Please click on the Newsletter link to find the latest newsletter for February 2012. In it you'll find out favorite, classic article on "Learning to Love Through KUMON", "The Chinese Bamboo", our Snow Day Policy and a request for parents to take their cell phone calls outside of the waiting room....
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Happy New Year! Please read the latest KUMON of Seattle Newsletter. It includes articles on why fighting the daily KUMON "battle" is worth it, resolutions for 2012 and our new center gift card policy. You can find the January 2012 newsletter under the "Newsletter" link.....
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"Rote learning" skills like times tables and long division are out, to the chagrin of many parents and teachers.
Parents in the United States know how this feels. It turns out that the problem extends to our neighbors to the north, as well. Read on for an article by Margaret Wente in the Canadian Globe & Mail.....
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Here are a few New Year's resolutions that have worked for my family over the years......
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Parents are sometimes concerned when they see duplicates of work their child has already done. It's important to remember that repetition is a fundamental characteristic of KUMON........
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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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We have so many parents ask us if we know of anyone who can help edit those important college essays. Now we do!
Marcie Sillman is an experienced, award winning print and broadcast journalist on KUOW and will help you craft an essay that stands out from the rest.
Don't wait until that college application is due!
Please read on for Marcie's contact info....
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Amazing artwork from the students at Thrive Art School is on display at our Interbay KUMON Center. Please click on our Links link to find out more about this fabulous program.....
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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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A few parents have asked for advice on how to keep their kids motivated and on track with KUMON now that school has started and schedules are filling up with various activities.....
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