Kumon - Discussion

[sunset_dae]

Usually i will bring my son to library to arouse his interest in books. we will usually stay there for abt an hr.

Instead of flipping pages to the child, ask him to do it himself.

I will also bring him to outdoor playground e.g: GO GO BAMBINI to let him interact with other children.
Playground is an excellent place of training a child motor skills as it trains on the coordination of the eyes and hands.

U can also try giving yr child empty purse with lots of card holders and coin purse, give him cards to slot in to train his motor skills.

Give the child small piece of coloured paper to cut.
Buy a pair of scissor that is strictly for cutting paper only, wont cut yr hand (available in popular )
Train the kids to tell u the colour they want before u give it to them to cut.
A gd way to introduce the concept of colours to them and training their fine motor skills as using scissor to cut paper is really a tough job for them at their age!

Using a piece of paper and punch holes in a straight line
Give yr child a cotton string and ask him to thread it across the paper.

Anymore........ :?

[foreverj]

sunset_dae:

Usually i will bring my son to library to arouse his interest in books. we will usually stay there for abt an hr.

Instead of flipping pages to the child, ask him to do it himself.

I will also bring him to outdoor playground e.g: GO GO BAMBINI to let him interact with other children.
Playground is an excellent place of training a child motor skills as it trains on the coordination of the eyes and hands.

U can also try giving yr child empty purse with lots of card holders and coin purse, give him cards to slot in to train his motor skills.

Give the child small piece of coloured paper to cut.
Buy a pair of scissor that is strictly for cutting paper only, wont cut yr hand (available in popular )
Train the kids to tell u the colour they want before u give it to them to cut.
A gd way to introduce the concept of colours to them and training their fine motor skills as using scissor to cut paper is really a tough job for them at their age!

Using a piece of paper and punch holes in a straight line
Give yr child a cotton string and ask him to thread it across the paper.

Anymore........ :?

great ideas u've got there! some more dun need to spend money oh but i do find it can b very frustrating to use those kind of scissors that cannot cut properly. so i actually let my dd use real scissors but is a size thats small and just nice for her fingers. also got it from popular. can also get them to tear old newspaper. teach them the correct technique to tear.

kumon also has mazes workbooks which is fantastic for teaching the kid the concept of drawing lines without knocking on the walls. can start from the easiest maze for young children. use marker is good becos easier for them to control. just put a piece of transparency over the pg then u can re-use the page again next time.

[foreverj]

oh ya, remember to use the scissors only under supervision. at her current age, my dd can cut regular shapes like squares and rectangles independently already ie. can hold and control the paper entirely on her own now without me needing to help her to hold the paper or adjust her hand. paper with unusual shapes with curves et al stil not cut perfectly yet though. stil WIP…

[shiningstar]

WOW...thank you guys!! U all r really fantastic parents...i thought i have been doing alot by getting my son to read books and recite numbers everyday but i didn't know there are still so many things to expose him to...i MUST go popular bookstore today to get all those Kumon workbooks and scissors and playdough and try those 'no need $ ideas' too :lol:


By the way, do i need to buy big pencils or crayons to encourage drawing and scrawling? Previously, i bought some triangular crayons but seems to be too small for his hands to grab....any suggestion what is the 'ideal length' i should get so that it is not too tedious to hold yet big enuf to grab?

And one last thing to Foreverj, since you are starting your child in Kumon for the trial, please share with me after the trial on the things that your dd goes through so that i can prepare mine to be ready for the next time round if there is any...
:celebrate:

Thank you guys once again for your wonderful ideas!!!

[foreverj]

shiningstar:

WOW...thank you guys!! U all r really fantastic parents...i thought i have been doing alot by getting my son to read books and recite numbers everyday but i didn't know there are still so many things to expose him to...i MUST go popular bookstore today to get all those Kumon workbooks and scissors and playdough and try those 'no need $ ideas' too :lol:


By the way, do i need to buy big pencils or crayons to encourage drawing and scrawling? Previously, i bought some triangular crayons but seems to be too small for his hands to grab....any suggestion what is the 'ideal length' i should get so that it is not too tedious to hold yet big enuf to grab?

And one last thing to Foreverj, since you are starting your child in Kumon for the trial, please share with me after the trial on the things that your dd goes through so that i can prepare mine to be ready for the next time round if there is any...
:celebrate:

Thank you guys once again for your wonderful ideas!!!

u r welcomed! m gg for a diagnostic test this friday to c at what level my dd is. the actual trial classes are starting next week. the lady told me altogther 4 classes each lasting 30min to 40min since they r so young. wil let u know how it goes.

[mummyloves]

Anyone sends your kids to Kumon chinese? Usu Kumon is known for their Maths prog… but heard someone saying that their Chinese is good too! ANy comments?

[Yerdua]

I saw a P5’s chinese kumon comprehension wksheet, OMG, it abt ancient chinese war period with lot of diff phrases but the child is still able to answer the qns… So its pretty impressive…

[shiningstar]

Hello Mummyloves,


I managed to find out some info from one of my relatives about kumon language program. She enrolled her son at around 4.5 YO and he completed the program when he was 9 YO last year. I flipped though some of the worksheets he did and find it pretty impressive too. He was reading stuff like Macbeth from Shakesphere and Classics like Pride and Prejudice!! i understand from the mother that this language program (i think applicable to both English and Chinese) is more for building reading habits and improving comprehension skills...but will take a while to see results like his son did.

Hope this information i've gathered helps

[mummyloves]

shiningstar:

Hello Mummyloves,


I managed to find out some info from one of my relatives about kumon language program. She enrolled her son at around 4.5 YO and he completed the program when he was 9 YO last year. I flipped though some of the worksheets he did and find it pretty impressive too. He was reading stuff like Macbeth from Shakesphere and Classics like Pride and Prejudice!! i understand from the mother that this language program (i think applicable to both English and Chinese) is more for building reading habits and improving comprehension skills...but will take a while to see results like his son did.

Hope this information i've gathered helps

Hi Shining star

Thanks so much for feedback! WIll go for the trial class to see if my son enjoys it.

ANyone whose kid is at Parkway Kumon or Katong mall Kumon? Which one is better? think the teachers play a v big part in the prog too...

any feedback?? TIA!

[shiningstar]

hmm…not sure about the 2 centres you mentioned but the one my relative sent her boy to was at Siglap centre. She mentioned that it was quite good n that is probably why her son manage to graduate from the kumon English program. Is this centre anywhere near the ones you mentioned at Katong or parkway? If so, you may check it out.