Kumon Grade 1 Addition (Calculation Math Workbooks), Ages 6-7, 96 pages (Kumon Math Workbooks) Paperback – Illustrated, June 3, 2008

I've been using these books with my 3 and 5 year old for a little over a month now and I love them. This addition book was for my 5 year old. This is above her grade level but I like to push her and this predicable study curriculum and routine has made it easy. We do 2 pages of Addition and 2 pages of Reading most every night. I can't say that my 5 year old enjoys it but she's 5. She doesn't like any work. I encourage her and let her know that smart people don't wake up smart, they earn it and "Hard work works hard when talent doesn't work." Although, it's like pulling teeth to get her through this book, she has learned the number line to get the answers on her own, what to do when she goes beyond her fingers counting, number patterns, she puts the date on every page, and her name writing is the best it's ever been. I kinda wish that the problems were vertical rather than horizontal but I trust the curriculum and I know teaching her this first has a purpose.I heard about Kumon first from a parent who goes to private school with my 5 year old. I went to the Kumon location and had both the kids tested and priced. It was going to be roughly $430 per month for college students to teach my kids 1 subject each (either Reading or Math) twice a week. As usual, I consulted Amazon and found that I could purchase all the books for less than the price of 1 month of what that tutor was going to charge me. Plus, while the tutor teaches the children, I would have to be there too but I couldn't interact with the instruction. I'd have to be in the lobby. That seemed to me like a huge cost to be lazy and not do it myself.The effectiveness of these books has been paramount! It's only been 1 month but my 3 year old who is left handed is now writing her name with unprecedented accuracy. She did the entire "My Book of Amazing Tracing" and has now started on the "My First Book Of Uppercase Letters." She actually does enjoy the books. I plan to continue and finish all the books with both of my children.

This was a perfect supplement for extra math help. It was easy to understand- taught the appropriate math criteria for grade, and was helpful in building confidence.

My daughter likes this book. It’s help her better understanding of maths

For what it is, this book is pretty great. But for my son, a few things made it difficult to use. My son is 3 and hyperlexic, and he’s already doing addition and subtraction. I wanted to get him something to encourage his love of math and numbers. This would’ve been perfect except for two things:1) Numbered math problems. Seeing a number before the math problem made it seem like it was part of the math problem. He kept trying to figure out what he was supposed to do with that first number. For beginners, this could be a problem.2) Small space for answers. I understand this book is for older kids. My son doesn’t have the same motor skills as a 6-year-old and writing the answers in such a small space was difficult.

The books are good.

This book is very good for learning math it is fun and efficient my child enjoyed doing the math and learned a lot

Kids love this book and work through it with minimal support. I highly recommend.

I like this product it takes it time on each lesson. Slowly progresses each time , like how lessons in school should be ease to each lesson