The Kumon Maths Programme

Our programme helps children of all ages develop maths skills and a love of numbers

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Our maths programme helps early learners get to grips with numbers in an engaging way through colourful, fun worksheets and Instructor support.

Instructors encourage young students to work in an attentive, thoughtful way to develop concentration, attention span, and good learning practices ready for school and beyond.

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Our maths programme enables students of any ability to tackle maths with confidence, ensuring each key skill is completely mastered before moving on.

Through daily maths study, students build fluency and ability as well as a positive and concentrated approach to study.

Kumon Instructors set maths study at just the right level for your child regardless of their age, allowing them to revisit missing skills or advance way beyond their peers without restriction.

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Our maths programme helps students to develop a positive approach to maths, detecting any gaps in key learning foundations before building skills to reach school level and beyond.

Kumon Instructors support students to understand how to solve mathematical problems for themselves using examples as a guide, enabling them to become independent, confident learners that are open to the challenge of new work without teacher reliance.

Kumon students progress at their own pace, irrespective of age and school grade, offering them the chance to venture into complex mathematical calculations ahead of school curriculum.

What's covered in the maths programme?

Counting

Levels 6A to 4A aims for students to be able to recite numbers and count whilst pointing to the written numbers. At this level, our worksheets make strong use of images, dot pictures and number tables to enable early learners to recognise, recite, read and understand number sequence, gradually increasing exposure to a larger range of numbers as they become ready. They first focus on numbers 1-5, then 1-10, 11-20 and so on, all the way up to 100, as well as writing numbers independently up to 50. 

Four operations

Levels 3A to D deepen number sequence understanding before introducing the main operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Each operation is introduced with smaller numbers and single digits at first, increasing to larger numbers and double digits and so on. The methodology is also gradually advanced, from horizontal to vertical addition and subtraction, as well as multiplication and division, through small steps and half-worked questions to help children progress. 

Fractions

In levels E and F, students get to grips with fractions, enabling them to complete addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions through examples and introductory problems. As their confidence and speed grows they move on to more complex problems, learning the correct order of steps to work out the solution, finding the Least Common Denominators and Least Common Multiples, working up to three fractions and four operations. Learners will also start to become more familiar with decimals. 

Basic Algebra

Levels G to I aim to help students master positive and negative numbers using the four operations, as well as algebraic expressions and equations. Students are encouraged to write out the steps that they make to get to the solution until they are familiar with the process. Algebraic complexity increases, completing operations with monomials and then polynomials before moving on to factorisation, square roots, quadratic equations and functions and Pythagorean Theorem. Students build the skills to solve problems accurately, writing down appropriate intermediate steps. 

Functions

Level J fully develops student’s algebraic skills before the next level moves on to tackle the basic properties of functions. Students gradually increase their understanding of functions by tackling problems of greater complexity, before moving on to logarithms, limits, differentiation and integration. Students then develop the skills to work with trigonometric functions and equations of straight lines and circles. 

Calculus

Levels N and O build the skills needed for advanced integration and differential equations after improving their understanding on limits. Skills that children have built up throughout the maths programme culminate at this point in their ability to complete high school mathematical problems based on their calculation skills developed so far and a sense for graphs. They will also have developed the necessary skills to progress further through self-learning as they will be used to using examples, hints and solution books to understand and execute complex mathematical concepts. 

How does Kumon work?

Each student is assessed at the beginning of their Kumon journey to find their current level of ability. Assigned work is then set according to their ability, regardless of age or school year so they can focus on developing exactly what will benefit them most.   

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