It is important to remember to start, most of the times, with books 1 or 2 grades below a child’s grade level, to allow the child to succeed 80-90% of the time, and only move to another grade level when the current grade level is mastered. By allowing lots of opportunities to practice and succeed, with the Kumon books, I have seen several children completely change their attitude on previously “difficult” subjects. The learning by repetition / by using drills is not a inferior form of learning it works! I have seen it work amazingly well for inattentive children and for children who were suffering from learned helplessness: children who learned to think they would never succeed. Worth Every Penny! Practice Makes Perfect!These Kumon books are worth every penny. We highly recommend it!If you’ve found this review helpful or have questions/comments, please let us know! She was having some trouble, but after slowly walking her through a few problems she picked it up right away.In terms of skill level it’s fairly well correlated to what the public schools target as the grade level outcomes – this is clearly a year advanced of what her school is teaching at first grade level, but a half year head start can’t be bad and it certainly wasn’t beyond her capabilities.The repetitive nature of the exercises in this book really helps. For example, 43-17 = 26 where you have to carry the tens. The first dozen or so pages were subtraction review. No replacement for one on one teaching.We have our first grader working on this – she does one page each night along with her regular homework. Definitely worth it, though not self contained…Summary: A great resource to help teach your kids subtraction, but it’s strictly a book of exercises, drills, etc.
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