{"id":44,"date":"2016-03-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumon-us-english-blog.local\/blog\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:55:12","slug":"eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all","status":"publish","type":"canadian_english","link":"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/canadian_english\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eager Beaver who Could Read it All"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Christopher\u2019s Story \u2013 The Eager Beaver<\/h2>\n<p>At two months shy of turning three years old, Christopher\u2019s parents realized that although he was rather young, his interest in reading was so evident that they wanted to enroll him in Kumon. Their hope was that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/ca-en\/reading-program?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=CA%20blog%20reading\">Kumon Reading Program<\/a> would encourage his love of reading and learning so that it would carry over into other areas of his life. \u201cBy the age of four,\u201d says his mother, Christine, \u201che was reading level 1 and 2 Batman and Star Wars books \u2013 we were amazed!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Never Too Young for Success<\/h2>\n<p>Christopher is now five years old and in level 3A in the Math program (which covers understanding the sequence of numbers and number-writing skills) and in level A1 in the Reading program (where students understand the basic structure of simple sentences). He is happy to be able to read his favorite stories to his mom and dad and proudly claims \u201cI\u2019m the only student in my class that can read in both English and French \u2013 that\u2019s so cool!\u201d According to his mother, \u201cChristopher has developed perseverance, confidence and a level of focus that has given him the ability to achieve amazing results in both the Reading and Math Kumon programs at the age of five.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/always-try-to-read-more.jpeg\" alt=\"young Christopher teaches us to always read more\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Kumon Connection<\/h2>\n<p>Christopher enrolled in the Kumon Math and Reading Centre of St. Rose\/Laval just two years ago. During that time, he managed to impress his Instructor, Ben Giami, who praises Christopher\u2019s dedication and perseverance and says that \u201cChristopher is a hard-working five year old that loves books and reading. We weren\u2019t sure whether he was ready for daily work but after only a few sessions, it became clear to us that he was ready and eager to work and learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/try-kumon-for-reading.jpeg\" alt=\"try Kumon to improve reading for your kids\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">What\u2019s Next for Christopher?<\/h2>\n<p>Despite his busy schedule of activities, playing piano, taking swimming and tennis lessons and playing on a hockey team, Christopher manages to find time for Kumon. When asked about his proudest achievement, Christopher said \u201cI am proudest of achieving Honor Role Status in both Reading and Math!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher\u2019s parents recognized his love of reading and enriched the budding book worm through Kumon\u2019s early readers program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":11188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subjects":[231],"class_list":["post-44","canadian_english","type-canadian_english","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subjects-success-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>The Eager Beaver who Could Read it All - Student Resources<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christopher\u2019s parents recognized his love of reading and enriched the budding book worm through Kumon\u2019s early readers program.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/canadian_english\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Eager Beaver who Could Read it All - Student Resources\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher\u2019s parents recognized his love of reading and enriched the budding book worm through Kumon\u2019s early readers program.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/canadian_english\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Student Resources\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-27T15:55:12+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/kumon-success-story-christopher.jpeg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"980\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"474\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Eager Beaver who Could Read it All - Student Resources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/kumon-success-story-christopher.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-24T06:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-27T15:55:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Christopher\u2019s parents recognized his love of reading and enriched the budding book worm through Kumon\u2019s early readers program.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/kumon-success-story-christopher.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/kumon-success-story-christopher.jpeg\",\"width\":980,\"height\":474},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kumon.com\\\/resources\\\/canadian_english\\\/eager-beaver-who-could-read-it-all\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Study Tips &amp; 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