{"id":5493,"date":"2018-02-13T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T18:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:57:09","slug":"discovering-true-potential-an-early-learners-journey-through-kumon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumon.com\/resources\/discovering-true-potential-an-early-learners-journey-through-kumon\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering True Potential: An Early Learner\u2019s Journey through Kumon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways, Michael is a typical eight-year-old boy. He enjoys playing baseball and basketball and participating in cub scouts. He loves to read Harry Potter books and enjoys anything related to science. What the average person wouldn\u2019t realize is that Michael tested at a tenth grade math level as a third grader and received \u2018high honors\u2019 for being among the highest scoring students in the 2017-2018 John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth search.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Michael\u2019s parents noticed as early as preschool that he gravitated towards learning quickly. By the time he was three years old he\u2019d already begun to read and write numbers. Recognizing that he could benefit from an enrichment program, his parents immediately enrolled him in the <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.kumon.com\/math-and-reading-program\/\" aria-label=\"Kumon Math and Reading Program\">Kumon Math and Reading Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSince Michael was already reading sight words and we knew it would be awhile before he started learning to read in school, we really wanted to expose him to Kumon,\u201d said his mother Elizabeth. \u201cHe was at an age where learning was exciting and new. Kumon imprinted on him early that learning is fun and he still carries that with him today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>As a first grader, Michael won first place at his school\u2019s science fair and second place in the Boy Scouts\u2019 Pine Wood Derby contest. Not limited by his age in Kumon, Michael\u2019s skills in math skyrocketed! By the time he began second grade, he was studying algebra in Kumon and solving for x in problems like 4x+34=8-9x.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe never pressured Michael\u2019s studies, it was just obvious from the beginning that his mind was a sponge,\u201d said Elizabeth. \u201cOnce he started a new concept, he didn\u2019t want to stop. Kumon has challenged Michael to progress through math levels that he wouldn\u2019t have seen until middle school. He has such confidence in himself and loves to take on new challenges head first.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Michael wants to be a math teacher when he grows up. With his love for math and science, and the discipline and self-confidence he\u2019s developed in Kumon, the sky is truly the limit for this young boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many ways, Michael is a typical eight-year-old boy. 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