I'm curious too!

"One suggestion and one thought. The suggestion is dot-to-dots. Good for small motor skills and number recognition. There are a bunch here if you want some online. That site also has something called "number mazes" where you go through the maze from 1-100." Thanks for your suggestion, he loves mazes so I think we'll work on these for awhile. I think there might be a lot to what you said about some people being able to recognize colors less than others. Besides green/yellow/brown, I just heard him confuse purple/blue. Maybe that's all it is. He just doesn't notice the differences. Thanks, farrarwilliams Silver, you said that you needed to stop proceeding with your math program until your dc was able to proceed with the math program. How did you handle that? Did it leave you far behind?

I have some velvet numbers that I thought would help, and we've used them from the beginning, but that doesn't seem to help. I've heard of using a tupperware full of rice and having him write his numbers. I thought it was helping 5 weeks ago, but now it's been to the same. Maybe I just need to do it every day for a while, drop it for a couple weeks then come back to reviewing it until it sticks. We'll see.

Thanks for the replies, girls. It's so good to know we're not alone. I've wondered if it's just lack of maturity. I do think I need to get his eyes tested again, his dad needed glasses at this age, so we need to stay on top of this. But I'll use your method, Grace's Mom, and maybe even switch to HWoT. I really appreciate your input. I'll just keep plugging away and use your suggestions and hopefully it will click with him. Thanks! Any more ideas are still welcome!

Hi, I'm new to this site but have really enjoyed reading your comments. Thanks! Here's my question/problem: Today, I realized that my 5 yr old ds cannot recognize the numbers 6,7,8,9. He's counted for a long time, since two, but I never worked on forming the numbers until now. The first 8 lessons of Mathusee Primer concentrate on number recognition and counting. At the beginning, I did a lot of flashcards to ensure that he was learning to recognize the numbers, and then let him go on the program, stopping to explain and check his work every day. He was doing fine, getting most problems correct, and saying Math is his favorite subject. But today, he was asked to build a number (the lesson is on place values and uses manipulatives to explain the problem). He did great being able to tell me how many blocks were out in the units and tens place. But when he was given a number to build the blocks, he didn't know what the were. The numbers were 89 and 37. He got the three tens blocks out but didn't know what the other ones were at all. So I got out the flashcards, to check his number recognition. 0-5 and 10 he got without hesitation, but he simply did not know what the others were. :confused: Does he have a mental block or is there something that I've done wrong? Is there a trick someone knows how to teach him this? This is the child that has known how to sound out words since he was three, but he still gets some colors wrong (especially green and brown and yellow). He's been tested for visual problems, even color blindness, but has shown that he has none, even though I wonder. I welcome any thoughts, ideas, suggestions. Thanks,

I just can't believe I read this whole thread! It was hilarious and sad, and comforting all at the same time. I've been so gun-shy to make mistakes, after making some real blunders this year (a whole Sonlight core used, but still over $200), that I can't seem to commit to anything now. I've been rethinking everything we've used and can't decide on anything. Prayer and patience, I guess!