Comments on: Kumon Vs Enopi

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:39:32 +0000

One thing that I have learned about Kumon is that all of the centers are not created equal. My child was in Kindergarten when I was first introduced to Kumon. We started with 10 pages a day and she quickly got board and hated the worksheets. The instructor seemed annoyed that she wasn’t paying attention at 5 years old,so we stopped it. I put her in a private school that was about 40 minutes from house and a couple of people said that has success with the Kumon center close to the school. She was in 4th grade. I checked it out and it was completely. There were so many things that the instructor didn’t tell us. First the 10 pages is just an arbitrary starting point. It should take a child especially if there are young about 15-20 minutes to complete a subject(if they are not fooling around). If it takes you longer than that, you can do less pages until you get the concept down. Kumon comes in packets of 10, so you can do 10 pages per day, 5 pages per day, a cycle of 4 pages one day and 3 pages the next two days, 2 pages a day or 1 page a day. When you get to one page a day you are usually in a higher level math. If it’s taking your child a long time, have them go to the instructor and review a concept or decrease the # of pages. The Kumon center where we go is a little chaotic because if a child doesn’t know how to something and they don’t understand from the teacher the center director will work with them personally. Also if they don’t get on the regular day, she has additional appointment times to work with your child personally in a less chaotic environment on another day. My daughter was still counting on her fingers when we went to Kumon the second time. Now she’s in the seventh grade and can whiz through algebra. One other thing that is good is the prizes they give out for doing the work. You accumulate so many points and you get prizes. This will help for the older child. My Kumon center also gives out 5.00 gifts cards to either toys r us, borders or game stop when you have done 100 packets. Kumon has been successful for us, however it’s not for everyone. It can be boring for the kids. My daughter doesn’t like doing them but she doesn’t like doing her regular homework either, but I stress it as a priority. If you are not going to do at home grading and make them correct the packets , you are wasting you and your child’s time. Another thing, I’ve seen parents come in and try to keep pushing there kids to the next level even though they didn’t fully understand the current level. Sometimes they will have to repeat- it’s for their benefit. Also I put my younger daughter in and she liked going to the center, but she also got bored with the work at home. Other parents have told me that Kumon was working well for their young child, you have to see if it works for you. Kumon does not follow the school curriculum, they do basic math skills. It does go all the way up to college level calculus and there are some children who do this. One thing Kumon doesn’t have the critical thinking like Enopi does. I haven’t checked out Enopi but I plan to at least for my 4 year old at first and who knows I might like it better than Kumon. I hope this helped anyone who is considering Kumon and anyone who is currently struggling with Kumon.

By: jenson kobi

jenson kobi — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:07:51 +0000

Unfortunate what these parents write about Kumon. It shows they never followed the method correctly. If someone wants to make a choice a go with another methodology that is fine; but they should not be missled as to what Kumos is. I was a Kumon instructor and I can tell you that the only students that ever where successful where those who had parents that were honest and that followed the rules of Kumos. A student will NEVER be required to do math for an hour in one day. The time is usually 7 to 15 minutes per day. Kumon is about mastery and NOT about repetition. Parents DO NOT understand at all Kumon. The only thing is that to be successful in KUMON you MUST do exactly what the instructor tells you to do. You should not lie about the times your child takes to do the work and you should do the work every day for 10 minutes. If you don’t you will fail 100%.

By: Carvey Maigue

Carvey Maigue — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:39:45 +0000

Good evening, I began to study Kumon when I am 8 yrs old. I believe that repetition in Kumon builds confidence in a child in such a way that “I have made this more times than anyone else”. When I am in a time that I am losing my confidence in math I always look back on how many sheets they made me finish. It seems something shallow at first…repetition repetition repetition…until it became tiring. And I firmly believe that, the moment you get tired, cried, but still finished a homework, it is the very moment that we students reach another level. It is way out of our comfort zone, we became better persons. I am not here to lay discrimination to Enopi, for i am not in a place where i can judge them since I only attended Kumon not Enopi. I am just here to somehow encourage Kulay that someday when he became older, and he got interested to a field where math is prominent, he could still try Kumon, I believe that kumon is one of those things in life that huge efforts is really directly proportional to the fruits that you will harvest (I also think math is a natural magnet for good girls). Kumon for Kulay will be really effective, not just for these reasons but also for the fact that he has supportive parents. Please dont close your doors to Kumon =)God Bless and Have a nice day.

By: maria vina liwanag

maria vina liwanag — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:11:35 +0000

ello, i would like my daughter try enopi … do u have contact numbers of enopi branch in makati or manila?

By: Lulu

Lulu — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:39:10 +0000

You know it really starts with the parents. If the parent does not have faith in a method or does not believe in it but you are enrolled there then don’t expect your child to excel in it. Especially if you think that these methods can work in an instant.

In Kumon, materials may seem boring unlike Enopi but in reality, materials that students may encounter may not be as colorful as the ones in Enopi. In Kumon, mastery is the key. That is why repetition is given. You practice because you want to be good in something. That is what it’s like in Kumon. You have to have patience, discipline and perseverance.If you start your child early in Kumon and inculcate in them good study habits, independence and discipline then everything else follows. Like in school, they can be ahead of their class. I think the ratio of Instructor to student in Kumon is 1:30. Why? because students are taught to be independent and learn on their own. We really underestimate the potential of children that they can learn things by themselves and not spoon feed everything to them. Kumon works. And I know a lot of people who can attest to it.

By: Snehal

Snehal — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:17:01 +0000

Indivualization is a must. When an instructor fails to understand a student, the program will not be sucessful.
Most of the time the parent(s)expect quick results.
Some times 2-3 years worth of problems can not be fixed in 6 months. The parent(s) need to research before enrolling.

By: Snehal

Snehal — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:17:01 +0000

By: Julius

Julius — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:31:23 +0000

Well I hate to be the one who turns over the apple cart, but it is very possible you have an undisciplined child, who could also be lazy. Both of my sons are in KUMON and my eighth grader is in pre-calculus. KUMON is a way of life. It is part of the program, like eating and drinking water. A very high percentage of the children who are achievers in math have taken KUMON. Nothing worthwhile comes easy. Excelling in math takes work and you will find out soon enough if you are not discipline.

By: Julius

Julius — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:31:23 +0000

By: eleine

eleine — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:09:53 +0000

my daughter had the same experience as with kulay.she had hated doing her assignments over and over again and telling me her brain explodes everytime she sees those worksheets.after a yr. i already dropped her from kumon, though she learned a bit from there.