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[quote=Anonymous]Just signed up my 4 year old (turns 5 in Dec.) for Junior Kumon yesterday, math only. He will go to kindergarten next year and is at a play based preschool. I asked his daycare teachers if they ever insist that a child pick up a pencil or crayon to practice writing their name or to draw/ color if the child doesn't want to and they told me they would only encourage him but never insist. As a result he never chooses to any fine motor activities. I love the center and love that he gets to play outside a lot and explore, but his fine motor/math skills will be behind when he starts K if we don't do anything. I don't want him in an academic preschool so I think having him do Jr. Kumon math will be a good balance since it is 10 minutes a day at home five days a week, and two, 30 minute sessions at the center. Of course, we could probably replicate what he will learn at Junior Kumon, at home but I don't have time to gather math packets together.

We read tons of books to him and have taught him letter sounds and blending at home, so he is picking up on reading. We specifically told the center we only wanted math and they were perfectly happy just to have us sign him up for math. We play math games with him at home (cards, board games, etc.) so orally he is great at answering math questions, but he really needs to improve his fine motor control and learn to write the numbers.  I visited 3 Kumon centers and each one was slightly different in terms of price, hours, length of contract vs. month-to-month, if they offer a dedicated jr. kumon room, etc.  He tested into the lowest level 7A, which didn't surprise us. We signed up at the Kumon center farthest from our house, but it had the best Jr. Kumon instructor / time/ and room.  The Kumon instructor told us, on average, he should complete 7A (numbers to 10) in one month,  6A (numbers to 30) in 2 months, 5A(improving number writing skills) in one month, 4A (reading, writing, and reciting numbers to 50) in three months, and should be working on level 3A(numbers up to 120 and learning addition) by the time he starts K in 11 months. If he progresses at the average rate then he will have gone from being behind for his age to above grade level in a year. I think that is worth the approximately 1300 to 1400 to dollars it will cost in total.

We do plan on having him continue with Kumon math right now, but we will re-evaluate in a year to see where he is at.  To the PP poster or anyone else who knows about Kumon, do you think these rates of progress are accurate? What math level is your second grader at Kumon? [/quote]

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