Why kumon is good

There are many people who know their math. In fact there are many math teachers who know their math quite well, but it seems that there are few who can teach it and even fewer who make the students feel good about themselves when they make a mistake. If you want your kids to learn their math, you have to make sure you teach them. Make sure they know the multiplication tables before grade 6 level.

You will be amazed at how easily they will pick up concepts like fractions and algebra. I say again, their are some good Kumon centers out there, but you may have to pay hundreds to find out if the one closest to you is one of them.

The article is propaganda! There is nothing good to kumon! Although the work may be helpful, they give too much and there is no tolerance in slack! Kumon has these report cards given out every week and after a child is through with a work sheet the parent needs to correct it! Also the price is too high! You pay close to us dollars a month! Parents, hear me Kumon is not for your kid. Zhao Ching father of 2.

We just made the difficult decision to give one months notice to remove our kids from Kumon. They are rising 3rd and 5th grade and have both been doing it for 2 years. I must say — Kumon can be an excellent program with the right instructor. Our 5th grader was struggling with learning math facts 2 years ago and after much hard work and tears his grades really shot up so much that the teacher wanted to know our secret.

However, his teacher was extremely rigid and inflexible and made him repeat the sequence THREE times. We had a conference to discuss it — and missed one or two sessions after that, but his time was perfect — and she decided to have him repeat it again. To say that this was demoralizing to him was an understatement.

All the while, his school studies had moved on way past long division… So literally, he was working on fractions and decimals at school, while at night he was repeating the same long division packets for Kumon. He was easily spending 4 — 5 X the time in homework for Kumon. All of his focus was getting through to Kumon. As a result, his grades dropped.

So, if your kids class has moved on — guess what? This has happened to us twice in the program. Last week the center director had her in there for over 2 hours. We finally pulled her out — and she said that while she was in there, she had asked to talk with us and the director refused to let her talk with us. She went to the bathroom crying because the director refused to let us see her. We were in the waiting room — we had no idea. She told us that she was trying to escape to call because she felt like a prisoner there.

After that, I emailed our center director and gave her notice. Math supplementation is one thing — but this experience was quite another. At the end of the day, our kids need to be motivated by the desire to learn, and not motivated by someone of Asian or Indian descent standing over them with a ruler in one hand and pointing a finger at them with the other.

You lost me in your last paragraph. Would it have been okay if the instructor had looked like one of your parents? Kumon is an awful learning center. How would doing a large amount of homework that is, in most cases, completely unrelated to school lessons, help the student? You need a strong foundation to build off of for the future.

Kumon does not provide that. And in later middle school and high school years, regular schools provide so much homework that any additional work will be extremely stressful for the child. My son was in the 6th grade at his time of enrollment so far its been about 6months. In addition to Kumon. I was wondering if Kumon centers offer any type of tuition assistance programs that you are aware of?

So know he wants to learn Karate. Decisions Deceisions I guess I have decide between his Kumon and Karate if no help is offered to parents for tuition. As we know that education is the way to reach the success, so it necessary for us to provide quality education to our kids.

I was so glad to see this review and I think I will stop searching Kumon center for my kid. I was trying to locate a Kumon center in Vaughan Ontario. After i called the center located i maple. Nobody called me back after I left 2 voice message. Then I tried to call Kumon Canada, I was asked to leave a message. What kind of business are they running? We have 2 boys which love school and are lucky enough to have things come easy.

Kumon has kept them challenged when school does not. I agree there is not as much time spent on theory as a normal math class so we have to explain a few things on the side and they see the topics get repeated in school anyway.

And we never have to pull out a calculator during shopping when they are along. Not much I can complain about. I agree completely! My son has been going to Kumon for the last 2 years and seems to have really gained from it especially in terms of having a daily routine of sitting down to do the work.

We actually did a comparison of some of the math programs in terms of method, time commitment etc. I have heard of how great Kumon is, where the syllabus teaches consistency and repetition. I decided to teach my daughter started Kumon workbooks at the age of 2. She goes to a daycare, and the teachers were surprised by her academic achievement.

I like the idea where Kumon workbooks can help a child progress in their own time and space, and become excellent at the subject. Alot of the things my daughter learn from Kumon workbooks become second nature when she applies that knowledge in school. I buy varieties of Kumon workbooks not just math.

My sister has been a Kumon instructor for many years now. I have partly financed her center and helped her build and assist her in runing her center for many years since the passing away of her husband, my brother-in-law.

The income from the center has helped her raise her family single-handedly and put her kids through college. In my humble opinion, the relationship between the company and the franchisees has always been good. The company has been instructor friendly until certain misguided individuals like you Nicole Smith set up the IAKF and misled my sister among other franchisees.

My sister, as with many of her fellow instructors has been constantly bombarded with factually incorrect and false information from the IAKF for many years. I have advised my sister to stay away from this association. I truly believe that education of the students at her center is of primary focus. However, IAKF representatives within the area keep harassing her to arrange an activist meeting at her center. Even Area Managers of Kumon have informed us that the IAKF is a rogue organization that has been spreading lies and misinformation only to increase their membership.

Thanks for listening. Xie Xie!! I am a student in Kumon. To tell you the truth at first I despised it. I find GEM very easy because I already did almost all the curriculum that they are going to teach. However people with different thinking styles cannot see the beneficial side of Kumon. Your review can tell many people if Kumon is right for them or not. I was looking to se if Kumon is right for my 5 yr. My parent pulled me out of Kumon, finally. My instructor is a horse farmer full-time and part-time Kumon instructor.

Stay away from the Kumon center in Howell, NJ. Kumon Sucks. I was enrolled 3 years ago by my parents because the 2 week free trial was over. Then things started to get tougher. Too much repeats, Too much pages. I am now level J and it is just so hard. I also do 30 pages a week compared to the recommended pages per week which is And every year, everyone who is advanced to what the school teaches, they give a medal.

But that is totally not worth the time, money and effort done. So my life in Kumon is really really hard. That 2 week free trial? Its just a trap to get customers in their multi-million dollar business. Sometimes, I even think that Kumon leads my grades down because Kumon only teaches what to do and not how to do it. And it also gets me down because the stress it gives me is very very bad. It will ruin and change them until they either quit or finish after around 5 years.

I would like to warn any parent who is thinking about Kumon to first read the reviews about Kumon. It is a scam and the people who tutor at the centers are thieves and abusive people.

Ok, so as a parent I think you have had enough Kuomon to have the basics of math drummed int you and, I agree, talk to your parents about signing out and show them what a good student you are by getting good grades at home. The Kumon math program has produced Olympiad English and Science Medallists and top rankers, apart from Arjun Bhargava, a year-old who has actually completed Kumon English!

Kumon has also produced children who have excelled in sports and arts because the strong work ethic has been carried over to their other goals and passions. CD books are given for children to listen to before they start their work in order to learn specific pronunciations.

Some of the excerpts in the higher levels are wonderful, varied and of high calibre, from reputed works of literature. Critical thinking about texts is encouraged and the children are encouraged to build their vocabulary and use the language creatively. The Kumon program takes in children as young as 2 and while they love counting, shapes and other fun concepts that make Math interesting, they are still unable to write.

To be fair, the instructors are very gentle with him but a 3 and a half-year old is simply not ready. I wish I had waited a little longer before enrolling him. Their curiosity has increased and they like doing worksheets at home. Kumon is repetitive, so we sometimes give it a break and then start again. From the way the homework has to be submitted and the classwork has to be picked up to how to wind the session down, everything follows structure and discipline. These are life skills that help a child stay organized and focused.

Do you still want to choose Kumon? Head to your closest Kumon centre. Through the Kumon Method we aim to foster sound, capable individuals who can succeed in achieving their goals in life. It began with children in Japan and now extends to students all around the world. Smartphone website. The Kumon Method and Its Strengths. At Kumon we are dedicated to fully pursuing the potential of each individual student. Kumon Instructors provide just enough guidance for their students to be able to do the exercises on their own.

As a result, our students learn that they can do anything if they try, build self-esteem, and develop the ability to take on new challenges for themselves. Kumon aims to foster sound, capable individuals who are able to independently carve out a path for themselves in life. With the Kumon Method students learn by doing the worksheets independently without being taught. The Kumon Method aims for students to go beyond their school grade level through self-learning and advance to studying high school level material at an early age.

To sum up, the Kumon Method is a learning method that pursues the potential of each individual student and develops his or her ability to the maximum. The following four strengths enable Kumon to achieve all of the above. Individualized Instruction Kumon is an individualized learning method that allows each student to study at a comfortable level, regardless of age or school grade, and advance beyond his or her current school grade level. See Details.

Self-Learning Kumon places great importance on self-learning, encouraging students to read the worksheets, think, and do the exercises on their own. Small-Step Worksheets Kumon worksheets are designed to take students from easy problems to difficult problems in very small steps. Kumon Instructors Kumon Instructors discover what individual students are capable of and bring out their potential.

The Kumon Programs While their contents differ, all of the Kumon programs used around the world are based on the same principles. See Details The Role of Kumon Instructors Click here for a detailed explanation of the role that Kumon Instructors play in drawing out the potential of each individual child.