Why are assignments repeated?
Doing anything well takes practice, and acquiring skills often means performing the same task again and again. As with learning to play the piano or hit a baseball, learning skills require frequent practice for the child to gain mastery of them. A piano student doesn’t begin to play compositions until simple scales have been mastered. In much the same way, he or she shouldn’t tackle words until letters and letter combinations are mastered, or take on multiplication of two-digit numbers until achieving a total command of the operation with single digits. That’s why it’s so important to repeat Kumon material until it’s fully grasped and genuinely mastered. It’s not uncommon for parents and students to question at one point or another the repetitive nature of Kumon worksheets. However, applying skills repeatedly is precisely what reinforces them and ensures that they are permanently retained. Those skills may then be effortlessly drawn upon by the student for success with material at high
