Kumon workbooks are based on the "Kumon Method", an educational philosophy that aims at unlocking the full learning potential of each individual child. The Kumon Method introduces learning concepts in an incremental, step-by-step approach, allowing children to master new skills easily and without anxiety or frustration. As a result, children gain confidence in their abilities and are motivated to learn on their own.
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Kumon workbooks are based on the "Kumon Method", an educational philosophy that aims at unlocking the full learning potential of each individual child. The Kumon Method introduces learning concepts in an incremental, step-by-step approach, allowing children to master new skills easily and without anxiety or frustration. As a result, children gain confidence in their abilities and are motivated to learn on their own.
Over 3.5 million children around the world use the Kumon Method to develop their math and reading skills. Kumon Math and Reading Centers help students become successful, confident and self-motivated learners.
But it’s not just the Kumon Method that makes our workbooks special. It’s also the care and research that goes into the editorial content, design and quality of the books. Our editorial experts have more than two decades of experience in producing books that are both fun and educational. Our designers create illustrations that attract and delight children. And the quality of our books is the best of any workbook on the market, with extra thick paper and the best available print quality. From pedagogy to paper, every one of our workbooks has been carefully crafted with your child’s best interests in mind.
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58 of 60 people found the following review helpful
This book is very good.
There are plenty of Kumon books for numbers ( 1-30, 1-70,1-120, 1-150 etc). While it is a legitimate wishful thinking of every parent that their kids be good at numbers of over 100, my suggestion is that the kids have to first get past this book on numbers before stepping into others.
My kid is in prek at a Montessory school, So my purpose of buying the book was to reinforce what is taught at school.
The book is very good in a way it takes the kid through the complexity of numbers in a clean fashion.First a generic drawing connecting the numbers etc.. However the biggest drawback I found in the book is the number of pages.There is virtually no repetition possible if the kid is not getting past a set of numbers.
I will use number 2 as an example from a kid's perspective
Exercise goes like this :
Chapter 11 :
1,2,3 (the kid writes 4 times)
2,3,4 (the kid writes 4 times)
Chapter 12:
3,4,5 (the kid writes 4 times and so on )
Problem is the kid gets to write, for example a difficult number like 2 total of 8 times. Again the kid gets a glimpse of number 2 in chapter 15 ( assume this happens after few days where kid has forgotten how to write it)
Chapter 15:
1-4 ( write 3 times)
And then the chapters pretty much assumes that the kid knows the numbers and gets into exercises like matching the numbers with number of fruits etc.
Similar to most kids, my kid had problems writing 7,9 and 10 ( In spite of my kid writing at school) .I had to make between 3-5 copies of every exercise and asked her to write it out,so she became familiar and ready for the subsequent exercises.... Read more ›
There are plenty of Kumon books for numbers ( 1-30, 1-70,1-120, 1-150 etc). While it is a legitimate wishful thinking of every parent that their kids be good at numbers of over 100, my suggestion is that the kids have to first get past this book on numbers before stepping into others.
My kid is in prek at a Montessory school, So my purpose of buying the book was to reinforce what is taught at school.
The book is very good in a way it takes the kid through the complexity of numbers in a clean fashion.First a generic drawing connecting the numbers etc.. However the biggest drawback I found in the book is the number of pages.There is virtually no repetition possible if the kid is not getting past a set of numbers.
I will use number 2 as an example from a kid's perspective
Exercise goes like this :
Chapter 11 :
1,2,3 (the kid writes 4 times)
2,3,4 (the kid writes 4 times)
Chapter 12:
3,4,5 (the kid writes 4 times and so on )
Problem is the kid gets to write, for example a difficult number like 2 total of 8 times. Again the kid gets a glimpse of number 2 in chapter 15 ( assume this happens after few days where kid has forgotten how to write it)
Chapter 15:
1-4 ( write 3 times)
And then the chapters pretty much assumes that the kid knows the numbers and gets into exercises like matching the numbers with number of fruits etc.
Similar to most kids, my kid had problems writing 7,9 and 10 ( In spite of my kid writing at school) .I had to make between 3-5 copies of every exercise and asked her to write it out,so she became familiar and ready for the subsequent exercises.... Read more ›
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By youbee
My 4.5 year old knew his numbers, but when I saw the inside of this book on amazon, I realized that I have not used any technique to build his basics in counting etc., and bought this book
Numbers 1-30 starts with simple curve excercises that allow the child to
1. learn drawing curves
2. reading and writing numbers
3. introduces children [ and parents ] to focus on the stroke and the right way to write the numbers.
4. Counting as groups and allows build up pattern recognition skills
My son who was used to counting with his finger, now can count in groups by looking at a group of dots. Thanks Kumon.. I just purchased the next book .. counting 1 to 120
Numbers 1-30 starts with simple curve excercises that allow the child to
1. learn drawing curves
2. reading and writing numbers
3. introduces children [ and parents ] to focus on the stroke and the right way to write the numbers.
4. Counting as groups and allows build up pattern recognition skills
My son who was used to counting with his finger, now can count in groups by looking at a group of dots. Thanks Kumon.. I just purchased the next book .. counting 1 to 120
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
I would highly recommend any of the kumon books, because they are very well done. The first 20 pages of this book were number tracings. Then it went to writing numbers by copying the numbers from very small text to writing them from memorization. This was too big of a jump for my son who had just turned 5. So we took a break and did the Uppercase book. Then we did the "review" part of the Simple addition book. Then we went back to this book and my son was able to continue just fine. I loved the book, but there should really be a whole book dedicated to tracing numbers, before requiring the child to write numbers from memory.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Sahamamama
We purchased several of the beginning Kumon workbooks -- Numbers, Easy Mazes, Tracing, and Cutting. Our three year old daughter looks forward to using her books. The cutting may seem simple to an adult, but it truly requires a young child to concentrate. I have never seen her quite so focuse! For the other books, I tear out and trim the pages, then place them under a clear desk mat. We can write on the mat with dry erase markers. In this way, my little one can "practice" the page again and again (not just once) -- she seems to enjoy the mastery of this process. It probably would be possible to laminate the pages, but we find that the transparent plastic mat works nicely.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Poor pacing and may potentially create frustration for younger kids
September 26, 2010
By L. Liu
My 3 and half year daughter generally enjoys the Kumon books. She has completed the Kumon Uppercase Letters with no difficulty and she is working on the Lower Case Letters book. She was enjoying the Numbers 1-30 book until p.28. Page 1-28, there were only number tracing exercises. Then all the sudden on page 29, the assignments become fill-in-the blank number games. Kids have to figure out what numbers to put in, and then write it out themselves. It was too fast of a jump from purely tracing to having to both figure out and write out the number. I wish there were a few pages in between p.28 and 29 that kids could write out the numbers themselves with examples before moving on to number games.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By E. Chung
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I agree with other reviewers that this books needs FAR more practice pages than are provided. Following the advice of another reviewer for other Kumon books, I use clear plastic page protectors and colorful dry erase markers so my kid can just wipe away her work when she finishes a page with a paper towel. It leaves the book completely clean for more practice. The younger the kid the more review they will need. I place a page protector on the exercise I want plus the opposite page, then my kid picks her marker. This also works when she makes mistakes, because she can correct them rather than having a permanent mistake in her book.
I wish it wasn't only the first ten pages that are in full color. The rest of the book uses spot color, different shades of one color per page, so it misses the charm of their mazes, cutting and tracing books. I wish there was a greater variety of exercises, but perhaps there is only so much you can do. I definitely like having this book rather than coming up with worksheets myself.
Breakdown of the book exercises (2 pages per exercise):
1-5: Number puzzles (connecting dots using numbers 1-10)
6-16: Writing numbers 1-10 (3 different ways of tracing)
17-18: Count and match to the correct number
19-21: Various tracing, counting and filling in missing numbers 1-10
22-22: Number puzzles (using numbers 1-20)
23-29: Counting and circling numbers, various tracing and filling in missing numbers 1-20
30-31: Number puzzles (using numbers 1-30)
32-40: fill in numbers missing in sequence
The last exercise has almost all the numbers missing, so clearly kids need a lot of practice to get to that point. Especially if they are younger. My three year old will focus more on practicing writing the numbers.... Read more ›
I wish it wasn't only the first ten pages that are in full color. The rest of the book uses spot color, different shades of one color per page, so it misses the charm of their mazes, cutting and tracing books. I wish there was a greater variety of exercises, but perhaps there is only so much you can do. I definitely like having this book rather than coming up with worksheets myself.
Breakdown of the book exercises (2 pages per exercise):
1-5: Number puzzles (connecting dots using numbers 1-10)
6-16: Writing numbers 1-10 (3 different ways of tracing)
17-18: Count and match to the correct number
19-21: Various tracing, counting and filling in missing numbers 1-10
22-22: Number puzzles (using numbers 1-20)
23-29: Counting and circling numbers, various tracing and filling in missing numbers 1-20
30-31: Number puzzles (using numbers 1-30)
32-40: fill in numbers missing in sequence
The last exercise has almost all the numbers missing, so clearly kids need a lot of practice to get to that point. Especially if they are younger. My three year old will focus more on practicing writing the numbers.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
my kid likes it
my boy is using this book
the book has a big number and easy to understand for kids.
it is very colorful
the book has a big number and easy to understand for kids.
it is very colorful
Published 21 days ago by Hyeeun Kim
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great starter book
My sister who is a teacher recommended these books and my son loves them. Really well thought out to get your child learning and in an enjoyable manner.
Published 28 days ago by K. Ward
5.0 out of 5 stars
love the Kumon books
My 3 and 5 year old boys love all the Kumon books. They never notice that they are learning but have tons of fun when it's time to sit down and do their workbooks
Published 1 month ago by Kim
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
My 3 year old loves COUNTING. Bought this to start some preschool work at home and love the different formats used to teach.
Published 1 month ago by libertybelle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book For Learning About Numbers!
The Kumon series of books works by empowering children to succeed on their own. The books get successively more difficult as they build upon skills learned from the previous pages,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Olivia Sautter
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
Great reference to help teach my little one her numbers so that she is prepared for preschool and kindergarten. Recommend!
Published 2 months ago by Amanda M Walz
5.0 out of 5 stars
goog
I bought this item for my nephew and niece and they really love it. its a quality book for kids to begin with
Published 2 months ago by ALFRED ANTWI BOASIAKO
5.0 out of 5 stars
BOOK
ITEM DELIVERED TIMELY, IITEM AS DESCRIBED, GREAT BUSY WORK FOR MY KINDERGARTENER I AM USING THIS TO ASSIST IN MY CHILDS WRITING OF NUMBERS, I RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT.
Published 2 months ago by GIFT CARD
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book for a preschooler
We purchased pretty much every book by Kumon series. These books are awesome, very well structured, it serves as a perfect guide to teach little ones their letters and numbers the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Reema Kundu
5.0 out of 5 stars
More Kumon Please
We keep a few Kumon books handy, this being one of them, and my kid loves doing "homework" everyday. We do a few pages and put stickers on the completed pages. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Deborah Guzman
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