is it ok to enroll your kids in Kumon?

**mantoy** · January 26th, 2004 06:11 PM

may benefit ba talagang mabibigay ito? o dagdag gastos lang? i'm thinking of enrolling my kid. pero medyo patong talaga sa monthly budget namin ang P1k++ na monthly fee.

**ghosthunter** · January 26th, 2004 07:02 PM

Advantage, you kids will be very very good in math.

**ezgrand** · January 26th, 2004 07:10 PM

Worth it! Pero only if you enroll kid for at least 2 years. My daughter mataas ang grade sa math and reading.
Kumon method is nothing but the old style of teaching(long lost in the new system) of "practice makes perfect". Panay drill lang yan ulit ulit ang mga drill hanggang lalabas na sa tenga ng bata!hehe

For those old enough, the Korean basketball great, Shing Dong Pa was asked why he was so good in shooting the ball from long range. Simple answer--he shot a thousand baskets a day!

**TJMaxx** · January 26th, 2004 10:06 PM

Yes, its worth every damn centavo even if it means scrimping
on some other things...
Four years na panganay ko sa Kumon. He's now in Grade 3
but inaaral na niya sa Kumon Math ngayon ay Grade 6 level na.
By next month, he'll be starting on the Algebra module.
I also enrolled him sa Kumon reading. Grade 2 pa lang siya,
natapos na niya lahat nung Harry Potter books even the thick
one (the latest one)). Ngayon, he's reading the works of JRR Tolkien.
He's no. 1 in his class with no grade below 94.
He's been disciplined by Kumon to study on his own...
All of these, I thank the Kumon method.
P 1,000 + a month is peanuts compared to all the benefits
he'll derive from it. Basta non-stop lang ang pag-attend niya.
Tuloy-tuloy dapat even during summer vacations..

**OTEP** · January 26th, 2004 10:34 PM

Yes. BASTA marunong ang magtuturo.

Ang galing sa math ng mga pinsan ko dahil diyan.

**kimpOy** · January 27th, 2004 09:22 AM

uy ok yan anong age ang pinaka ok mag start sa kumon math.

**IceColdBeer** · January 27th, 2004 10:12 AM

Yung anak ko nag-umpisa ng 4yo pero Mandarin ang pinag-aaralan. This year ipapasok ko sya ng math.

**garyq** · January 27th, 2004 10:17 AM

My mom has a Kumon Center in Greenhills and my sister has 2, Kapitolyo Pasig and Village East Cainta (plugging lang po). It really helps but it has to be in the long term. Without being too technical, it helps the child to concentrate and develop the capacity of the mind to calculate math problems. Also practice, practice, practice. Also the child gets a diagnostic test to see ano yung math level niya so she can start at his/her most cmfortable level. They also have Kumon Reading. My niece, Julia, 5 years old can do match problems ng Grade 3 and can read books already.