Parents don't dismiss the importance of fundamentals in athletics, music or art. So why would we dismiss the importance of mastering the fundamentals of mathematics? Math is complex, and strong arithmetic skills are foundational. We owe it to our children to give them the opportunity to master them while they are young. Much of the current discussion about the "correct" way to teach math revolves around the "traditional vs. reform" movements in math. People who favor the "reform" approach tend to characterize the traditional programs as the "memorization of meaningless facts." However, memorizing multiplication facts and addition facts and fraction facts are important fundamentals of arithmetic, which is the main branch of mathematics that is not necessarily being taught in elementary schools today. Implicit in the knowledge of those facts is also an abundance of knowledge of relationships between numbers.....
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KUMON was founded by Toru Kumon, a Japanese high school math teacher who developed study materials for his own struggling son. He believed that kids needed to have a strong foundation in the basics-phonetic awareness and memorized multiplication tables, for example-before they could excel at a more advanced level. The curriculum consists of more than 20 defined skills levels for math and reading.....
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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics found that it is necessary for students to master their basic math facts by heart. As parents, we already know that. This is just what KUMON students do-practice until their facts are perfect........
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Parents will sometimes ask when their kids will be at "grade level" in KUMON.
The "short answer" is there is no correlation between the KUMON curriculum and school math grade level. When Mr. Kumon created the Kumon Method 50 years ago in Japan, he did not look at the Seattle Public School math curriculum and try to dovetail with it. Please read on to see just why this is a good thing.....
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Students ages 3-7 are eligible for Kumon's quick paced, lively and fun program! Jr. Kumon is designed to equip these youngsters for kindergarten, primary school and for the full Kumon program.
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As a parent, it is very important that you are involved in your child's KUMON study. Your child's success in KUMON depends on our open communication.....
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At KUMON of UVillage, we have great success guiding our students to work successfully in the higher levels and to completing the KUMON math and reading programs.
Most of our staff are students who are working in the higher levels or who have completed the program. There is a lot of support for students working in the highest levels of the KUMON curriculum in our KUMON Center.
While developing strong math and reading skills are important goals for our students, the ultimate achievement in Kumon study is Program Completion. Students complete the Math Program after Level O and the Reading Program after Level L.

To honor our students who complete the program, we have created the "KUMON Program Completion Scholarship" with a stipend of $250....

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KUMON is a mastery learning program......
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Jeannie Ianelli never imagined the long-lasting benefits of KUMON when she was searching for help for her son 17 years ago....
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It only takes 10-15 minutes each day to build a strong math and/or reading brain and avoid burnt out......
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