Kumon - West San Jose, CA

About Kumon - West San Jose, CA

In 1983, the Kumon Center of West San Jose opened its doors, becoming one of the first Kumon centers in Northern California. Initially only offering Kumon Math, the center added Japanese Kokugo in 1985 and the Reading program in 1991. In 1999, the Otsuka family took over the center, providing the three subjects while running two other Kumon centers. Today, the Otsuka family still operate the West San Jose center, with Chieko Otsuka, their daughter, as the Head Instructor. Chieko has been an instructor since 2006 and is supported by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otsuka, who are still present during center hours. With over 35 years of experience, the Otsuka family remain as one of the pioneers of Kumon in the Bay Area, providing quality instruction and support to Kumon families.

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Math Program

The materials start from preschool counting and fine motor development exercises and extend to calculus, trigonometry and differential equations. Students begin at a comfortable starting point with work that can be easily completed. This way they master the basics and gain complete proficiency with each successive step

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Reading Program

The Kumon Reading Program is an individualized study program designed to improve the students´ reading comprehension ability in the English language. It is divided into five learning blocks: the word building block, the sentence building block, the paragraph development block, the summary block, and the critical reading block. Each block has an overall learning goal and builds the necessary foundation for the next learning block. The aim of the Kumon Reading program is to develop students' reading comprehension abilities to a point where they will easily be able to read, understand, summarize and analyze advanced forms of writing from a diversity of fields.

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Early Learners

We accept Early Learners, who are preschool age students and students who require more assistance to hone their pre-reading skills. We try 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 our Early Learner students a leg up in becoming avid readers and learners and successful students.

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