A couple weeks ago, it was time for Kaleb to start multiplication in math. We finished up a unit on Friday and come Monday morning we started on 'times'. As I was getting things ready for the lesson I decided I would take Kalen along with us.
Kalen has basically been at the same place in math since her 4th grade year. Repetition is good for a child with learning disabilities, but at what point is she just not going to get it? For instance, telling time on a clock with hands is not going to happen at this point in Kalens life. It has to do with her visual spacial issues so why keep pushing it. Kalen knows her base 10 addition and subtract and anything passed that she knows how to use her calculator to figure it out. She understands money, but telling nickels, dimes and quarters apart is difficult for her. Once again, the visual spacial problems. At what point should you move on? I guess that's up to whoever is teaching.
I decided that my teaching had to be hands on for Kalen. So I cut up a bunch of 2" squares of fabric in different colors that we could put on my flannel board. Amazingly, Kalen caught on fairly well. The hands on approach was very good for her. We are up to facts of 5 and are doing a lot of repetition. Kalen has done very well.
The second day of multiplication Kalen said to me "mom, I was really tired of doing the same stuff in math." Hmmmmm!!!!!
So I thought about how I would feel if I was being taught the same thing day after day and I didn't get it? How much effort would I put into it? Not much. I don't know where we are going with Math and Kalen, but I look at it one day at a time. I hope to get her to know her math facts to 10. If she gets there, it will be time to celebrate. We will probably go back and review some of the stuff she hasn't gotten at this point from time to time and see if any of it clicks. However, I don't have a problem saying 'she doesn't get it'.
As for Kaleb, he has taken to multiplication like a duck to water. He has great reasoning skills and can figure out a lot of things out on his own. I end every math session with the bonus question. He is getting pretty good at that. It takes a lot to stump him.
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