{"id":1496,"date":"2025-07-07T09:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/?page_id=1496"},"modified":"2025-07-07T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:59:10","slug":"kumons-origins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/about-kumon\/kumons-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumon\u2019s Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1496\" class=\"elementor elementor-1496\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ad85d2 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31ad85d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e871291 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"6e871291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home &gt; 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That boy\u2019s name was Takeshi Kumon, and he was in his second year of elementary school. Seeing that his test results were not as good as they usually were, his mother consulted her husband about what to do. Her husband was Toru Kumon, a high school math teacher at the time. To address his wife\u2019s concern, Toru then began making math worksheets for his son, Takeshi.<\/p><p>Toru Kumon believed that the work of an educator is to foster a mindset for self-learning in children. So he went through much trial and error when creating learning materials for his son so Takeshi would be able to work comfortably with the materials each day and to steadily develop his skills. Based on his experience as a high school teacher, Toru Kumon knew that many senior high school students had problems with their math studies because of insufficient calculation skills. Therefore, he focused on developing Takeshi\u2019s calculation skills, and created materials that made it possible for his son to learn independently. This was because, through his own educational experiences, Toru Kumon knew that students could only gain genuine academic ability by making progress on their own.<\/p><p>Toru Kumon wrote out calculation problems on loose-leaf paper for Takeshi, and the materials that he created from 1955 became the prototype for today\u2019s Kumon worksheets. Takeshi quickly developed his ability through studying the materials created by his father for half an hour every day. As a result, he was able to reach the level of differential and integral calculus when he was just a few months into the sixth grade. Following his success with Takeshi, Toru Kumon invited some children from the neighborhood to come and study at his home, and instructed them in a similar way to how he had instructed Takeshi. As a result, all of them greatly improved their academic ability. Seeing this, Toru Kumon wished to develop the potential of as many children as possible with his learning method. In 1958, therefore, he decided to establish an office in Osaka and open more Math Centers. From that year the number of Kumon students began to increase steadily. With reaching high school level material through self-learning as the goal, Toru Kumon\u2019s aim was to develop the ability of students to the maximum by enabling them to study at a level appropriate for each individual.<\/p><p>Children have an inherent potential to grow. Through their practice of reading, writing, and calculation, students develop the confidence to learn on their own. We at Kumon consider education to be the nurturing of children\u2019s ability to achieve self-fulfillment in the future and realize their dreams and goals. Born out of a father\u2019s love for his son, Kumon is not restricted by the barriers of language, culture or history. As more people hear about the benefits of the Kumon Method, it continues to reach greater numbers of students throughout the world.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"right\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c70c387 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c70c387\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7469d0ea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7469d0ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f859c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f859c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pht_01.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1501\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pht_01.png 319w, https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pht_01-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab05526 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab05526\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e5674 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4e5674\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2bcc45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2bcc45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Toru Kumon: The founder of the Kumon Method <br>\n(As a teacher at Sakuranomiya high school, circa 1955)<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f7f6e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f7f6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ae5948 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24ae5948\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Takeshi Kumon: Toru Kumon\u2019s eldest son\n(Around the time he was in second grade)\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77444e66 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77444e66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614bfbae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"614bfbae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-400c1567 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"400c1567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pht_06.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1502\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Handmade original worksheets created by Toru Kumon for his son. These materials served as the prototype for today\u2019s Kumon worksheets.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0e6853 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5a0e6853\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pht_03.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1503\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Toru and Teiko Kumon instructing students together at the Toyonaka Uenozaka Center, circa 1965.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684d73b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"684d73b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c484745 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7c484745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumon-me.com\/qatar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pht_02.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1504\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Toru Kumon rented a room in this building in Osaka to set up an office which served as Kumon\u2019s headquarters from 1959 to 1962.\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4680dee1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4680dee1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-237c40bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"237c40bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11044883 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"11044883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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