Kumon or FCL please? Experience please

[ohkaren12]

Any suggestions please on personal experience of kumon is better or fcl to set the foundation for maths. Thank you

I don't know FCL but Kumon was a fantastic experience for our dc. She was so far back in school in maths and they said she's just not able to learn. At age 14 she was only doing maths that a 7 year old can do. So quite poorly. However Kumon was set up that she progressed at very manageable intervals and was able to finish their whole course.

She loved going and went on her own. The kids get little zip up bags so they can do their assignments whenever.

My friend also loved Kumon for her son so, yes, I can say that it's a wonderful way to teach maths.

Our kids have been struggling with math lately and we've been debating between Kumon and Beestar. I am unsure what FCL is but so far I'm struggling with deciding which one to stick with. We're concerned with Kumon in how repetitive the questions are. Is it really helpful for the kids?

For someone who works in a mathematical field…. Repetition is great with learning the timetables. The timetables really set such a fantastic foundation. It’ saves so much of their thinking space when they go onto the likes of trigonometry, algebra etc. many will tell you you never use that stuff when you are older; but it plays a lot into logic, you use it it many ways without realising. Therefore I truly think kumon is great for setting a fantastic and valuable foundation

I do agree that repetitive questions is a good foundation, but what goes beyond that foundation when you use programs like Kumon? I've been in Kumon classes as a kid and I remember disliking it quite a bit and realizing I had to memorize answers, but honestly I really wasn't learning the skill at all.