Junior Kumon at Edina and Eden Prairie
Junior Kumon is a program for preschoolers and kindergarteners designed to instill a desire to learn and to help prepare them for their first academic challenges in math and reading.
Children work with Kumon staff at the Center, and with a parent at home. Our individualized and interactive method gives Junior Kumon students a leg up in becoming avid readers and learners and successful students.
Junior Kumon Fosters
- A desire and motivation to learn
- Acquisition of pre-literacy and numeracy skills
- Comfort in a learning environment
- Preparedness for school
- A positive attitude toward school
- Confidence and self-esteem
Pre-Reading Skills
- Learning the letters of the alphabet, their shapes and sounds
- Connecting the spoken and written word, building vocabulary
- Acquiring basic phonics
Pre-Math Skills
- Learning numbers
- Writing numbers
- Recognizing patterns of dots
- Counting numbers beyond 220
- Understanding basic addition
A video on the philosophy of repetition
This is a video produced by Kumon on the effect of repetitive operations on our brain. Please note it is an empirical study. View the video>