Kumon Newletter April 2013
Content
April 2013
Dear parents and students, For real learning to take place it is important first of all to develop study skills. Study skills include staying organized, reading and following directions, learning from examples and applying it to your daily assignments. It needs to be worked on and developed. For students of all ages, the first thing would be the ability to sit down and be able to focus on the work. For younger student that time is less and for older students it is more. Focused learning for shorter time is better than longer time of distracted work. The students at Kumon center are trained to stay on task and do the exercises for the day. At home this can be developed by completing the worksheets in one seating. Unlike school work, Kumon work is specifically building skills in students and work is presented in a very step by step manner. Therefore, most students are able to complete their assignments with little or no help. If your child is taking longer time to do the work, then there is concern regarding students’ study skills or environment. We will celebrate our students’ successes and hard work through an Award Day on May 17th. I strongly believe that hard work is its own reward. Nonetheless, I feel the need to set aside one day to appreciate the students for their achievements. On Award Day students will come in the class at their normal time. They will submit their homework and pick up the classwork and homework. They will not do the classwork that day. This month I would like to congratulate the following students on their extraordinary achievements. They are: Anay Wadhera – J level Math completion. Anurag Kache and Rahul Madnawat – Reaching G level Math in 5th grade. The best way to reach me is through an email at [email protected]. Thanks for your cooperation in all matters. Happy learning to all,
Center Hours
Center Information
Kumon of Fremont Warm Springs 47812 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 Phone (510) 585-5603 [email protected]
Salima Noorali
Tuesday / 3PM – 7PM Friday / 3PM – 7 PM
Announcements
• • Parents are requested to wait outside. Our Early Learner students and teachers are greatly disturbed by parent waiting inside the class. If you are home-grading your child’s work, please return the answer book once they move to next level. Please make sure your child has returned the library book before borrowing another book. Please make sure your child is coming on a scheduled time, if you plan to change the scheduled time, please let us know.
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If your child is going to absent, please email so we can save their work and not mark them absent. Please let us know in advance if you want the work to be picked up for more than one class if you are traveling or any other reasons.
Thanks.
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Kumon at Home
Kumon Math Program
“You might be surprised to hear that some people at MIT are struggling with math, but it happens. I see some kids in my dorm staying up all night trying to get their homework done. Not me. Kumon gave me a strong math background so that I didn’t struggle with my homework like some of my peers.” -Frederick Wang, former Kumon student of Kumon of N. Garland/E. Richardson Center, while an Undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Whether you’re an elementary school teacher, returning student, or a soccer mom, math is a part of your daily life. Creating a solid math foundation from a young age is crucial to success in the future. The Kumon Math Program instills basic math skills that are the building blocks to more challenging high school math. A solid foundation in counting to calculus is one of the key elements of the Kumon Method. When looking at Kumon worksheets for the first time, they appear to be rather basic and repetitive. In order to understand the purpose of the program, it is important to understand the goal of the Kumon Method, which is to reach calculus as soon as possible through self-learning. The founder of the program, the late Mr. Toru Kumon, designed the program in a unique fashion – from the top down. Being a high school teacher at the time, he wanted to focus only on the material his son would need to excel in high school math. Mr. Kumon looked at the final goal, advanced high school math, and asked, “What must be understood as a pre-requisite for mastering these concepts?” Each step moves backwards through pre-calculus, algebra, prealgebra, arithmetic, and number skills, all the way back to basic counting in the Kumon Curriculum. As a result of this structure, no matter where a Kumon student begins in the program, he or she will continually build the skills necessary to reach the final goal. Learning math is like climbing a staircase: each step is essential to move up to the next. If just one step is weak or broken, it can result in the student sliding backwards, and losing confidence in his or her abilities. Slipping leads to the “math anxiety” many parents and children talk about. Children who are not rock-solid in basic arithmetic cannot proceed successfully to pre-algebra, and without a solid grasp of pre-algebra they cannot move on to algebra, and so on. Mathematics utilizes a universal language that is shared all over the world. Math is what has enabled mankind to make cars, explore space and create the electronic toys children play with today. With a strong math foundation, children solve problems faster and more efficiently. Encourage your children to excel in math and they may come across even more opportunities and choices for their future.
CONGRATULATIONS to our March level completers!! Keep up the good work!! MATH
Adhvika . Aliza . Amay . Anay . Anne-Domini . Anthony . Anurag . Arjun R . Ashvitha . Benjamin . Brenden . Carrson . Dev . Evelyn . Jerry . Julianna . Justin . Kevin Li . Krupa . Mahaksh . Nathan . Pearl . Rahul . Ramachandra . Safwan . Sanah . Tarun V . Vaishnavi . Varun . Venilla . Vidhi . Yogita
READING
Aaryan Nag. Ali . Alvin . Aria . Ashna . Atasi . Benjamin . Caton . Danush . Derrik . Eric . Evelyn . Gursimar . Hiranya . Jack . Leslie . Lorenzo . Michael . Nakul . Patrick. Pranshu . Pruthvi . Ramachandra . Ramya . Ridhi . Rithvik . Rohit . Sabrina . Sai Ananyu . Sarim . Shreya . Siri M . Soha . Tarun S . Tarun V . Timothy . Trisha N .
BRAVO!!! These students are celebrating APRIL ANNIVERSARIES!! One-Year Enrollment Anniversary!!!!
Soha Arora (Reading) Mahaksh Dalal (Math) Noah Kihmm (Math) Ridhi Mudaddla (Reading) Siri Mudaddla (Reading) Atasi Singh (Reading) Kevin Korukonda (Math) Dhruv Reddy (Math)
KUMON is a long-term program. Our goal is to make High School study easy and prepare all students for college/university – but it does not happen overnight. Those who are dedicated to completing their daily KUMON assignments are on the right path. Keep up the good work!!
DEVAN G. (4/3) NATHAN R. (4/8) MICHAEL Z. (4/9) VENILLA G. (4/15) NANDITA G. (4/16) CARSON C. (4/26) KEVIN L. (4/28) MURARI G. (4/29) TRISHA G. (4/29)
Dear parents and students, For real learning to take place it is important first of all to develop study skills. Study skills include staying organized, reading and following directions, learning from examples and applying it to your daily assignments. It needs to be worked on and developed. For students of all ages, the first thing would be the ability to sit down and be able to focus on the work. For younger student that time is less and for older students it is more. Focused learning for shorter time is better than longer time of distracted work. The students at Kumon center are trained to stay on task and do the exercises for the day. At home this can be developed by completing the worksheets in one seating. Unlike school work, Kumon work is specifically building skills in students and work is presented in a very step by step manner. Therefore, most students are able to complete their assignments with little or no help. If your child is taking longer time to do the work, then there is concern regarding students’ study skills or environment. We will celebrate our students’ successes and hard work through an Award Day on May 17th. I strongly believe that hard work is its own reward. Nonetheless, I feel the need to set aside one day to appreciate the students for their achievements. On Award Day students will come in the class at their normal time. They will submit their homework and pick up the classwork and homework. They will not do the classwork that day. This month I would like to congratulate the following students on their extraordinary achievements. They are: Anay Wadhera – J level Math completion. Anurag Kache and Rahul Madnawat – Reaching G level Math in 5th grade. The best way to reach me is through an email at [email protected]. Thanks for your cooperation in all matters. Happy learning to all,
Center Hours
Center Information
Kumon of Fremont Warm Springs 47812 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 Phone (510) 585-5603 [email protected]
Salima Noorali
Tuesday / 3PM – 7PM Friday / 3PM – 7 PM
Announcements
• • Parents are requested to wait outside. Our Early Learner students and teachers are greatly disturbed by parent waiting inside the class. If you are home-grading your child’s work, please return the answer book once they move to next level. Please make sure your child has returned the library book before borrowing another book. Please make sure your child is coming on a scheduled time, if you plan to change the scheduled time, please let us know.
• •
• • •
If your child is going to absent, please email so we can save their work and not mark them absent. Please let us know in advance if you want the work to be picked up for more than one class if you are traveling or any other reasons.
Thanks.
•
Kumon at Home
Kumon Math Program
“You might be surprised to hear that some people at MIT are struggling with math, but it happens. I see some kids in my dorm staying up all night trying to get their homework done. Not me. Kumon gave me a strong math background so that I didn’t struggle with my homework like some of my peers.” -Frederick Wang, former Kumon student of Kumon of N. Garland/E. Richardson Center, while an Undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Whether you’re an elementary school teacher, returning student, or a soccer mom, math is a part of your daily life. Creating a solid math foundation from a young age is crucial to success in the future. The Kumon Math Program instills basic math skills that are the building blocks to more challenging high school math. A solid foundation in counting to calculus is one of the key elements of the Kumon Method. When looking at Kumon worksheets for the first time, they appear to be rather basic and repetitive. In order to understand the purpose of the program, it is important to understand the goal of the Kumon Method, which is to reach calculus as soon as possible through self-learning. The founder of the program, the late Mr. Toru Kumon, designed the program in a unique fashion – from the top down. Being a high school teacher at the time, he wanted to focus only on the material his son would need to excel in high school math. Mr. Kumon looked at the final goal, advanced high school math, and asked, “What must be understood as a pre-requisite for mastering these concepts?” Each step moves backwards through pre-calculus, algebra, prealgebra, arithmetic, and number skills, all the way back to basic counting in the Kumon Curriculum. As a result of this structure, no matter where a Kumon student begins in the program, he or she will continually build the skills necessary to reach the final goal. Learning math is like climbing a staircase: each step is essential to move up to the next. If just one step is weak or broken, it can result in the student sliding backwards, and losing confidence in his or her abilities. Slipping leads to the “math anxiety” many parents and children talk about. Children who are not rock-solid in basic arithmetic cannot proceed successfully to pre-algebra, and without a solid grasp of pre-algebra they cannot move on to algebra, and so on. Mathematics utilizes a universal language that is shared all over the world. Math is what has enabled mankind to make cars, explore space and create the electronic toys children play with today. With a strong math foundation, children solve problems faster and more efficiently. Encourage your children to excel in math and they may come across even more opportunities and choices for their future.
CONGRATULATIONS to our March level completers!! Keep up the good work!! MATH
Adhvika . Aliza . Amay . Anay . Anne-Domini . Anthony . Anurag . Arjun R . Ashvitha . Benjamin . Brenden . Carrson . Dev . Evelyn . Jerry . Julianna . Justin . Kevin Li . Krupa . Mahaksh . Nathan . Pearl . Rahul . Ramachandra . Safwan . Sanah . Tarun V . Vaishnavi . Varun . Venilla . Vidhi . Yogita
READING
Aaryan Nag. Ali . Alvin . Aria . Ashna . Atasi . Benjamin . Caton . Danush . Derrik . Eric . Evelyn . Gursimar . Hiranya . Jack . Leslie . Lorenzo . Michael . Nakul . Patrick. Pranshu . Pruthvi . Ramachandra . Ramya . Ridhi . Rithvik . Rohit . Sabrina . Sai Ananyu . Sarim . Shreya . Siri M . Soha . Tarun S . Tarun V . Timothy . Trisha N .
BRAVO!!! These students are celebrating APRIL ANNIVERSARIES!! One-Year Enrollment Anniversary!!!!
Soha Arora (Reading) Mahaksh Dalal (Math) Noah Kihmm (Math) Ridhi Mudaddla (Reading) Siri Mudaddla (Reading) Atasi Singh (Reading) Kevin Korukonda (Math) Dhruv Reddy (Math)
KUMON is a long-term program. Our goal is to make High School study easy and prepare all students for college/university – but it does not happen overnight. Those who are dedicated to completing their daily KUMON assignments are on the right path. Keep up the good work!!
DEVAN G. (4/3) NATHAN R. (4/8) MICHAEL Z. (4/9) VENILLA G. (4/15) NANDITA G. (4/16) CARSON C. (4/26) KEVIN L. (4/28) MURARI G. (4/29) TRISHA G. (4/29)
