+- KUMON MATHEMATICS

÷× AND ENGLISH
Kumon is an individualised programme. It develops students’ self-learning through
the study of mathematics and English worksheets. It is a partnership between parent,
student and Kumon Instructor, to fully pursue each child’s potential and develop his or
her ability to the maximum. Students progress independently at their own pace. They
develop confidence, a daily study habit, and a high level of mathematics and reading ability.

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 IT ALL BEGAN AT HOME
In 1954, Toru Kumon, a high school mathematics teacher, found that his son, who was in
Year 2, had done poorly in a mathematics test. Slow, imprecise calculation skill was the
reason. This concerned Toru Kumon as a parent, and as a mathematics teacher. He had
taught many high school students who struggled with mathematics for the same reason.
Toru Kumon began to handwrite worksheets so his son could practise calculations by
himself for up to half an hour every day.

Day after day, Toru Kumon carefully matched the content of the handwritten worksheets
to his son’s improving ability. Soon his son progressed beyond school grade level and
could solve calculus equations by the end of primary school.

Encouraged by his son’s progress, in 1958, Toru Kumon released his worksheet-based,
home-study method. Today, millions of students, in over 57 countries, study Kumon
worksheets every day to improve their mathematics and reading ability. There are over
330 Kumon centres across Australia and New Zealand.

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 CONFIDENCE FROM THE START
To develop confidence, your children start with worksheets that are easy for them. So
easy, they can complete a high volume of worksheets, with a near perfect score, with
speed and concentration. At Kumon, we refer to this as work skills. Confident they can
do the worksheets on their own, your children will be enthusiastic to do more. Their
concentration will expand and a daily study habit will form.

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 PRACTICE AND DAILY STUDY
Your children can practise a topic a number of times when needed. This will help them
to decrease the number of errors, reduce a completion time, review an earlier topic, or
consolidate something new before they move on. The right amount of practice and a
daily study habit (ideally no more that 30 minutes per subject per day) prepares your
children for higher levels and lays the foundation for smooth progress.

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 EVERY CHILD PROGRESSES
AT THEIR OWN PACE
Your children will always be given the worksheets they are ready to learn next. This is
determined by completion time, accuracy, ability to correct mistakes and motivation.
Worksheets are matched to current ability. Students who need to build on foundational
concepts are supported. Students who can be challenged by more complex work are
extended. Your children progress at their own pace, not bound by age and school grade.
This is the ‘just-right’ level of learning.

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 STUDY AHEAD OF SCHOOL
GRADE DEVELOPS THE SKILL OF
SELF-LEARNING
Equipped with the skill of self-learning, your children can pursue their own potential at school and
in life. There is no limit to how far they can advance through self-learning.

How does Kumon develop self-learning? When your children advance ahead of school grade level
in the worksheets, they learn for themselves what they are yet to be taught at school. When they
encounter something new, they study the example, draw on previous learning and give it a try.
They try, and try again, until they finally get it, sometimes with a hint from the Instructor. This is how
Kumon develops self-learning.

Your children come to expect the challenge of something new, and gain satisfaction in working it
out for themselves. They develop a mindset that no problem is too difficult to attempt.

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 PENCIL AND PAPER FOR
THE DIGITAL AGE
Kumon is a pencil-and-paper based programme. Your children take out their worksheets, pick up
a pencil, read, think, write and use an eraser to correct their errors. In Mathematics, they learn to
write intermediate steps efficiently. In English, they summarise what they read.

Able to absorb vast amounts of information and solve complex problems on their own, our students
thrive in the digital age.

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 A PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS
Kumon is a partnership between you, your children, and your Kumon Instructor.

Your children study their worksheets every day. You encourage your children to complete their
worksheets to the best of their ability.

Your Instructor creates an individualised study plan for your children, assigns and sends home the
worksheets they are ready to learn next, and supports your children to develop self-learning ability.
They will also provide you with regular progress updates.They are dedicated to drawing out the
potential of your child.

This partnership makes Kumon a supportive and flexible process of learning.

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 EARLY LEARNERS LOVE TO LEARN
Kumon worksheets are also designed for early learners. Mathematics begins with number
recognition, counting and number writing. English begins with word recognition, letter sounds and
letter writing. There are also worksheets that develop the ability to use a pencil.

Early learners love to learn. Kumon worksheets provide parents with a simple, systematic approach.

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 TESTIMONIALS

CONNIE
“In Kumon, there’s a structure and this makes it easier for kids to grasp the ideas. If I kept teaching
my son at home [without Kumon] I would probably be able to show him stuff, but not in a systematic
way.”

—Connie, mother of Harris, who is three years ahead of his school grade in Kumon English and
five years ahead in Kumon Mathematics.

KYLINDA
“As my Kumon is challenging and I study it each day, I feel confident enough to take on harder
challenges. Kumon has helped me to improve, not only in mathematics and English, but also in
other areas. It’s helped me to become a better version of myself.”

—Kylinda, from Cairns, a completer of both Kumon Mathematics and English programmes.

JESSE
“Before the start of Year 12, during the summer holidays, I decided to complete the entire course
for my mathematics subjects. I think that was the biggest application of Kumon that I had in my
Year 12 journey. I was doing pretty much what I did in Kumon, which was self-learning, identifying
what I wasn’t so good at, then going back and really honing my skills in that area. That self-learning
ability I garnered at Kumon was the driving force behind my ability to learn those subjects on my
own.”

—Jesse, a Kumon Mathematics completer from Melbourne. Please scan the

QR Code to watch a video interview with Jesse

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 +- THE FOUNDATION FOR
÷× HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS
Kumon Mathematics develops quick, precise calculation skills necessary for the study
of high school mathematics. It is a comprehensive programme, including topics such
as number recognition, counting and writing; the four basic operations of addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division; fractions and decimals; and algebra, equations,
functions and calculus.

Each worksheet builds on what has come before and prepares your children for what
comes next. Your children progress step by step, towards the goal of advanced high
school mathematics.

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 O Advanced Differentiation and
Integration, Differential Equations

N Loci, Sequences and Series

Limits of Functions, Differentiation

M Trigonometry, Straight Lines, Circles

L Logarithms, Calculus

K Functions—Quadratic, Fractional,
Irrational, Exponential

J Basic High School Algebra

I Square Roots, Quadratic Equations, Inequalities,

Functions and Graphs, the Pythagorean Theorem

Simultaneous Equations,
H Monomials and Polynomials, Factorisation

G Positive/Negative Numbers,
Introduction to Algebra

F Four Operations of Fractions, Decimals

E Fractions

D Long Multiplication, Long Division,

Introduction to Fractions

C Multiplication, Division

B Vertical Addition and Subtraction

A Horizontal Addition and Subtraction

2A Basic Addition

Writing Numbers up to 120,

3A Introduction to Addition

4A Writing Numbers up to 50

5A Reading Numbers up to 50 KUMON

6A MATHEMATICS
Reading Numbers up to 10

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 TO SPARK A LOVE OF READING
Kumon English builds a high level of reading comprehension ability. To inspire students to
read widely, the worksheets contain more extracts from published texts than any other reading
programme in the world. They are arranged in order of increasing difficulty, from the simplest to
the most complex.

The worksheets begin with familiar words, phrases and short sentences. Students then learn
to read and write by sounding short vowels, consonants and sound parts; tracing, copying and
writing words; and reading aloud short passages. They progress to reading and writing simple and
complex sentences, and comprehending paragraphs. The worksheets culminate in summarising
and critical reading.

Audio files support your children’s progress, as do Kumon’s recommended reading lists: www.
readtogether.com.au and www.kumon-english-rrl.com.

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 Learn how to support an opinion using information
from a passage through analysing and interpreting
Reading elements of literature.
critically
Enhance critical reading ability by writing a comment
on a passage from an objective standpoint.

I I/ Complete a summary by restructuring pieces of

I II information in a paragraph and making the topic the
axis of the summary sentence.
Summarising H I/
H II Summarise one paragraph of a passage independently
while being conscious of the context of several paragraphs.
G I/
G II Explain the summary process.

F I/ Comprehend and compose complex sentences.

F II
Read a passage while identifying the topic of each of its
Identifying the paragraphs.
topic of E I/
E II Understand the links between sentences and paragraphs,
paragraph each
and the links over paragraphs.
D I/
D II Interpret a passage through restatement, examples and description.

C I/ Comprehend and compose simple sentences.

C II

Visualising Visualise the contents of a passage by viewing it as a sequence of

B I/
a passage B II events, comparing ideas and identifying 5Ws-1H elements within it.

A I/ Improve oral reading ability and gradually start reading silently.

A II

2A
Read aloud words and sentences by learning sound parts within
words.
Learning 3A
to read
and write Improve letter-writing ability by tracing, copying and writing words.
4A

5A Read aloud and understand short passages.

6A Repeat and recite words, phrases and short sentences.

Repeating
and reciting KUMON
7A ENGLISH
Associate spoken words with their written form.

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 WEEKLY STUDY ROUTINE

1. Present homework and confirm classwork

At the start of class, your children will present their completed homework to the Instructor.
The Instructor will then allocate worksheets for study during class, always at a level that is
just right for each child.

2. Study during class

Your children will complete assigned worksheets during class. The duration of study depends
on the worksheets assigned for the day. During the initial stages of your children’s Kumon
programme, they will typically take around 30 minutes to complete each subject.

3. Present completed classwork

Your children either present their completed worksheets for marking, or mark their own
worksheets if they are able.

4. Corrections
Your children correct their mistakes if there are any. The Instructor will then check the
corrections.

5. Record results
The completion times and initial scores for each worksheet will be recorded. Should your
children study more than one subject, steps one to five are applied to the second subject.

6. Homework is assigned
After reviewing your children’s classwork, worksheets are assigned as homework for non-
class days. Keeping your children’s class work in mind, your Instructor will assign work at a
level just right for study at home. This is to maximise your children’s learning and help them
develop good study habits.

7. Complete homework
Your children should complete the assigned homework in an environment where they can
concentrate fully. Kumon’s ‘Family Guidebook’, a home marking guide, and answer and
solution books, are available.

8. Present homework at the next class

All marked and corrected homework should be presented at the next class, regardless of
whether your children attend in-centre or virtual classes.

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 1 Confirm classwork

8 Present homework 2 Study during class

at the next class

7 Complete homework 3 Present classwork

Correct mistakes until

6 Assign homework 4 100 percent is achieved

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 ENROLMENT FEE
There is an initial enrolment fee of $100 inclusive of GST.

MONTHLY TUITION FEE

The tuition fees are $140 (inclusive of GST) per month per subject. Fees are paid on a
monthly basis.

HOW TO ENROL
Please contact your local Kumon centre for details and to make enrolment arrangements.

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FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please watch a video titled, Kumon: A Foundation for the Future.

Australia: https://au.kumonglobal.com/kumon-a-foundation-for-the-future/
New Zealand: https://nz.kumonglobal.com/kumon-a-foundation-for-the-future/

http://au.kumonglobal.com | http://nz.kumonglobal.com

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 KUMON’S MISSION

By discovering the potential of each individual and developing

his/her ability to the maximum, we aim to foster sound, capable
people and thus contribute to the global community.

September 2021

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