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[quote=Anonymous]The title of this thread asks whether anyone had a negative outcome with Kumon.  DC never went to a Kumon center, but we did use the numbers to 120 workbook in k; that worked ok, especially the connect the dots exercises.

The summer following first grade, I started DC on Kumon's addition book.  DC really didn't like it...not sure if you would call that a negative outcome.  I showed my educator sister in law both the Kumon workbooks and Singapore math workbooks; she much preferred the latter in that they really help build conceptual understanding, starting with use of manipulatives, then progressing to pictures, only then operations.  My dc loves to use them, and enjoys/is dong well in math at school; much more engagement/ time commitment required  on my part with Singapore.

While kumon workbooks are limited in scope to math fact drilling, it's all in; you buy the basic addition workbook, you practice basic addition math facts.  With Singapore, in addition to the teacher's guide and textbook and workbook, we use workbooks for extra practice and for testing; the program includes some drills and we also use on-line drills.  Singpore also provides ideas for around-the-house, real-life math activities for those of us challenged in the creative enrichment department.  (Once we got started, it is not as complicated/heavy as it sounds; we take it bit by bit.)

So I wouldn't characterize our outcome with Kumon workbooks as negative; it's just that in the end, we found a richer approach to math supplementation more suitable for our dc and her learning style.[/quote]

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