*
Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Add bookmark  |  Print  
Author Topic: Early math to homeschool math  (Read 124302 times)
shadahfree
Newborn
*

Karma: 3
Posts: 36

View Profile
« on: October 11, 2015, 07:51:04 PM »

Ages 1-3 Doman math cards and dot math app
Age 3 cuisenaire rods and Kumon books
Age 4  Kindergarten math workbook and continued hands-on activitites
Age 5 Rod and Staff 1st grade math
Age 6 I finally realized math is always going to be work for her. She has no number sense. We work on grade level. As an early learning parent this was hard for me. I wanted her to excel. I wanted my investment to pay off.
Age 7 I found her learning style for math. No manipulatives-they are too fiddly and become a distraction for her. No color- also a distraction. Lessons must be logical, slow, methodical. She needs to copy the problems herself. That one was an eye-opener. Writing things out is part of her thinking process. This is a complete contrast to early learning.
I put this here to say early learning does not work immediately and in the way you thought it would. I spent years doing "child-friendly" methods and wondered what was wrong with my child. Now, I see my method was what was wrong.
Reading, languages, encyclopedic knowledge all came easy for her with the methods most people use here. Math was different for some reason.

Logged
mom2bee
Preschooler
****

Karma: 27
Posts: 340


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2015, 08:50:09 PM »

Thank you so much for sharing your story and experience.

Now that you have found her learning style and her level in maths, I bet that you will begin to see solid and steady progress! Woohoo! Good job mama for not giving up too early or too soon.

Logged
lois1
Toddler
***

Karma: 21
Posts: 158

View Profile
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2015, 05:15:20 PM »

I came on here looking for this piece of encouragement:-) I have a 5 year old boy, great at languages, loves music & science, brilliant recall of interesting facts (that he also understands)... then there is maths... logical lovely maths (to me)... It's almost funny the contrast. We didn't do too much in the early years compared to languages & music but a fair bit of marshmallow maths, maths songs, stories & poems... But the application of that??!! He's so sweet, he often answers wrongly then says no that's not it, & corrects himself (which is encouraging:-)).

We have moved onto Maths-u-see, he likes the manipulatives but we need to have no distractions for the 5-10 mins it takes per worksheet otherwise we get nowhere. Of course he is still further ahead in maths than he would be in a mainstream school but it's not as fast as I would like haha. They are so different, but still so great!! yes
 

Logged
asnmdirteha
Newborn
*

Karma: -3
Posts: 26

View Profile
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2016, 05:16:41 PM »

Transitions for students (and teachers) can be difficult. One of my students was in 4th grade transferring from Brazil and you can imagine the parent's concern on him learning English. I would take advantage of all the wonderful resources we have online and offline. Kumon and IXL can be really helpful in standardized questions to keep their minds sharp. One of my favorites is Beestar. It has a wide range of worksheets for both Language Arts and Math. It also has a gifted and talented section which can also be helpful for more challenging worksheets for students.

Logged
Savan Patel
Newborn
*

Karma: -16
Posts: 0

View Profile
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2016, 10:49:28 AM »

Thank you so much for sharing your story and experience.

Now that you have found her learning style and her level in maths, I bet that you will begin to see solid and steady progress! Woohoo! Good job mama for not giving up too early or too soon.

Logged

assignmentconsultancy
Newborn
*

Karma: -1
Posts: 2

View Profile
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2016, 09:20:04 AM »

Thank you so much for sharing your story and experience.

Now that you have found her learning style and her level in maths, I bet that you will begin to see solid and steady progress! Woohoo! Good job mama for not giving up too early or too soon.

Thank you so much for sharing this valuable information.  yes

Logged
LouisGray
Newborn
*

Karma: -1
Posts: 4


View Profile
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2017, 01:16:29 PM »

Thanks for the info. I am very happy that my child likes mathematics. Because for me it was always interesting too.

Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Add bookmark  |  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Recent Threads

by newassignmentau, September 29, 2023, 09:52:09 AM
by jasminfernandes, August 18, 2023, 05:42:02 AM
by Annasprachzentrum, August 02, 2023, 08:27:26 PM
by Brileydavis, February 07, 2023, 07:31:40 AM
by justin robinson, January 18, 2023, 12:01:12 PM
by justin robinson, January 18, 2023, 11:26:28 AM
by justin robinson, January 18, 2023, 11:17:08 AM
by justin robinson, January 18, 2023, 11:02:35 AM
by justin robinson, January 18, 2023, 09:45:06 AM
by Thepharmacity, January 04, 2023, 06:12:34 AM
by Sara Sebastian, December 20, 2022, 02:04:21 PM
by Kays1s, December 05, 2022, 02:02:24 AM
by ashokrawat1256, November 11, 2022, 04:54:21 AM
by farnanwilliam, October 22, 2022, 04:12:41 AM
by berryjohnson, February 05, 2020, 12:41:49 PM
Page: 1/4  

Recently Added Files

tamil - months by BhavaniJothi, Dec. 05, 2019
More Shapes - More shapes not originally included in L... by Kballent, Oct. 23, 2019
test1 - test by SSbei, Sep. 08, 2019
Purple Foods - I made some lessons with colored food f... by Kballent, Aug. 07, 2019
Green Foods - I made some lessons with colored food f... by Kballent, Aug. 07, 2019
Yellow Foods - I made some lessons with colored food f... by Kballent, Aug. 07, 2019
Orange - I made some lessons with colored food f... by Kballent, Aug. 07, 2019
Red Food - I made some lessons with colored food f... by Kballent, Aug. 07, 2019
White Foods - As part of Color Themes I made some less... by Kballent, Aug. 07, 2019
Fruits & veggies mascots - This is Polish \"must have\" mascots :) ... by Agnole, Feb. 24, 2018
Page: 1/3  

Stats

Members
  • Total Members: 214667
  • Latest: sejal01
Stats
  • Total Posts: 110526
  • Total Topics: 19136
  • Online Today: 143
  • Online Ever: 826
  • (January 22, 2020, 12:09:49 AM)
Users Online
  • Users: 0
  • Guests: 141
  • Total: 141

TinyPortal v1.0.5 beta 1© Bloc