DS (6 and a half and August baby in Y2) seems to be getting more and more behind with maths. He has some homework about division and I literally did not know how I could do it with him because he is still struggling with the basics about adding and subtracting or even being sure which numbers 20+ are bigger than others. He doesn't seem to understand what anyone is even getting at with maths, basically. He can sometimes seem to grasp things, but then never retains the knowledge from one day to the next.
Just to be clear, I'm not expecting him to be a maths genius, and I think it's stupid we start kids on formal education so early in this country, but I was hoping that maybe there'd be a breakthrough by now where he started to see what maths is, IYSWIM, whereas it all seems totally foreign to him. Has anyone had a kid who didn't at all get maths by this age and did it click for them later?
School have been doing some focused work with him and don't seem too worried, but I wonder if he manages to cover some of his difficulties by 'parroting' in class. We are seeing the teacher responsible this week anyway and I know DH wants to take them to task (guess I'll be 'good cop'!). I want to raise whether we should talk about possible dyscalculia, but I don't know if that's premature or I'm just being 'that parent' who wants a medical-based explanation!
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Echobelly · 12/03/2018 19:41
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