Kumon

It was just plain bad. I had to write so much things! Also it is VERY VERY boring. I never had fun doing these. OH MY GOD this is the worst education thing ever.

I would not recommend kumon to your children because they give out so much packets and they're really rude. There's this one lady that is nice to little kids but is rude to the older kids.My kid says its really stressful cause how many packets they don't explain when they teach they just give so many packets its not acceptable.

I'm not a parent but a current student at Kumon, and it's honestly horrid. While some of the staff, particularly the younger collage aged ones, can be nice and helpful, the senior employees seemingly lack the ability to sympathize with young people. It's a common occurrence to see young children, no older than nine, loudly sobbing while the employees try to quiet them. More often than not, they're just told they're making too much noise. Not only that, but should your child ever actually ask for help, the employee's explanation is short and not nearly detailed enough. They use extra work as a punishment, particularly for younger kids. I assume this is because they (the employees) can trust that the parents will actually make them do it. I think this is unhelpful not only because these young children need time to play for their personal development more than they need to do extra homework on top of their schoolwork, but it teaches them to view math and reading as a punishment. It makes them more likely to not do it, to shut out instruction and give up.
Another thing is that if your child is behind in school, Kumon won't help them catch up for years. Because Kumon won't allow you to use calculators, and also has a time limit in the initial placement test, often times, or at least in my case, they make you start at the basics. This means you are doing work and relearning concepts from years ago. Or the opposite happens, and you're enrolled at a very young age like most of the other kids there. These kids are doing work high above their grade level at a very young age, but in real school they're doing completely different things and they have calculators to help them. Kumon also sends a lot of work home, even during holidays and over vacations. There is never a day when the child is not doing Kumon. From all the people I have talked to who went to Kumon, I have never gotten a positive review. I've talked to people about when they broke down at kumon, cried at kumon, hurt themselves at kumon, but never had any positive moments at kumon.
If your child is behind in school, my recommendation would be to find a proper tutor who will explain the material to them. There is little to none one-on-one time with the instructors at kumon past a certain age where you're left to figure things out on your own.
Kumon is a terrible environment, especially for older children. Most of all, it can negatively impact the mental health of a child by making them feel lesser for being unable to to the work.

Too easy not helpful for my child. She failed a test. She said everything was not her level. She said she wanted to quit.

Hello I am not speaking as a parent but as a student at kumon i find it no help, the staff where I go are very rude and i am in year 7 and I am doing year 2 work, they put children lower level then shown and the prices are rip-off as most kids hate going there.
If you are a parent reading my review please do not send your kids there.
Oh and I rate it a 0-5 it just wont let me do 0.

This stupid thingy is sapping the life out of my friends. I am in pain just watching him do it. I tried one of the sheets myself and let's just say, I have done harder worksheets in 1st grade. This sheet is making me want to commit mass genocide. It is just depressing that some people are forced to do this fricking sheet. I am using all my power to not use actual cuss words. So people at kumon stop messing around and use your brain (if you have one) and stop and get some help. YOU ARE A FAILURE

Not pleased at all about the academy. The instructors are mainly high school students who have no training in teaching the basics in reading, writing or math. Booklets are sent home daily. They do not challenge the students enough. Took my daughter out after a week. Their policy was is any missed class no make up and 1 month notice should be given. Overly charged.

Like your mental health? To bad throw it out the window by doing Kumon! I swear to got all they teach in math if fractions and make you want to do something horrible, kumon can be helpful for basic things but then they teach you super unhelpful math that you will never use even in school. It seems as the only unit they can help with in school is fraction and NOTHING else. The teachers at some locations are really old and just look at you funny if you dont know what to do, or get mad at you for not showing your work. I have a deep hatred for this company. Do not traumatize yourself and stay out of Kumon.

It's so bad. I'm currently in kumon and it is so much for me. I have other things to focus on which now made it ruin my mental health real, i think about death on a daily basis when i do this. (i'm forced so pls free me) don't recommend

Kumon is a memory based process which is for dumb people,they don't have any methodology for brain improvement.I put my kid at kumon and after a while when I asked new Lynn branch head ti explain me the method she was very rude and could not explain anything.As long she was making money she was extremely nice and when you question her she turns total opposite,I believe that says a lot about it.lots of parents who are not well educated they waste their money without understanding the methodology and its not going help their child in any way.I do not recommend Kumon to anybody.Jolly Sen(child -Pearl Ghosh)

I'm very grateful to both amazing Kumon teachers (Ms. Lydia Wong & Mr. Keith Wong) and the staffs at Garden City Kumon.
My kids have been successful and passionate in Mathematics because of the teaching, guidance & the support they get from Garden City Kumon. I'm so pleased of what my boys are doing at Kumon. They're not only learning math beyond their grade levels, but also building up their confidence, independence & accountability. Thank you for shaping my boys' characters along the way! Years well spent in Kumon.

I would highly recommend Kumon to all parents to build a strong & solid foundation for your children's academic development. A big thank you to Lydia & Keith for sharing your talent and continuous hard work to teach the younger generations. You guys are awesome and our children's role models :)

We did math with Kumon over this summer. My son's time, skills, and confidence shot up. Ms. Patel was so patient with him, spending extra time to make sure he understood the assignment and felt comfortable. I feel like I'm sending my son to middle school with a solid math background.

Kumon took a year of our tuition money for our children. Two months later they abruptly and without explanation closed the center. They have since refused to give us a refund and corporate will not return our calls.

This place scares me. I went there as a kid and when I pass by Kumon, I just see the somwhat unhappy face. If you want to be sad, go to kumon. I would've done a lower rating if I could.

This facility does not care about their families. Their curriculum is set up to make sure you continue spending your money and they prolong their teachings by going 2 grades back to "refresh" students on material they already know just to keep you longer. I asked to stop the program and instead of being told the steps to do this, I was asked to call in to speak about it. Then, they would not relay my messages to the coordinator and if they did I still did not receive call backs and when I called she was unavailable.

I usually like doing Kumon, but having to finish 30 pages after a long day at school seems unreasonable. I get out of school at 5:10, which means I would have to work on Kumon until 10 PM and then spend an additional two hours on my regular homework. Because of my probable autism, I often get sidetracked while working on it, and end up petting my dog, wandering around the house, or fidgeting with my pencil, which is not productive at all. All of this makes the experience less than ideal. It can be challenging to focus on the task at hand, given the distractions. I can barely get any sleep thanks to Kumon. I've tried pleading my mom to get me out, but it really hasn't worked... On the other hand, I guess its a good punishment? Or a helping hand, Idk

Tbh it made me traumatized me. The main teacher scared everyone and most of the time I would see kids younger then me running outside crying and lying to leave quickly. Try anything else but this place. Your kids will never enjoy learning as much ever

I sent my child to Kelmscott Kumon Centre, Perth. My child hates Kumon because of the repetitive & mind-numbingly boring worksheets. Endless memorization. Staff are high school students who grade and don't teach.

Before the pandemic, I went to Kumon, and it was back in early May 2019. I thought it could improve my reading skills. However, the worksheets were boring and repetitive. When I took the exams, I had to memorize everything. Also, when I did classwork, many times it took me so long to figure out the correct answer for the reading passages. The reading passages were very useless and I was very unprepared for the SAT reading section. Due to the system of Kumon, I got frustrated so many times that I eventually had to withdraw from the program. Overall, do not waste your time and money on this. If you want to improve your reading skills, use Khan Academy, or hire a tutor who can actually help you with your reading skills.

It's so bad it's so stressful you they put you back if you have to miss class it's sucks and that's it

I am in kumon right now and it's a nightmare. Every single day i have to do kumon and it's litteraly pointless. Once your done a unit you forget it the next day. Also im learning work for like 4 grades above me which is really hard and dreadful.

They give way too much homework. You do 1 or 2 days a week, and the rest of the days you don't go, they give you homework. And, if you join later in your years, no matter what age, they start you with addition and multiplication.

Repetitive and extremely frustrating to do alongside school work. It's honestly like a suicide mission to do all this I highly recommend to hire a personal tutor that won't murder your child.