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I think this Kumon crap at 4 is sapping kids of real learning/natural brain development.  Rote facts and memorization is not real intelligence.

Think outside the box.[/quote]

Not the OP, but 'think outside the box'??  Lol

And could you point me to some studies on how Kumon workbooks sap kids of natural brain development?  Or, are you just talking out of your a$$?

What do you consider to be 'real' intelligence?[/quote]

Creating nice little factory workers that can follow direction.  Our GT Director weeds out the Kumon-advantaged kids from the truly gifted. It's pretty clear some can only regurgitate and not extrapolate or think independently.

The advantages of early play-learning become clear by third-4th grade.[/quote]
Kids with Kumon are not, as you spitefully put it, "Kumon-advantaged."  Rather, they possess certain skills that daily practice has allowed them to develop. I find it very weird that some parents believe that Kumon somehow affects kids' creativity. Kumon teaches kids specific skills - subtractions, multiplications, etc. It does not, somehow, strips kids of their natural creativity. If they were creative to begin with, they will continue to be so, with some concrete skills thrown in. On the flip side - a creative kid still need to know his multiplications and divisions, no matter what. No creative way of getting out of those. [/quote]

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