All About Primary School Math Enrichment

[ck123]

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Hi all expert out there,

I am trying to figure out which is better CMA or MPM for my 4year old boy.

Appreciate your views.

Thanks

[jedamum]

Hi


CMA involves abacus training. MPM is more towards math enrichment, covering math concepts and some logic thinking sums.
What do you intend to expose your boy to?

You can find more info on the various math enrichment in http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewforum.php?f=7.

[ChiefKiasu]

ck123:

Hi all expert out there,


I am trying to figure out which is better CMA or MPM for my 4year old boy.

Appreciate your views.

Thanks

I think MPM is more \"practical\" to prepare children for Primary schools.

[lurline]

agree with chief kiasu.


Btw, can you recommend a good MPM learning center in the east, i can’t seem to find any.

Thks

[raysusan]

i had just enroll my girl to mpm

i find it more systematic in their maths teaching

[jedamum]

CMA or abacus training supposed to be left brain right brain training type of stuff.

MPM more on exposing kids to logic questions.
Depends on what you want.

[2bbtang]

Hi!


My son (K2) is currently enrolled in MPM since beginning of this year. School @ Pandan Valley. Initially I was deciding to put him in Kumon or MPM. But I find Kumon not so suitable for my boy… kinda of "dry" drilling… which he could find boring after a while. While MPM’s colourful illustration, logic concept, manuplative…etc helps him to understand and enjoys every lesson.

The teacher periodically will assessed his progress and will recommend me should he skipped or continue the syllabus.

So far, I’m very satisfied with his progress and the teacher’s coaching. He very self-discipline doing the work by himself. And definitely recommend to anyone.

[Luanee]

My daughter is starting P1 next year. Her math seems quite poor and I am thinking of enroling her in an enrichment class. However my husband thinks that she may get confused if the style and method taught in school differs from the enrichment class, be it Kumon or MPM.


Anyone can enlighten me on this? Thanks.

[sleepy]

workingmom:

I have a question for parents with children doing Kumon math. This is regarding the amount/number of pages/worksheets given to the child to complete daily. My elder daughter is doing 2A moving on to A - she is given 2 booklets (20 pages) per day. That seems a lot to me - she is in K2 this yr and started Kumon 3 mths ago.

Is this kind of amount the norm for kids that age ? When she goes on to Level A should it reduce to just 1 booklet (10 pages) ?

my K2 girl only does 5 pages daily. Sometimes she has difficulty keeping to 5 pages if we have other activities on that day.
If really no time, then skip one set because it's almost impossible to ask her to complete 2 days worksheets within a day
No complaints from center instructors so far even if she falls behind in submitting worksheets

[workingmom]

I think the amount seems to vary among each centers. My daughter has moved on to Level A and is doing 10 pages a day. She manages to complete most of the time but I think it can be a struggle when she is tired, busy with other activities or not in the mood.


I think Kumon is good for routine arithmetic, which I think at the end of the day, requires lots of practice/drills. I think the timing requirements are a bit unrealistic though, especially for younger kids. My daughter could hardly add or subtract simple sums earlier this year but now she is pretty confident in addition/subtraction up to 30. I guess this builds a good foundation for the basics. I plan to get her to do up to multiplication/division levels and then revisit whether we should continue.