciated!!
"the 7-year-old decided to start experimenting with the testing software out of boredom." Ha ha! Love it! I did that once too but I was a junior in high school.