Parenting

When school reopens, students return to school ready for another term of learning new knowledge and encountering new adventures. As parents, we often wonder how to transition our children back to school. Let’s look at preparing our children for returning to school and learning some essential life skills.   Getting our children involved in packing…

Ever had the struggle of having to “get back into the routine”? The struggle is true for our children as well. After stopping something, getting back into the routine can be challenging. Children especially appreciate a consistent routine rather than the unknown, which can be stressful. Here, we share why having a consistent routine for…

The school holiday and Christmas festivities are upon us. The year-end school holidays this year will be extra sweet as we are able to travel again, especially so for the expatriates who have not been able to return home for more than 2 years. While it is welcoming to be travelling again, it should not…

Confidence is vital to a child’s development. Children lacking in confidence will be reluctant to try new or challenging things due to the fear of failing. Confident children, on the other hand, are better equipped to handle challenges and responsibilities. What is the key factor in developing confident children? That’s us! The parents and Instructors!…

Resilience, an often-heard term, is a life skill that helps us deal with stress in life. Building resilient children helps them bounce back from the difficulties in their childhood, for example, moving house, changing schools, or even coping with the loss of loved ones. Now that we know how vital resilience is, the question is,…

Infusing joy with learning will intrinsically make children eager and motivated to learn new things simply because they love what they are learning and find learning enjoyable. Here are some ways to enhance your children’s desire to learn. 1. Develop an atmosphere of reading Children who develop a love of reading, develop a love for…

How to be patient when guiding your young children with homework? Children have much shorter attention spans than adults do. A child’s maximum attention span is about two to three times his/her age. Therefore, a five-year-old child would have an attention span of, at best, fifteen minutes. While guiding young children, many parents’ patience is…

“Small, incremental goals help build continuous momentum towards achieving a bigger goal.” You may have read it on a blog or seen it on a motivational poster, and there is much truth behind it. It is easy to set a big goal from the get-go, but to stick with it until the end? More often…

The real value of Kumon, and what sets us apart from other learning programmes and tutoring, is the impact our unique method makes on children’s success throughout school, and beyond.     The goal of Kumon is for children to study above school grade level once they have filled the gaps in their learning. As…

To further optimise your children’s learning with Kumon, we encourage parents to mark their children’s completed worksheets (by referring to the Answer Books in My Kumon App) at home promptly. By doing so, you will not only see their learning progress daily but also enable them to learn from any mistakes by correcting errors on…