Do you know how light leaks out from around a closed door into a dark hallway at night? That's the feeling I get about Math right now. The door is still closed but something is starting to show. Maybe a 20 watt behind the door, on the other side of the room.
We finished the number two cards and have started working on both numbers 1 and 2. And the old behavior has immediately popped back up. He consistently expects me to tell him to stop in order to get the answer right. And I don't. He could stop himself when we were working on just 1 or just 2. But as soon as I started working both of them together he reverted. So we spent a good twenty minutes (probably longer) today working on just one or the other. I finally managed to get him to do the one twice in a row without any help, then the two. He is majorly confused as to what he keeps doing wrong. And I can't find anyway new way to explain it or show it. So we keep repeating the activity. It's as frustrating for me as for him but we are just going to have to keep working through the frustration. I know that he can learn it. He did get it right a few times. So we just have to keep going until he realizes what it is that he is getting right. Ahh the joys of teaching my child. And I love him so we will keep going.
One of the interesting twists on this is that most of the time, if presented with a quantity, he can pick the correct number. Say 60% of the time, which is really good for him. It's just the opposite that he can't get most of the time. The plan is to have this skill up to 90% by August. Not sure if it will happen but I am sure that we will increase the percentage by then.
Pray that the door opens for him soon. It would save him so much frustration.
And despite problems with school work, he is generally happy. He was a little frustrated today since the weather kept him inside. Not many ways to work off extra energy inside but we did do a few extra crafts and games to keep him active.
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