Opinions on Kumon??

Updated on January 28, 2017
A.A. asks from Houston, TX
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Hi I started Kumon math for my going to be 1st grader and 3rd grader. I need some feedback from parents who have used or use this as a method for math enrichment. Here are my issues:
5 year old is going to 1st grade a very very young 6. He is academically on track and will turn 6 a couple of weeks before school starts. I started Kumon as a way for him to get a little summer enrichment and heads up before school starts. He gets a packet to do each day and the level is really low...addition by 1s. He can do it just fine but he is so bored by the repitition that he zones out and never makes the time requirement...he cries and whines and even sitting with him I cannto get him to complete the worksheet in under 10 mins. He does half a packet and then gives up and cries. Even at 20 mins he is crying and refusing to complete the work and saying he hates it. I am a little upset and needing feeback on this...Kumon is super boring and I am not sure what this particular level si supposed to achieve bc its adding by ones and requiring very little thought process but they will nto progress him any faster. He is also young so writing under timed conditions is hard for him and he is slow. This weekend he found a singapore math workbook from first grade....and old workbook we used at times with my older son to supplement class work and he worked trough many pages of it independently asking for help when he needed it. This workbook is pitched at kids in the latter part of first grade and conceptually he was understanding and wanting to do the work. I was worried after the kumon experience of daily crying over math sheets that he was somehow weak at math but this does not seem to be true. On the contrary my husband thinks DS has good number sense for a 5 year old which makes the "Enrichment" reason for doing Kumon that much more of a joke! I am wondering if any other families have tried Kumon and what they think...is it worth the money and the tantrums to stick it out at this level? My 3rd grader is doing better but he too is bored with the repitition and wanting to do something more challenging or interesting but that is not happening. Please give feedback?!! Thanks!

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K.S.

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My sister did Kumon and had great results...she was always ahead in math. Kumon is based on repitition so that they know how to do things without thinking. My sister also has ADD and it was the perfect thing for her. It was actually the one thing she would sit and do. For some kids it's great for others not so great.

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K.L.

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I'm an experienced educator with a natural rapport with students of all ages, and would love to talk to you about working with your family. If you are interested in private tutoring, please send me a message or email me at ____@____.com.

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K.B.

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Hello,

i did not do Kumon but heard is was boring as well. I just do hooked on phonics at home and it is working very well.

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L.M.

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I've heard that Sylvan is a lot better- Kumon is a lot of worksheets.

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H.B.

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My boys go to Campbell Christian. I did Kumon before I found Campbell and I agree it was really boring and moved very slow! I don't know a whole lot about there after school program but there school is wonderful. The kids are there for very short hours (my 6 year old goes 2 hours a day 4 days a week) but there results are wonderful!!! My six year old is working on long multiplcation and my 4 year old is adding and reading at a kindergarden level. Check out the afterschool program. You won't be sorry.
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A.S.

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Kumon is definitely not my favorite source to go to for helping students with math whether for enrichment purposes or to catch up. My go to source for my students would be a website called Beestar. Beestar provides great resources with multiple subjects and provides the information in an interesting and fun way. My students love using the website and really love seeing their names on the honor roll system. A lot of them who struggled with math have gone on to GT programs in their current school. Kumon can be helpful but for this generation's kids it is too repetitive in the fast-paced technology driven world that they grow up in. Beestar is adaptable and stays relevant to current needs of the students which is a great tool that everyone should utilize.

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