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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely! I put my three kids in Kumon for two years each in early elementary school so they would become lightening fast at math facts. I kept them in it until they finish level E which is fractions. They were the fastest students when they had time tests. And now it pays off when trying to do algebra problems because they don’t have to exert any mental effort to reduce a fraction like 36/48 or 16/56 or add/subtract/multiply/divide when solving a complicated problem.  They tell me they have kids in their classes that are still having to mentally manipulate or use fingers to do addition,subtraction, multiplication facts. Homework in upper grades in math gets completed faster so there is time to supplement with other math programs like Beast Academy/Aops. [/quote]

Or the opposite. My kids have never done Kumon and both are top in their 10th and 7th grade math classes. And they don’t judge other kids for using their fingers. [/quote]

That’s great for your kids. My kids don’t judge kids for using their fingers they feel badly for them because they realized their homework must take a long time. Only one of my kids would be a top math student without supplementing. The other two would not be advanced in math at all without all the extra work. It is a great life lesson that hard work pays off. And that over learning math procedures is really helpful when you are learning a new topic. Once it becomes automatic you can concentrate on why it works and word problems without getting bogged down on calculations. This is the exact opposite of how their schools teach math. [/quote]

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