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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Wow, [b]I just realized that I posted this almost a year ago, so I will provide an update. My son ended up passing out of the Jr. Kumon program in 6 months (passed level 3A). He spent 3 months in level 2A (addition facts to 20) before I withdrew him in May. For my son it was worth the 1,000 dollars that we paid.[/b] Interestingly enough, it wasn't the math knowledge that was so beneficial, what he really got out of it was a vast improvement in his writing /fine motor ability as well as the ability to sit at a table and to focus while completing a paper and pencil task. As I posted before, he attended a play-based preschool with no formal academic program. When he started Kumon he could only write two numbers and could only write the first three letters in his eight letter name. He could also only sit at a table and work for five minutes. By the time he finished in May he could write 50 numbers at one sitting without a problem. He could focus for 20 to 25 minutes at a time. He was proud of his hard work and progress. I don't think I would have challenged him enough at home. It was nice to be able to talk to his Kumon teacher to see what amount of work they thought was appropriate. He just started kindergarten and is doing great. The homework takes him 2 minutes because he can write so quickly. He says school is fun because he is able to keep up with all the coloring and writing. Several of his friends who were with him at the play based preschool are having trouble adjusting to kindergarten. They are bright, articulate, creative boys but they are having trouble sitting down in class and keeping up with the written work. I don't agree that kindergarten should be so academic, but since it is - I am glad my son is prepared. I feel like he got the best of both worlds- a fantastic play-based preschool/daycare 8 hours a day and 10 to 20 minutes a day of exposure to formal academics.

I ended up pulling him out because I wanted to work on conceptual math topics at home before he worked on the drill. He was so far ahead with memorizing facts without having great number sense that I decided to buy a home math program and now we work on conceptual math at home. I might put him back in Kumon in first or second so he really can have down all his math facts.[/quote]

Your son did not go very far in 10 months ($1,000/10).  Did he do his exercises daily?  He seems to have moved at a snail's pace![/quote]

Perhaps I wasn't clear. He went from 7A to 3A in six months which, I was told by his Kumon teacher is good progress - five levels in six months.[/quote]

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