Kumon - Discussion

[sparkie0209]

hi greenbean2011,


it’s great to know that you are pressing on to read to your kid. don’t give up. they would start reading when they are ready. some kids actually do know how to read but for fear of not knowing some words, they would rather not read so that their parents may not say hurtful things to them.

the key is to maintain the interest in reading.

[Alvia ng]

Hi everyone,


Has anyone tried kumon in punggol or sengkang area?
Planning to let my 3 years old boy to attend kumon.

[Laughing]

Has anyone tried the one at Upper Thomson? I am keen to send my kids for their Mathematics. :?

[greenbean2011]

hi sparkie0209,


Thank you so much for yr encouragement.

I will perservere in reading to my little girl.

[sleepy]

greenbean2011:

may i ask - roughly how long then can a child read independently, after attending kumon english lessons ? or roughly at which level ?

Should be able to read simple sentences after 1 year and able to read independently after 2 years

Mine started around same age as yours. Can read simple ladybird story books at age 4 and Usborne pocket science by age 5

Kumon does not place much emphasis on phonics. Optional - you may want to send your child for additional phonics classes

[greenbean2011]

Thanks for your kind sharing, sleepy!


good!
at least now i hv a rough idea when she can read by herself.

is yr child still in kumon english? yr child in Primary school now ?

my girl just started kumon english last wk at Thomson branch - one bus stop after Thomson Medical centre. Saw a lot of kids inside, sitting on the bench, doing homework quietly, independently.

phonics i let her kindergarten teach her. They teach phonics using Letterland … heard a few primary schools also using Letterland.

btw, besides vocab and reading comprehension passages, does kumon english cover how to write … creative composition part?

[greenbean2011]

hey sleepy,


heard yr child in Sakamoto.
how you find it ?

does Sakamoto teach modeling in Primary 1 ?

[sleepy]

greenbean2011:

hey sleepy,


heard yr child in Sakamoto.
how you find it ?

does Sakamoto teach modeling in Primary 1 ?

Not sure about P1 le. Mine only attended less than a year. I find the pace abit slow. That particular center she attended skipped quite a number of worksheets. Withdrawn her leow

[greenbean2011]

on Saturday morning at Novena Thomson branch, saw a number of pre-school kindergarten kids doing kumon wksheets quietly, steadily, studiously, no chit chatting.


all serious looking - working on their workshts independently.
like what i saw.
very good! Instil self discipline, self learning, from very young pre-school age.

saw most of the kids doing Maths, while others doing English, listening to CD, repeating word by word after CD. After listen CD, they start worksheets. Saw a few older children doing Chinese.

those small kids who do maths … very cute.

first, they stand on a small stool - then, start to put the seeds onto the Maths number board - arranging them quickly from 1 to 100, step by step. There is a small stop watch beside the child.

before the child start, the kid press stop watch.
after child finish, child press stop watch again.

this is to test … how long the child takes to finish matching numbers 1 to 100, on the number board. Then teacher come and check - see how long the child take to do the 1 to 100 matching process, record then, then check to see how many correct / wrong. After that, child returns desk, start doing maths worksheets.

saw 2 type of number board (different color) -

a) from 1 to 50
b) from 1 to 100

[sleepy]

greenbean2011:

is yr child still in kumon english? yr child in Primary school now ?



btw, besides vocab and reading comprehension passages, does kumon english cover how to write ... creative composition part?

No, withdrawn long long ago, when she was still in K1.
Kumon doesn't touch on creative writing. Mainly comprehension at higher levels