3 Benefits of Enrolling Your Toddler into an Early Learner Program

Your child is growing up and developing new skills each day. Single words are becoming complete phrases and curiosity is abundant. While many are eager to start school like the big kids, the transition to kindergarten doesn’t always go so smoothly. In fact, a recent study showed about 20 percent of kindergarten children lagged behind in cognitive development and 31 percent in social and emotional development. That’s why early learning can be beneficial, but developing the early learner can be both a challenge and an opportunity.

Fortunately, the Kumon Math and Reading Program enrolls children as young as three years old and can help prepare your toddler for kindergarten. Its early learning curriculum helps preschoolers develop important skills. These are important skills such as the ability to work independently, identify sounds and letters, and strengthen fine motor skills.

Here are 3 benefits of enrolling your toddler into an early learner program:

1. Foster a positive attitude towards learning.
2. Instill a strong academic foundation.
3. Exceed kindergarten expectations by developing fine motor skills.

Foster a positive attitude towards learning.

Children are naturally curious and often question the world around them. For many children enrolled in Kumon’s early learning levels, the centers are their first introduction to an academic setting. The engaging curriculum allows them to experience feelings of success as they progress. This sparks a confidence that can lead to a love of learning. Whether repeating words like “car” or “hat” develops their interest in reading or counting pictures of apples makes them more fond of math, a “can do” attitude often emerges.

Instill a strong academic foundation.

Kumon develops the solid foundation children need to flourish by teaching them to follow classroom rules. We also teach them to be flexible to new routines and be enthusiastic about learning. Kumon Instructors help children learn important study skills such as following directions and developing self-learning concepts. We do this by first demonstrating exercises on the worksheets and then having students repeat the process.

Exceed kindergarten expectations by developing fine motor skills.

Before students can learn how to write letters and numbers, proper pencil grip and a certain level of pencil skills are needed. In Kumon’s early levels, students learn how to use a pencil and develop skills through the practice of scribbling and drawing lines, curves, and angles in a fun, colorful and engaging way. The aim is not to draw perfectly within the lines, but instead have fun learning to hold and use a pencil.