Kumon?
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Anonymous
| Anyone have experience with Kumon? |
Anonymous
| Yes, it was great for my son. He did it in Fourth Grade. |
Anonymous
| P.S. Math only. No reading. |
Anonymous
| Do you think that prek is too early start a LO in it? |
Anonymous
| Not at all. |
Anonymous
| LO? |
Anonymous
| Why so early? If you enrich early, in two years you might be complaining that your child is advanced. |
Anonymous
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Do you employ the same logic for early piano or violin, languages, swimming, soccer, gymnastics and lacrosse?
Why do people not complain of being "too advanced" in piano, violin, languages (multiple), swimming (too fast), soccer, gymnastics and lacrosse? Why is being "too advanced" in Math or Science a problem with our schools? Perhaps our schools should take a lesson from our club sporting teams and music organizations? |
Anonymous
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No. I would if kindergarten required piano, violin, languages, swimming, soccer, gymnastics and lacrosse as classroom curriculum.
Maybe our schools should take a cue from European schools, which do not rush reading and math until the older grades and by the time students are older, they outperform U.S. students by every measure. |
Anonymous
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Op writing. DH is a math geek & comes from a family of math geeks. We absolutely want to encourage LO (little one) to be advanced in math as well... I don't understand why any parent WOULDN'T want their child to be strong in this subject.
Thanks for all of the helpful posts |
Anonymous
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OP,
That's great, but please don't fret when DC gets to kindergarten and is ahead of his peers because of your enrichment choices and the teacher isn't challenging him in math. (My sister teaches K at an independent day school in New England and she sees this all the time.) |
Anonymous
| Also, 13:17: Have you actually studied in Europe? We just moved back to the US and my oldest child's first grade math curriculum was more advanced than its DC area equivalent. |
Anonymous
| 13:21 - I anticipate that to happen and it's okay. DH & I are ready to do enrichment at home and will consider continuing with Kumon assuming that all goes well. |
Anonymous
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Yes, years ago. Perhaps it's changed. Or it's different in different countries.
My point is where's the fire? Do you know what's on the math section of the SAT? |
Anonymous
| 13:26 (OP?) You anticipate fretting? |