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Five top tips for supporting your child as they return to school after lockdown
Dawn Willoughby, the Instructor from the Kumon Henley-on-Thames Study Centre, and Angela Buckley, fellow author and experienced teacher, have recently written and published a handy guide called Back to School After Lockdown: How to prepare your child. They have kindly agreed to share their tops tips with us and hope that their experience and guide will help parents to support their children as they settle back into the classroom.
Sep 2020
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Four-year-old Joel channels his energy into structured learning with Kumon
Donika enrolled her son, Joel, with the Kumon Mill Hill Broadway Study Centre shortly after he turned four. We caught up with Donika to hear about the positive changes she’s seen in him so far, and how they kept his Kumon study going throughout the lockdown.
Aug 2020
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Using lockdown to get to grips with the early foundations of maths
At Kumon, we’ve continued to connect with new families during a time when meeting face-to-face hasn’t been possible. We’ve been chatting with Mark, a father to six-year-old daughter, Sophia, to find out why he chose to enrol her with Instructor Sharon Carlin of the Kumon Urmston Study Centre, and to hear about their experience so far.
Jul 2020
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Toby eases into a daily study routine of learning during lockdown
With children missing school and our usual, busy routines being so dramatically disrupted, many families have been using the lockdown period to start studying with Kumon, to ensure their children’s maths and English ability doesn’t suffer.
We recently interviewed Louise, a parent from Londonderry, Northern Ireland to ask her about her experience of joining Kumon during lockdown.
We recently interviewed Louise, a parent from Londonderry, Northern Ireland to ask her about her experience of joining Kumon during lockdown.
Jul 2020
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I live two hours from my nearest Kumon centre, so how could my three-year-old start learning with Kumon?
Rosalin, her husband and young daughter, Mary didn't expect to find a Kumon centre in their town in mid-Wales and were pleasantly surprised to have been able to join a centre that was offering online video classes. Three-year-old Mary is already progressing quickly; working closely with mum, the Kumon materials and getting the support she needs from their instructor.
Jun 2020
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Kumon's online assessment reveals far more than first anticipated
Starting a new learning experience like Kumon, while we’re all at home, might have felt like a challenge too far for some parents, but it’s proved to be the ideal thing for five-year-old Almira, and her mother, Demet.
Jun 2020