Anyone has anything to share about Kumon? I would like to send my kid to the centre to learn mathematics... but not sure if their approach is right.... as I read about their booklet, they claimed that their approach is 'practice, practice and practice'.

I just wonder if it is really effective?

I did personally see the achievement thru my niece the other day... he is only std 1 and he just went to Kumon centre for 6 mths... I can see that he can complete his Kumon exercises about 100 questions in less than 10 mins. I reckon the need to practice and practice for maths... but wonder if the approach adopted by Kumon is good enough? My concern is the exercises they gave is rather systematic... in another word, following certain patterns... Will the children still able to do it if they are given 'mixed up' questions?

On the other hand, if their approach is by practicing and practicing... can't the parent buy exercise book for the kid to practice... I was surprise to be told that my niece went to the class just to complete the exercises only... and at home, he has to do about 2 booklets each day..

That's what my concern here... the centre basically just give u lot of questions to practice and practice. Can't parent just do this similar practice at home, why must they send their kids there since the teacher there is basically marking rather than teaching the student.