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Baccare's core practice is aligned to the state standards: every activity names the expectations it practices, and progress there means progress against what Texas asks of your child's grade. Baccare Labs is different. Python, Lean, and logic are enrichment. They are not part of the standards and we never present them as though they were.

If enrichment counted toward mastery, a child could look ahead on paper while the actual grade-level expectation went unpracticed. Exposure is not mastery. Attempts in Labs do not feed core progress, and that separation is enforced in the product rather than left to interpretation.

It is for the child who finishes the practice and wants something else. Writing a few lines of Python that make something happen, or working through a logic puzzle with a real answer, builds appetite. Appetite is worth a great deal at this age, and it does not have to be assessed to be valuable.

Treat it as the reward rather than the homework. Core practice first, Labs after, and no pressure to finish anything. Nothing in Labs is behind, because there is nothing in Labs to be behind on.