RainbowSprinkles Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I just don't know what to do anymore to help him. :( He's always been slow to learn, I'm completely certain he has some learning difficulties. I have an appt coming up for him to hopefully get some referrals. Last year we did Singapore math 1a and b. I started him this year on MEP 1, thinking we'll review first before we start MEP 2. Well, he's having a really hard time subtracting between numbers 0-2. He just cannot wrap his brain around it. I tried to explain in so many different ways, but he just doesn't seem to get it. As I've said in the title, I'm feeling very discouraged. I feel like I failed him. I don't know how to help him. His reading is seeming to get better. But he still confuses b and d quite a lot and he also has somewhat trouble keeping his vowels straight. Sorry my post is all over the place. I'm so sad for him. :( __________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyW Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 It sounds like you might need to have him tested. Then you will know what is going on and how to help him. You have not failed him. If he learns slower or differently you would fail him if you didn't figure out how to help him. Sounds like you are doing just that. Do not measure your son's success on someone else's scale. As long as he is progressing according to what he is capable of, he is doing just fine.:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoffg1 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 You wrote that he has a really hard time subtracting between numbers 0-2. That he just cannot wrap his brain around it? But perhaps you could a simple subtraction? E-B= ? Where through a deductive process, you could work out that E-B= C. But their would be no sense of E as a quantity, where you subtract B as a quantity from E. To arrive at a quantity called C. But you would have no sense of C as a group? So that the question is whether he associates numbers with a quantity? Senses 3 as a group, which can be subtracted from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyW Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I wanted to add, have you looked at Math-U-See? It really worked for my dyslexic kids. Steve Demme has a great way of using manipulatives to get kids to understand math concepts and for kids who struggle, it does not move too quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkpalaska Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 (edited) You have not failed him. If he learns slower or differently you would fail him if you didn't figure out how to help him. Sounds like you are doing just that. Do not measure your son's success on someone else's scale. As long as he is progressing according to what he is capable of, he is doing just fine.:grouphug: :iagree: You are NOT failing him. It's so easy to beat ourselves up when it doesn't "click" for our kids. He could not possibly have a more loving and motivated teacher than you. It's hard to look into the future and feel that you see only more struggles ahead. Try to stay focused on the small day-to-day, week-to-week progressions. He will learn. His path might look different than the kids represented on the regular K-8 board, but it is HIS path. Help him own it. Another good hands-on math program is Right Start math. Not that any program is some "magic" fix, but MUS and RS are good at approaching math from a different direction, and in assisting with a consistent visual of exactly what's happening. Edited August 31, 2012 by dkpalaska clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycc Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I understand. My almost 9yrs old is just now comprehending subtraction I think and I hope. I second the RightStart method. I also noticed she gets subtraction when we use money to make change. The Rightstart has some games with that so does the Singapore 1b teachers guide I believe. Maybe some kids are a bit older before all this stuff clicks. Things are starting to click for my daughter but I better not say that because just when I see the light at the end of the tunnel she suddenly takes a different turn and forgets everything that has ever been presented to her. We have watching some Scooter and Me videos and they have some movement exercises that crosses the midline and since we started these I have noticed something moving forward with her. I am looking into the Dianne Crafts exercises for her now that there may be a correlation with the crossing midline activities with her recent questions asking. Perhaps something like this for your son? Other possibilities is that I have been neurotic in making sure she takes her acidophilus. When she does not, she gets really spacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellers Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 ... You are NOT failing him. It's so easy to beat ourselves up when it doesn't "click" for our kids. He could not possibly have a more loving and motivated teacher than you. It's hard to look into the future and feel that you see only more struggles ahead. Try to stay focused on the small day-to-day, week-to-week progressions. He will learn. His path might look different than the kids represented on the regular K-8 board, but it is HIS path. Help him own it... :iagree: Have you tried using quarters or pennies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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