

Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Kumon Publishing North America (September 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933241063
ISBN-13: 978-1933241067
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.3 x 11.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #29,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #60 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Math > Arithmetic #8327 in Books > Reference
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3

I love the Kumon maths program. I wish I'd had access to them during my schooldays when maths was a complete nightmare! Now it's my son's turn, and he agrees that Kumon workbooks are fantastic. If you're not familiar with them, here's why:They have large, easy to read type.This is perfect for younger children or children who find small type difficult to read.No illustrations in the Addition and Subtraction workbooks. This means the child can concentrate on the exercises. Pictures may make other books look pretty, but if your child is already having difficulty with maths, they can be very distracting.The sums in the early books are repetitive enough for the child to memorise the answers without realising he's doing so.Each page has just one exercise of twenty questions - no more, no less. The child can therefore do one or two exercises in a reasonable amount of time every day and get a real sense of progression. Each book has 80 pages of exercises, at a rate of, say, one or two pages per day, five days a week, the child has completed the whole book in around ten weeks. This gave my son an enormous sense of achievement. Far better than spending forever doing half a dozen exercises from the same page in the same book, which he found completely discouraging. He was actually motivated to get on to the next book!I recommend Kumon to anyone who wants to help their child with maths. If they are at Primary school and having problems with maths, this would reassure them that in fact maths isn't that hard. If you are homeschooling, the Kumon program is very comprehensive. Everything you need to know about maths is there. Five stars.
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