KUMON

[downundergirl]

Hi

Just wondering if any of you have your children using this method for English and especially for maths? What are your opinions on it and do you find that it has helped?
Have just started my dd who has missed out on a lot of the basics of maths so am hoping that this extra help will, at the very least, bring her up to her year level.
Thanks for any replies.

I think there are a few threads on this, some people find it very useful from what I recall but it doesn't suit everyone.

All VERY expensive.
Helped with the basics of maths, definitely.
My eldest has a reading age three years above his chronological age, but his writing is two years below his chronological age. Kumon English couldn't cater for this, IMO.

As a teacher, there only seem to be a few children that benefit. tbh it never seems to make much difference to how the children progress. It might be worth chatting to the teacher and asking if she is able to provide something that will support what your dd is doing in school,

Thank you all for your replies. It is the basic arithmetic she missed out on and I have to say, she's very good about doing her Kumon booklets. Hopefully, she'll get something out of it! $100 per month here (Australia).

I think if the basic arithmetic has become muddled its great - our Y1 child has gone from last August thinking of any excuse to avoiding anything to do with numbers to "My head is good at tricky sums". DD2 probably won't need it as she naturally finds numbers easy.

They only do the maths, not the English in this area.

I would say both of my girls have benefitted from Kumon, although it is a constant battle and struggle to get it done, and lots of work for the parents to mark/keep up with admin, so you have to be quite dedicated!

Like anything, if you practise enough, you will obviously get better. However, it's not always the same sort of maths questions they get at school, and it doesn't really teach them to interpret wordy questions etc.

Overall, I'd say it can't do any harm!!