“She loves doing her Kumon, in fact she is the one making me do it every night!”
Natasha Gupta has been a maths student at the Kumon Foyle Study Centre since July 2012, when she was two-and-a-half years old. She has yet to begin nursery school but is already able to count to 100.
Her mum, and also her Kumon Instructor, Sumeeta, explains: “I started my own centre in July 2012 after seeing the progress Radhika, my daughter, was making through Kumon study, not just with her maths but also in school in general. I thought I would take the opportunity to open a centre myself as I was looking for a career change and thought I could help other students. Radhika and Natasha were my first students.
I enrolled Natasha just to see how she would get on with it. She saw me doing Kumon all the time and how much Radhika enjoyed it and she wanted to join in, so I thought I would try her out. She has always been a very bright child and she knew her numbers from a very young age, but I was amazed at how quickly she progressed. She loves doing her Kumon, in fact she is the one making me do it every night. She is so confident!”
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Matthew has received a book for each week of the year since winning our competition
Back in October 2012, Matthew Redman from Bristol celebrated his sixth birthday with a very special Kumon celebration. His mum, Rhiannon, was the lucky winner of our Win a book each week for a year competition, and so we made a visit to deliver his first set of books.
Well, eight months on, having received a bundle of new books each month, Matthew has progressed wonderfully with his literacy. We caught up with the Redman family to find out more.
Of the development of Matthew’s reading skills, Nick, Matthew’s dad, explained: “Matt has consistently improved and reading is now one of the daily tools available to him. In the last six months he has developed his confidence to such an extent that he is able to put voice inflection in appropriate places, and he happily tackles most books without becoming inhibited if he doesn’t know the occasional word. It’s definitely helped him at school too, as it’s a core skill, and he is able to comprehend things more easily and therefore quickly, which in turn reduces the pressure when answering questions.
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“Daveena will be well equipped with strong mathematical and literacy skills when she transfers to secondary school.”
11-year-old Daveena Bhangu has been studying at the Kumon Blakenhall, Wolverhampton Study Centre for four-and-a-half years, under the guidance of her Instructor, Kully. She has steadily progressed on both of the programmes, now studying summarisation in English and factorisation in maths.
Over the years, Daveena has transformed from a shy child to an outgoing, confident learner, who is prepared to tackle any challenge head-on and is very much looking forward to secondary education. Her Instructor explains: “Daveena started her Kumon studies as a shy, quiet girl who lacked confidence in herself. Through her daily Kumon studies she has developed into an outgoing and confident young girl with a desire to achieve.
“She has developed many skills and abilities such as perseverance, concentration and self-learning skills, with confidence to tackle new tasks both with Kumon and school.
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“Kumon has been really helpful for me at school. I have skipped a year and am now in Year 7.”
Megan Peters started the Kumon Maths Programme at the Kumon Blackheath Study Centre on 21 April 2007, when she was five years old and in Reception at a local independent school.
Megan’s Instructor, Rizwanah Arain recalls: “From observation during assessment, I noted that Megan could count orally to 100, though she stopped at every nine from 70 onwards. Her mother said at the time of enrolment that she would like Megan to grow in confidence, and she accepted practice and repetition of work as part of her Kumon journey.”
Within two years, Megan reached a level three years above that expected for her age, and has been consistently above that ever since, enabling her to reap the benefits of self-study.
Rizwanah continues: “Megan is a very hard worker and has good concentration skills, she was able to follow instructions and examples herself from day one and is truly realising her potential through Kumon. Among her achievements is the fact that her school recognised her progress and promoted her to Year 4 after Year 2. Last year, in Year 6, she sat for and gained entry into one of the top girls’ schools in her area, where she is currently studying in Year 7, whilst still studying Kumon. She is currently at level K (which includes learning the basic properties of functions).
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