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I found the Kumon math program very helpful for my 5th Grade son, who was (and still is) struggling to meet standards at school, but at Kumon he's now up to grade level. We certainly plan to continue with Kumon at least until the Middle School homework load becomes too much. The way new ideas are not presented until performance with older materials is perfect suits my son better than the mix and match math curriculum of California schools. Kumon Mum

Re: Tutors for Japanese
The Kumon on San Pablo in Albany teaches Japanese.

Our 8 1/2 year old has been taking Kumon math classes for a year and 3 months. We think it's been helpful for her although it did take many months before we noticed any improvement. As for the daily Kumon homework - it's often been tough getting her to do it, especially during the summer when she didn't think it was fair having homework when other kids didn't, but since we switched to another Kumon center she's been much better about doing it, often doing it before being asked to. We'll see if that changes when summer vacation begins.

She went to the Berkeley Kumon Center for a year (classes on Monday & Thursday), but then we switched to the El Cerrito Center (classes on Tuesday & Friday) because the schedule was better for us and because we were very impressed with the Director there.

If it wasn't for the expense ($75 a month per class), I'd like to sign her up for both math and reading during the summer months. Debby