My 7 year old in Y3 is struggling. She is dyslexic and doesn't read for pleasure. We (school and I) have been working hard on reading which now is just fine although spelling is still an issue. Maths has been a big problem. I have numicon, I am forever doing maths with her and I have just finally managed to sigh up with MathsFactor (my broadband was terrible before and we couldn't watch the videos)…she is still working on addition (add 2 to a number) and she struggles. Forget about times table, she can't get it. Not even what is any given number times 1…she can't get numbers. I recently had a brief meeting with her teacher and and the suggestion was more support at home and they gave me a lot of material for her to complete…she does so many other extra curricular activities which she is actually good at, so I don't want to pull her so she can study at home instead...and all the maths are taking up space of the literacy. I let her play and relax after school when she doesn't have an extra activity, but I always make sure she works on numeracy or literacy before bedtime and she has a early bed time and she needs lots of sleep and struggles waking up even when goes to bed at 8pm.
I know I need to talk to the teacher and SENCO again, I just don't want to be a PITA.
I probably need to organise myself more too and push harder, but she just gets so frustrated and angry with herself and when she has a bad day at school for whatever reason, the last thing she wants is to do any work.
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Is my daughter's future dammed? (Maths)
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TheNewWitchOfSWL · 05/12/2014 22:33
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