Help to teach son at home the Kumon way....

HappySad

I have a son who is 6 years old and I am looking to tutor him little and often at home as I cannot afford the time or money to pay for Kumon lessons.

I have seen that Kumon produce their own books.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Number...4930811&sr=8-1

1. Do these books follow the teaching that is done in the Kumon after school lessons?

2. I have heard that Kumon use a Japanese style of teaching maths and this extremely effective. Does the Kumon books show you this Japanese style? What is this style? What do you do?

3. If you have any advice this this is very much welcome.




http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_1_5?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kumon+maths+workbooks&x=0&y=0&sprefix=kumon

merlin68

I used to home educate dd and prefer maths u see, which is similar. When dd first left school she couldn't even add 2 and 2 and these really helped as there is a manipulative set that you can buy to use them with.
Kumon always looks to complicated. lol.

richardw

Does he go to the supermarket with you? I've seen people doing maths with their children when deciding which prices are the best. Real maths and money saving.

Rummer

I would recommend using real life as a context if your son is only six instead of sit down tutoring. Things like counting out the cutlery at dinner, looking for different shapes at the shop, using money and working out the time. Any practical yet relevant real life experiences will be far more valuable than sitting at a table and working.

HappySad

I do real life work with already and he understands adding, substraction, multiplication and division. I am asking for info regarding kumon and using it at home. !

Rummer

If he is aware of those mathematical functions at age six then I am curious as to why you want to tutor him further? Do you feel he needs more of a challenge in maths? Anyway the Kumon method is highly recommended by a lot of people and the books would be a good place to start at home. Maybe you could ask for a trial slot at one of the centres, see first hand what they use and how they use it then decide if it would be suitable for your sons style of learning.

PasturesNew

Rummer wrote: »

If he is aware of those mathematical functions at age six then I am curious as to why you want to tutor him further?

It's the calculus he's stuck on and string theory.

richardw

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's the calculus he's stuck on and string theory.

lol, very good.