Supplement for Math in Focus 1st grade

[Lecka]

Hi, I after school my 7-year-old son who has autism.

 

He is doing Math in Focus at school.

 

I believe he is pretty solid on a pre-school level. He does well with numbers 1-10. He is in 1st grade, but I am not sure he is really solid on K math. He has done a lot with numbers 1-10 and he is good at recognizing quantities for 1-10, and knowing what is more and less with 1-10, and really everything I know of for 1-10.

 

He needs work with bigger numbers and subtraction. Also with addition.

 

I would like to supplement using manipulative and something that gives me a little structure.

 

Though I foresee us making numbers with manipulatives, and using manipulatives to add and subtract.

 

I think he is weak in place value also and understanding numbers are grouped by 10.

 

The only math manipulative I am really familiar with is unifix cubes, so I would like to do this with unifix cubes (which I know how to do in a general way).

 

At school it seems he does a lot with tally marks and with 10 frames and number bonds. So I do want to go along with that.

 

I think there are good things happening at school, but that he needs a lot more practice to get comfortable.

 

I appreciate any advice, thank you.

Edited March 3, 2016 by Lecka

[Lecka]

I have seen that I can get a little book that goes a long with unifix cubes, I think that might be good for what I am looking for.