Dd struggles to '' count on '' any tips..

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Dd struggles to count on.. Even simple things like 5 +3

Is there any stragety to help the idea of it make sense to her? Or any other tips... Specific maths games or on line games...

She's 7. The only idea I had was to give her pasta to visibly count.

Yes,practical equipment is best. You can lay it out in a straight line so it will be easier to link to a number line. You could get her to do it alongside a number line so she can see what the numbers look like as she's counting more of the objects.

Practically might be more effective.

First, I’d make sure she can count on orally. So practice counting up and down in ones starting from numbers that aren’t one. If she struggles with that you can break it down a bit with you saying the first three numbers and her giving the next number or next 3 numbers.

Once she can do that, then use practical stuff where one part is hidden in a container. Label the container with the number of objects in it and then count on with the ones outside. Or you can drop the others in one at a time as you count up and then ask how many now?

Eventually you can show this with jumps on a numberline alongside.

Rafa do you mean for instance literally saying 2,3,4, and her saying 5,6,7,?

Yes. There’s no need to do that if she can easily count up and down starting from any number. If she can count to 20 starting from 5/8/9 etc you can skip that bit.

My Ds was struggling a bit with maths. We got the doodle maths app and just started doing a little bit every day and it really helped

And if she can't, then chant one to ten together. Avoid a 'teaching' environment, just anytime you are together. Walking up the stairs, running a finger along the rails, tapping or splashing the the bath All.the.time

With a bit of sing song if she seems to struggle but always linked back to 'things' rather than abstract ideas

Once you are sure she is confident that that it what you do, you can make your voice fade out and check she can see keep going

Then alternate, then three each.

Once you see The Sound of Music you will know what to do.

Move on to the next thing, always in a fun setting so she doesn't associate if with learning, instead learns while having fun.

One we use here is put the first number on her head (literally say five while pointing to head) to 'hold it' there and then fingers 5,7,8 but practical always the best starting point, moving onto number line.

6,7,8!

Make a real number line on the floor and get her to jump whilst shouting out the numbers. So you say start on 6, count on 3 etc

Some really good ideas thanks