Personal tuition for 5 year old

diable

As mentioned previously in this post make it a game and fun but don't go over the top as she will be counting steps as she walks!!!!

At 5 years old I believe a tutor is a waste of time and money as she still needs to develop.

I hopefully speak as an experienced parent as one son has finished Uni and the youngest has just finished his second year ;o

baby_fuzz

she's 5! let her have fun! learn by getting into scrapes and by playing with friends!

moodydonkey

My DD1 is now 12, hated nursery and really struggled at her primary school. I did well at school so will happily admit that when she was younger I REALLY did worry about her, she was more arty than academic. Then she changed schools when we moved to Norfolk from Bucks. Our DD2 is incredibly bright but we chose the school that we felt would most benefit DD1.

DD1 came on leaps and bounds. She started High School last September and is doing better that anyone in our family thought (we all worried that she was a bit behind)

She is doing incredibly well, DD2 is top of the class as we thought she would be and starts High school this September.

For years we thought DD1 was struggling. WE WERE WRONG it was all in there, just took a while for her to gain confidence and be her own person and let it out.

Pre school is too young to be worrying about things. My ex husband also was a late developer as far as maths and science went.

Let them find themselves and some confidence first.

I'm only saying this as I as a mother was way too quick to judge my daughter. She had far more intelligence in her than I noticed because I judged her by my standards.

mrcow

I agree that you shouldn't be worrying so much at this stage. But....


.....if you're going to do it any way, then at least make it fun.

Playing maths games is one of the easiest ways of introducing simple concepts of adding and subtracting. You can do it with a simple game of snakes and ladders for example. Use two dice and get her to add the totals (you can amend the dice so that you have the numbers you want her to concentrate on).

Or roll two dice and get her to subtract one from the other to move about a simple board.

Orchard Toys do really simple maths games (eg. bus stop, magic cauldron, pop to the shops, tell the time etc). You can get them from toys r us or elc. Elc also do loads of simple addition games which are fun. You could buy a few and save a fortune on private tuition.

Even a simple made up doubling or halving game is easy to make up and play.

Just make it fun. And it's a good way of spending time together too.

alm721

As a teacher, parent and Kumon instructor I would suggest as others have, to let her try the kumon for a while and then reassess. At 5, Kumon is ideal as it is small amounts of repetative work every day that will really improve her skills as she will only move to the next level when she has fully mastered what she is currently doing. It will also be very good for her self confidence. Tutors are far more useful furthur down the line when you need much more focussed help, i.e during G.C.S.E studies. Also you are unlikely to find a tutor who is willing to do smaller blocks than an hour and that is really far too long a time for a 5 year old to concentrate. Kumon is excellent for younger pupils as it really does help them grasp the build blocks of maths/english. Far better than a tutor at this stage, both in terms of money and in what you're child will get out of it. If you do want to go down the road of a tutor though, I would strongly suggest stopping the kumon as you may overload her and switch her off which is not what you want with a 5 year old. In your position I would give it a few months and then see how you feel.

shaggy

thanks for all the replies everyone. I may have given the impression that we are putting pressure on our daughter at such a young age. It's certainly not our intention to do this, but we would like to take action sooner rather than later as the standard of her work is far lower than other kids of her age. Tuition was just one of the thoughts but we have decided to stick with Kumon and give it more time. As people have suggested here, tuition can help at a later age so we will give that a miss.