blondeviolin Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 About once every ten to fourteen days my five-year-old has a day where she hits a block with her math. She is very much a perfectionist and when she sees a problem that could be "hard" she won't even attempt it or the smaller parts that she DEFINTELY knows. All of the other days, though, she completes her math (we're using MEP) within 20 minutes and doesn't even complain about it being too hard. On these days we switch out to Miquon or living math or games or whatever. It almost seems as though she has forgotten everything we've gone through. :confused: But then, the next day, she knows everything again and she is full steam ahead. I think I'm going to start calling it "processing days" where all the information she's sucked up needs to be sorted and her brain's a little shorted for the day. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I don't know but DS would do that on a much tighter rotations (3-5 days) with Math Mammoth (mastery based .. so that's after several solid lessons of a single topic) and I was learning that this is how he reacts to being "over" a topic. Is there any chance something similar might be going on with your DD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2smartones Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Both of my kids do that a lot. I've learned just to back off or change the subject. If she's working on subtraction and hits a road block, switch to measurement or time or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachsr Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I am glad to read that other kids face this issue too - I thought my DS had some strange problem. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 It happens here, too. I think it is perfectly normal -- and related to the fact that IQ tests for such young children can be all over the map -- their processing varies a lot, and some days their brains seem to be working on something completely unrelated to the "task at hand". Though Button's emotional management is even more volatile than his math performance ;) ... this has been quite a week on that front!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 My 10 year old still does that. He has always done that. It's like one day he is on fire then the next day he can't add correctly. It's really bizarre. We argue about math a lot. :D I think we all have good and bad days though. Some days I'm sharp and everything makes sense to me. Some days I struggle. Some days I feel REALLY stupid. :iagree: And some days I KNOW I'm stupid. :001_smile: At least where math is concerned. OP, you're doing great by switching things around. Variety really helps. I know I love to switch things around myself when things get boring. Be it using a different book or rearranging my furniture till the hubby complains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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