Customer Reviews

Grade 1 Addition (Kumon Math Workbooks)

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This book is much better than the kumon: addition book and the Kumon:simple addition book. Just skip those two books in the series, and just buy this one. In this book, in each two pay layout, the problems are divided into 4 sections. If the child is older, they could do all 4 sections. The first two sections are 2 pt. per problem. The 3rd and 4th section are 3 pts per problem. The total is 100 pts. For a younger child, the pts can be skipped, but for my 2nd grader that needs to work on his basic addition facts, he likes me to time him and give him a score. My son did not like the Kumon:simple addition and kumon: addition book, and he never wanted to work on them during kindergarten or 1st grade. Seeing a whole page full of problems was too daunting of a task. Breaking up the problems into 4 sections is better, because it is less scary to the child. I set the timer for 5 minutes, but ideally I want him to finish between 2 - 3 minutes. This is a 1st grade book, and he is a 2nd grader. We are working on speed now. By being able to break up the pages by half or 1/4, I can adjust the amount of problems assigned to keep him within our target goal. Or I could use the first section for learning the material, and then the other sections for timed work. Anyway, this Kumon book is worth the money.

Our 5 yr old twins have been working these books every since they were 2.5 or 3. Man they really work. They are basically able to read and write on their own (haven't even started kindergarten) and are already showing strengths in mathematics. Wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the Kumon approach. They have a reiterative step by step approach which gets more difficult as the child moves farther through the lessons. Would recommend to any parent wanting to get their little one off on the right path when it comes to education.

I bought this book to supplement our first grade math curriculum. The first 14 lessons are on number writing not addition at all. Then the lessons progress from 1 plus all the way to 118. (1+118) First grade is about learning your math facts. That was 3 more unused lessons. Then we move on to 2 plus all the way to 39 another (2+39) 3 more unused lessons The process continue all the way to 9. I used less than half the book what a waste of money. I have used all the Kumon books and liked them until this book. My advice if you want relevant math facts practice that will actually be useful skip this book and save your money.

My child is already doing addition at school in grade one but I wanted to give her a little bit of help and a bit of a boost. I had bought other addition books but they went straight to column addition. That is covered in the grade 2 and 3 Kumon books, whereas this was perfect for my grade one child as a straight forward introduction to addition.

We did a few pages each night and she has completely got the hang of it. In fact, once she finishes this book I will move her on to the grade 2 book even if she is still in grade one as she loves doing it. What is great about this book is that it gradually gets harder so it didn't scare here. It just seemed to flow through, without any sudden jumps.

I am now also buying the grade three multiplication book for my son and will review that when it arrives.

Bought this for my 4 year old who was doing addition in his Montessori pre-k class as reinforcement. I thought it would be the best level for him but too bad the 1st 30 pages are nothing but writing numbers. I was expecting the entire workbook to focus on addition since he can already do his numbers well past 100. We are going to complete the book but I guess I'll be reviewing more closely in the future.

My daughter loves the Kumon workbooks. She spends time, on her own without prompting from me, working in her workbooks. She has requested the 3rd grade Kumon workbooks (she is now in 2nd grade) because she wants to make sure she has them when she starts 3rd grade in September. They are basic, simple, and easy to follow.

I usually love the Kumon series. However, I was not thrilled with this book. It just basically presents addition single digit numbers to other numbers up to 25; it uses no pictures or activities at all to reinforce.

The print in this is much smaller than the basic skills addition books. I use touch math when teaching my kids, and the print in this was really too small to do that successfully. I had to copy the pages and enlarge them to 175%.

It's ok, that's why it did get three stars. However, cheaper books and freebie online printables will do the same thing. Not really worth the money.