Josie’s Story
Josie is 10-years-old, studying three years above her grade level in the Kumon Program. In fact, she’s studying the same math material that her mom, who is an eighth grade teacher, teaches her students. Imagine that, a 10-year-old transforming equations, working with linear functions and simplifying monomials and polynomials. She’s well on her way to advanced algebraic expressions and she isn’t even in middle school yet.
One of the things that Josie likes most about Kumon is the fact that she’s studying above her grade level.
“Kumon gives me confidence because I know how strong of a student it has made me,” says Josie. “I know that I can do and learn anything if I do the work and practice daily. Kumon has taught me about the importance of focusing and to not be afraid of challenges, but to enjoy them and work through them because I know I can overcome anything.”
Josie embodies everything that Toru Kumon had in mind when he founded the Kumon Method. He felt that students would experience the true benefits of the Kumon Method if they acquired the study habits necessary for self-learning and advanced study.
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Getting the Grade with Kumon (special feature in City Life magazine)
Citylife researched and interviewed both students and parents at both the Maple Vaughan and Woodbridge North Centres to write this article on the Kumon Method. Please click on the link below.
http://www.citylifemagazine.ca/general-interest/special_features/kumon/11839#more-11839
Daniel's Story
Daniel Chen has been studying Kumon daily and has completed the Kumon Math Program, while still only in Grade 10!
This means that Daniel has a mastery foundation of university level Math without the use of a calculator which is going to make grade 11 and 12 much easier for him!
Not only is he a Mathlete Completer, Daniel also ranked NUMBER 1 out of 3074 students studying Level O in North America during the month of March 2015!!
He also ranked in the TOP TWENTY Math Students in all of North America.
As a Mathlete, Daniel works at the Maple Kumon Centre helping students to advance in Math in order to make High School easier. Give him a high five when you see him!