?? for homeschoolers and other mom's too....

[funmudder]

My 9 year old drove me nuts with similar connections. It was frustrating for all of us, so I did the logical thing: I laid offa him. He just was not ready to make those connections.
Actially, the lil rat used to tell me "thats just not my thing mom"

I kept introducing it in different ways but I think he finally got it when reading books. The context clues in the stories helped him grab onto ideas like "before you can eat, you have to cook" and "the shelf is over the coat rack but under the ceiling". I just fed him more and more books. Now he is my most advanced student and it didn't hurt him one whit that he was 7 before getting it.
My 12 year old was like this with math concepts, then one day boom he understood them and went to Algebra in weeks!

As for following directions, get her to start writing her own. Like to dress a doll, or how to make a bed. She has to write them down in numbered order. Then read them out loud to you while you do the activity. It will help her see the importance of why directions are written in sequencial order, AND provide a lot of laughs for you both as she has to revamp and edit over and over :lol:
The key is to make it fun, and has the benefit of you getting to see how she would teach. Thar will be great insight for you on how to word things for her :D

[funmudder]

Polly :bighug

Math is just one of those things. More often than is widely known, some kids brains just will not grasp the concepts until a certain age, then whammo, it makes sense to them. With boys it can even go into preteen years before it clicks.

Try working with her at home. Use flashcards, apples, stuffed animals, whatever. Make learning fun.

You could try ACE (https://aceweb.schooloftomorrow.com/store/dept.asp?dept_id=20000&elite_category=B) math workbooks to help her out, or even get those workbooks you can find at walmart, target, meijers in the kids book section.

[House of Light]

My little girl is 4, and I know that is young, but she really learns differently than her 3 older brothers. She writes all of her numbers and letters, writes lower and upper case, and matches them, but has no idea which they are. Drives me crazy. Will copy every word off of the cereal box into her notebook, but she doesn't know the name of her letters. Numbers are really of no interest to her. My kindergartener, on the other hand can not get enough math. He loves multiplication, and has no probelm with that. My 4th grader tested up to a 9th grade math level.....reads well, but has NO INTEREST in reading. I have come to the conclusion, that when their brain is ready, they will let me know. I taught Montessori school 10 years ago, and we watched for signs that the kids gave us. Frustrating, especially when its your kids!