Kumon Books

[TheQuasimother]

Rani

Have looked at ShopinHK for Kumon Books.
Been asked increasing to tutor kids privately using Kumon books but they're $70 per book at a bookshop in IFC. Was looking for cheaper alternatives and I noticed that SIHK has some but the range is limited. Is it out of stock or do you not carry them?

Cheers!
QM

[rani]

We have a number of books

http://www.shopinhk.com/search.php?t...archterm=kumon

Was there a particular one you're looking for?

[TheQuasimother]

Thanks Rani!
When I typed in Kumon Books, for whatever reason, only 5 came up! And they were the toddler skills lot. Found what I'm looking for. Much cheaper from SIHK. Will be organising and order once I've received confirmation of tutorial service.

[MommyTo3]

There was a thread on Kumon before and as I know from working in a school, the teachers I work with are not very keen on Kumon. It drills them but it doesn't give them any understanding about how and why it's done a certain way, let alone different ways to do it. It's very clear which children do Kumon and who doesn't, the ones who do can get a good score and tell you an answer but are not able to answer additional question or explain in any different way. My daughter is not great in maths so I am helping her using her different strategies (given to me by school), applying it to daily life. As an extra tool, we use the IXL website and once she works on a different unit in the IB, she does the maths related to that unit. She likes it a lot, which helps her getting it done.

Anyway, just wanted to share.

[rani]

We use the Kumon books, and it helps give D some confidence with Maths. We just do a couple chapters 1x week.
A teacher friend of mine said, that she knows a number of teacher's kids who do Kumon. :)