Hi, my DD aged 6 is struggling with Maths. I have spoken to her teachers on several occasions but to be honest they really don't seem to be concerned! She is a bright, quiet girl and a fluent reader. I went to see them at the beginning of this year to ask them to move her down a maths set as my DD said she doesn't understand the work and she had copied someone else's as there is no one to ask to help her (DD shy and didn't want to ask for help).
In year one we had huge anxiety troubles as she was kept in at play time due to her not completing her Maths (which she didn't understand), she felt punished and completely broke her (and me)! We are at a stage now where she can and enjoys doing things like doubles and half to 20 and number bonds to 10, sometimes 20. We play lots of games like shut the box and junior monopoly etc at home to try and help her.
I had a very similar experience with Maths and was terrified and rubbish at it (not that I would ever tell her this). I have a friend who is tutoring her once a week in a very chilled out manor. She has noticed what I have (but what the school teachers haven't), that when asking her maths questions such as "Sam has 50p and wants to buy some apples, each apple is 10p how many can he buy" she completely freaks out and guesses and just plucks numbers out of the air! I have looked at some of old sats papers online and to be honest they terrify me, let alone DD! I obviously want the best for her in her education and don't want her to feel scared of Maths because she isn't as naturally good as it as she is as Reading/writing/spelling.
It does surprise me that she can memorise a whole spelling test the night before her test and hasn't got a single spelling wrong, yet numbers just don't seem to stick. Her teachers do a job share and the one that does Maths is off and has been off quite a bit intermittently this year. She apparently average at Maths yet I doubt this from looking at the Expected maths skills online for this age. I just want her to be able to cope and not get to year 4/5 and need catch up. Any advise? Should I ask for extra maths at school or is this just for children who are in bottom set? Thanks and sorry for long post!
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bigbutsrus1 · 09/12/2013 09:47
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