Reading Tips
Learn how your child can improve their reading skills by using these simple and useful tips.
Fewer Americans are Reading Literature—Does it Matter?
According to the National Endowment for the Arts, there is a steady decline of literary reading. In fact, only 43 percent of American adults read at least one work of literature—novels, short stories, poems—each year.
Between video games, tablets, streaming services and the endless trap of the Internet, it is true that there are many
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Fear of math word problems? Why developing reading ability may be the solution to help your child.
Can you solve this word problem?
A pen and a pencil cost one dollar and twenty cents in total. The pen costs one dollar more than the pencil. How much does the pencil cost?
The answer is 10 cents. Did you get it right?
If you broke out in a cold sweat at the
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Kumon Staff Pick: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
RRL Title: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Grade/Kumon Level of Book: Pre-K-2/5A-10 (RAL) & 3A-6
Why do you personally enjoy this book?
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is one of my favorite children’s books. It is a fun story about a family adventure that reminds me of the “hunting” I
Kumon Staff Pick: Fever, 1793
RRL Title: Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Grade/Kumon Level of Book: 9-12/H – 7
Why do you personally enjoy this book?
Fever, 1793 is a moving work of historical fiction that, once begun, is a hard one to put down. While it is a quick read, the character development is such that readers