Am starting to have a slight panic attack about helping dd1 with her maths

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Dd1 is 9 and in year 4. Went to her parents meeting tonight and she is doing great in everything especially English.

Her teacher said that her maths is also great but that she lacks confidence and always assumes that she will get the answer wrong before she even starts. Thing is, when she does do it she is nearly always right.

She has started to do fractions and she was doing her homework last night and she got stuck and started to get upset and I wasn't sure what the answer was and so couldn't help

I am awful at maths. Like dd I assume I cannot do it and start to panic before I have even finnished reading the question.
Also though, like dd, if it's explained to me properly and I do it a few times over, then I get it, only thing is though that I forget it again quite easily.

Dd is gonna need help to be confident with her maths, and how can I do that when I don't how to do some of it now and she's only in yr 4.

another great oe is amlbeweb
will post a link later
one handed typing as i am daring to undertake the disgusting task of breast feeding my toddler]

Dd got her homework back today and she got every single question right

Example of the questions...

1/4 of 12p =

2/4 of 12p =

2/5 of 20p =

Dd got them all right but me, I just had to ask Dd to explain how she got the answer to the last example

Great news.

BTW: It is very good for children to explain how they got the answer - it reinforces it in their mind and, if they can explain it clearly, it means she knows what she's doing. She doesn't need to know it's because you need her to explain it!

Well done both of you!

Have a look at Explore Learning . DD (year 4) started recently, and loves it! Several of her classmates also go. They offer Maths and English computer-based learning, backed up by a 1:6 teacher:pupil ratio.Each child progresses at his/her own pace, and there are loads of incentive schemes to keep them going.