Hi Lynn,

My son (just turned 8, going into 2nd grade) started Kumon when he was 5 and in PreK. He has ADHD and is currently on Daytrana. We began Kumon because we wanted him to not only learn reading and math, but to give him practice sitting down and doing work. It is structured and we wanted that for him. He is still doing Kumon and is above grade level. He didn't take meds when starting Kumon. He was in "junior Kumon" at that time and was in a back room with an instructor. It was hard to get him to do the worksheets at home and he did OK at the center. Once he started meds, it was much easier for him to sit down and do the work. We didn't have to scream for him to sit down and do his Kumon. He is still on meds and doing well in Kumon. It does take him longer than the usual student to finish. Ideally you need to finish your worksheets in a specific time frame. He cannot do this. I did inform the center about his ADHD. They do put him in the front of the room and have made other accommodations such as giving him as much time as he needs to complete work, cutting down on the number of pages to complete each day, etc. My advice would be to speak to the Kumon center about your child's ADHD and have them work with you. Don't take a break for an extended period of time from Kumon once you begin. It will be hard to get your child back into the routine. Do what work you can at home. My son does not do Kumon everyday because some days he is too tired or the meds are wearing off (mainly during the school year). It is impossible to expect that he do the work on those days.

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Thanks so much for your post. I had my daughter in Kumon for a couple of months but then I was told by a counselor elsewhere that Kumon was not always the best for children with ADHD. I then sent her to private tutoring center that was very expensive and focused mostly on reading. It was okay but I didn't feel that I was getting my money's worth and I want her to have more math help also. When my daughter was doing Kumon she did very well. She liked being timed and tried to beat her time everyday. She has been on medication for several years. I was thinking about starting it again but to do reading and math for both of my children. I also have an 8 yo son going into the 2nd grade but he is not ADHD. I think it would benefit both of them but I wanted to talk to someone who has an ADHD child who has been doing it for awhile. Thanks so much for your input! Lynn

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I had both of my children in Kumon for five years straight. All through school year and summer. We had the option of going once or twice a week. They went twice. At the time I didn't know that both of my kids were ADD. My son is ADD with a speech and writing problem. My daughter is ADD and we also had her recently tested for Dsylexia. Because she was having a difficult time in spelling, reading and writing and math. We found through the testing she was also dyslexic. Kumon was not working for us because of the large amounts of packets that needed to be completed and the pressure of completing the testing in a timed manner. She had a difficult time with math no matter how many times she would work on them. My son is now 11 and my daughter is now 14 yrs. old. She attends a RLAC learning center that help her with reading, writing and math. Its one on one and what a dramatic difference. And she loves to attend without a fight. I strongly recommend this center.

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Hi! We used Kumon for a while, but it seemed that my girl didn’t like it. Now we are using an interesting web site beestar.org. It offers cute 2 math and reading exercises separately every week. The exercises are full of interesting stories, pictures. My daughter likes them very much. You can also have a try. Maybe it can also help you. Lisa

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Wow, I have heard of Beestar for a while. But I don't know whether it is really useful for a kid with ADHD? Would you please give some advice about it?

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megan said: Wow, I have heard of Beestar for a while. But I don't know whether it is really useful for a kid with ADHD? Would you please give some advice about it?

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