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[quote=Anonymous]What I regret about Kumon is not doing it for our second child. We enrolled our oldest child in Kumon a year before he started kindergarten (4 years, 9 months old). He was enrolled a little less than 2 years. He attended a play base preschool that did no academics. He learned how to sit and do pencil and paper tasks for 20 to 30 minutes everyday. He learned how to read beginner books after not knowing letters and sounds.

He went from not being able to write his name to writing simple sentences with proper letter formation. This is more important than it seems. Schools no longer teach penmanship in kindergarten and first grade- unless the teacher is close to retirement or your kid goes to Catholic school. It is important to learn to form letters top to bottom with correct spacing. Kumon's worksheets do that. I sat next to my kid with an eraser and watched to make sure he followed the arrows on the worksheets. He had a huge advantage in kindergarten because he could sit and focus while completing quality written work. He was pegged by the teacher as a bright kid. Finishing homework was a breeze.

We didn't sign up our younger one because we thought our older one was ignored bit in favor of the kids who were working on kindergarten tasks. We figured our younger one would catch up. Big mistake- his attitude toward school and homework is not the same. The teachers reactions toward him is different as well. They think of him as not as smart as his older brother even though we can see the younger brother has an amazing vocabulary, catches on very quickly, and can make great connections. He is about to start second grade and we signed him up for a Kumon math before summer. It has taken months for him to get used to the idea of daily schoolwork while our oldest readily does extra math and reading. [/quote]

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