LittleIzumi Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 The Sponge just did 18 x 2 in her head on her second day of learning about multiplication, and then wrote her 2s backwards. Again. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 The Sponge just did 18 x 2 in her head on her second day of learning about multiplication, and then wrote her 2s backwards. Again. :lol: Awesome! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtney.byrum Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Sounds like my dd - except it's 3s for her (and J's for some reason). Yet she can easily read a 5th grade level book, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertmum Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I hope this thread keeps going because I am pretty much in the same boat, and I am sure I not the only parent with an asyncronous child. I especially hate the "Oh, dear. My child could tie his shoes when he was like 18 months!" that I get from other parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 My 7 year old (who just started doing 2- and 3-digit multiplication this past month) did a multiplication facts drill for the table of 5's, which I thought would be very easy. During the drill, he suddenly said, "I can't remember how to make a 5!" Um... child... there is a 5 in every single problem on the page... all 100 problems. :lol: Thankfully, most number reversals are gone now. He catches most of his letter reversals. That's all normal up to about age 8, I believe? He used to reverse his 3's and 2's fairly often, but he grew out of it. I need to post some letter/number charts somewhere where he can reference them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbeam Jones Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Sounds like my dd - except it's 3s for her (and J's for some reason). Yet she can easily read a 5th grade level book, lol. :iagree: Add 7's and occasionally c's and you have my ds6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceyshoe Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Too funny! When ds was 4 and taking the placement test for Singapore math, he included number sentences with fractions and negatives (used correctly), but he insisted on spelling out the words for all the numbers because he couldn't remember how to write them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 The Sponge just did 18 x 2 in her head on her second day of learning about multiplication, and then wrote her 2s backwards. Again. :lol: :D When my big girl does that, she gets all angry because "I wrote an S instead of a 2". (asynchrony + perfectionism = ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 :D When my big girl does that, she gets all angry because "I wrote an S instead of a 2". (asynchrony + perfectionism = ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!) Oh my, YES! Abby does this. She may erase it like twelve times to finally write it correctly. Never mind that she's erased a hole in the paper. (And even if I tell her it's fine and she doesn't have to rewrite because she gave the correct answer, she still erases. :001_huh:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Oh my, YES! Abby does this. She may erase it like twelve times to finally write it correctly. Never mind that she's erased a hole in the paper. (And even if I tell her it's fine and she doesn't have to rewrite because she gave the correct answer, she still erases. :001_huh:) Yup. In math, in writing, everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2smartones Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 (asynchrony + perfectionism = ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!) This. Is. Us! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 :D When my big girl does that, she gets all angry because "I wrote an S instead of a 2". (asynchrony + perfectionism = ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!) :iagree: DS had a hard time this summer. Writing had physically gotten easier for him (something about turning 7, I think), and he started reversing numbers/letters MORE. It was because he wasn't thinking so hard about the physical act of writing. He's doing better now, but every time he'd do a reversal, he'd say "I keep doing that!!!" and would be ready to beat his head against the wall. I told him it's normal and he'll grow out of it - that most kids his age do this. He handles it better now. I think just explaining it to him helped a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 . He handles it better now. I think just explaining it to him helped a lot. Oh yes! I am working on pencil and paper throwing with my big girl. She has chucked her pencil across the room in frustration over writing and trying to get it correct. When I see her starting to get frustrated, I try to sooth things over by telling her that it's ok and normal...doesn't always work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I have a sticker chart for "making mistakes without bursting into tears". There's something incongruous about a child who writes an L when she means a 7, then bursts into tears because "I'm not trying to do math in Roman numerals today!!!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I have a sticker chart for "making mistakes without bursting into tears". There's something incongruous about a child who writes an L when she means a 7, then bursts into tears because "I'm not trying to do math in Roman numerals today!!!". Aww that's really adorable, poor thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertmum Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Yup. In math, in writing, everything. Yes! Ds wrote some numbers in crayon because he likes to use all kinds of colours and when he made a mistake and tried to erase...well, he found out you can't erase crayon. He burst out crying because the whole page was now "ruined". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenbrdsly Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I have a sticker chart for "making mistakes without bursting into tears". There's something incongruous about a child who writes an L when she means a 7, then bursts into tears because "I'm not trying to do math in Roman numerals today!!!". :):lol: Love it!!!! I actually asked my DS6's teacher about number reversals and gifted children at his conference last week. She has taught for 22 years, mainly with gifted children. She said that even with gifted children the same rule applies. Number reversals are normal until about Christmas of third grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minuway Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 :D When my big girl does that, she gets all angry because "I wrote an S instead of a 2". (asynchrony + perfectionism = ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!) Same thing here! When I gently ask her to turn her numbers around there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, even though the answer is correct. Miquon Math suggests not correcting flipped numbers during math time, but rather work on it during handwriting time (just got the orange book for my younger daughter). Does anyone do this? My perfectionist can spiral out of sanity quickly with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritsumei Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Same thing here! When I gently ask her to turn her numbers around there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, even though the answer is correct. Miquon Math suggests not correcting flipped numbers during math time, but rather work on it during handwriting time (just got the orange book for my younger daughter). Does anyone do this? My perfectionist can spiral out of sanity quickly with this. I do that, in fact, I'm still writing a lot of stuff for Monkey, because his pudgy little fingers are just NOT on the same schedule as his mathy brain. I've heard that boys are slower to write, and I'm ready to believe it. We're still slogging through writing all of the lowercase letters. I'm thinking of taking a break from that and working on numbers for a bit because I think he would benefit from doing his own writing in his math. Yesterday, he looked over my shoulder as I was reading Miquan's Annotations book, and saw a number line, remembered that we had watched a Khan Academy addition clip a couple of months ago, and asked for it again. We ended up doing addition with the computer, the white board, and the c-rods for about 2 hours!! Only problem is, we're usually more fluid with our answers than KA is, so he wants to do stuff like 9 + 1 = 1 + 9, and of course it's "wrong" on the computer unless you answer 10... all that equals one frustrated little boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 :lol: I know that one too well. Mine is a VSL to an extreme. I actually keep 2 "threads" of math going for him. One is for actually learning math, and the other is for learning to communicate what he knows..in math. He can + or - anything, but verbalizing the answer is a stumbling block. He will write 4,576 and then stutter trying to pull up the words "thousand" and "hundred" from his brain. He will pop out with the answers to word problems, but then have to *really* think about what he did to get that answer. (Did I multiply or divide? Both? Which did I do first?) What should be easy is hard. What should be hard is easy. Where can I find a curric for that????:willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 :lol: I know that one too well. Mine is a VSL to an extreme. I actually keep 2 "threads" of math going for him. One is for actually learning math, and the other is for learning to communicate what he knows..in math. He can + or - anything, but verbalizing the answer is a stumbling block. He will write 4,576 and then stutter trying to pull up the words "thousand" and "hundred" from his brain. He will pop out with the answers to word problems, but then have to *really* think about what he did to get that answer. (Did I multiply or divide? Both? Which did I do first?) What should be easy is hard. What should be hard is easy. Where can I find a curric for that????:willy_nilly: :iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: I just have a ton of math programs and switch whenever I am frustrated. Miquon, Singapore, MEP, made-up worksheets and manipulative games, various random workbooks, math fact apps, etc, etc, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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