November 9, 2005
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Good morning
Lots of errands to do today, and phone calls to make. We
are the proud owners of mounted gutters and downspouts.
Okay, maybe not so proud, but the work is done to satisfy the buyers
lender. LOLThe sceptic inspector is coming this afternoon...and the sceptic lid we
ordered is supposedly in this morning. Talk about cutting
it close....so we have to run to Sequim to put it on.I believe also on the agenda is some more boxes, ghost poop, and news paper.
But first school. We are three letters to having
accomplished learning all the sounds that letters
make. I'm really hoping to be done by
Friday. One letter a day. We usually would have
a review in there...but I'm sseeing the end of that particular
tunnel. LOLThe kids reading workbooks are waiting for them, and they are really
looking forward to reading stories every day instead of
occassionally. The beginning workbooks,
don't have stories every day, but a lot of meshing blends
together.I had to stop Zeria's math again as she hit another hurtle.
She struggles a lot with memorizing lists of things.
And in order to count money without a headache you need to be able to
count in 5's and 10's. And in order to tell time you
need the same thing. She understands the concept,
just is not being able to do it without thinking. So I
spent hours online researching ways to teach her...and have something I
think we'll work. OF course if Wommie wanted to offer hints
I'd be more then willing to listen. LOL.25's she gets....cause she needs 6 of them to buy a pop. *Snigger*
Zeria is a bit behind in math, and a teensy bit behind in
reading. But miles and years ahead in Science, and History, and
Sociology. So it all works out. The good news
is she is now reading on her own. And without
prompting. She is even working ahead in her work
books without prompting. *grin*And other then that life.
Comments (3)
What about trying with dimes and nickels to buy her pop? So she'd have to figure out how many of those she'd need and then she might figure out the counting by 5's and 10's... Just a thought on my end though...
Do you have a 100 chart with the numbers to 100 like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
etc in a grid? That can help kids to see the pattern if you get them to count by 2s and 5s and 10s on the chart and colour the numbers as they count. Also, knowing that there are only 2 end digits in the pattern when you count by 5s (5 and 0), and only 5 end digits (2, 4, 6, 8, 0) when you count by 2s... can really help some kids. Counting by tens, there's only one end digit.
I'd try using a 100 chart and getting her to colour the pattern... the visual thing might switch on a light for her. 
A bead frame/abacus would also help if you had one with ten beads on each section, because she could count out the beads by ones and write down the number pattern as she goes, adding five or ten each time. Again, another very visual thing, and also good for kids who are kinesthetic learners, with moving the beads.
It might also be a good time to get out some pop sticks and rubber bands and talk a bit about place value. You can get a number of sticks and bundle groups of ten together with a rubber band, therefore making them easier to count. Like 35 you would have 3 bundles of ten and five more... 10, 20, 30... 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. Once she sees that being able to count by 5s and 10s actually makes life easier, she might be up for wanting to know how to do it!
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
I think it's important that she understands the concept, rather than just memorising a sequence of numbers.
I love hearing about your homeschooling. I am seriously thinking about homeschooling our youngest due to all of her special needs. We will have to wait and see.
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