Kumon - any regrets ?

[Anonymous]

Considering Kumon to supplement my 6yo dd's Investigations math curriculum. Any of you that have done Kumon with your kids regret it ? Any age that is ideal to start at ?

[Anonymous]

We just do the kumon and other workbooks. Love the workbooks.

[Anonymous]

We did Kumon on a fluke with DS at six. DD needed extra help to keep up with her 3rd grade class and I wasn't going to let DS, 6, just sit there while she did her tutoring so he did math there as well (even though he was a grade level). Well, his interest and math and math scores skyrocketed! It was great to see him so excited about math and he jumped way ahead of his class which was also a motivation for him to keep going!

Like everything else, it all has to do with the tutor. But both kids are really benefitting from the extra work.

[Anonymous]

Start now. I LOVE the way the workbooks are arranged.

Like any extracurricular academics at his age - if he enjoys it, it can only help him.

[Anonymous]

Love kumon! My 4.5 year old is doing great and really enjoys it

[Anonymous]

Yes. I looked at what they had to offer and thought it was CRAZY expensive for what it was. So I went with a private tutor who had actual mathematics instructional experience and knowledge of the school curriculum and had a master's degree in math instruction. I shared her with another parent, so my kid had someone else to do math with. She rocked. And charged $60 per week for 45 minutes with the kids, 15 with me and the other parent. She came to our house.

I mean, there was no comparison, from my perspective.

I didn't see Kumon offering any deep cognitive or instructional expertise. So, to be fair, I checked them out, but I decided NOT to do it.

[Anonymous]

Wast of time

[Anonymous]

Some of my high school students are tutors at kumon. They are good math students, but they have no experience/background in teaching whatsoever, so I'd be hesitant to pay kumon prices for what they're offering.

[Anonymous]

We can't afford to do the centers, so we have been doing the workbooks for the past 2 years and I think they're fantastic! I buy them off of Amazon or at Barnes and Noble.

DD does 10 minutes or so a day and I feel like it's helped her math skills a ton. We're in public school and I don't feel like they do enough in the early grades. I hugely recommend the workbooks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wast of time

+1 It's all rote memorization.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was good for 6 months, and then my kids' interested waned and it became a nightly battle. We did Math Kumon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wast of time

+1 It's all rote memorization.

Which is actually pretty important, IMO. You don't get enough of that in school.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone recommend a specific kumon center convenient to alexandria or springfield?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I looked at what they had to offer and thought it was CRAZY expensive for what it was. So I went with a private tutor who had actual mathematics instructional experience and knowledge of the school curriculum and had a master's degree in math instruction. I shared her with another parent, so my kid had someone else to do math with. She rocked. And charged $60 per week for 45 minutes with the kids, 15 with me and the other parent. She came to our house.

I mean, there was no comparison, from my perspective.

I didn't see Kumon offering any deep cognitive or instructional expertise. So, to be fair, I checked them out, but I decided NOT to do it.

How did you find her?

[Anonymous]

Just curious, how much does it cost?