Homeschooling Parents

[Rico]

Originally Posted by cneasttx

Around here there is a place called Sylvan Learning Center, specifically for children that may just need tutoring in one or more subjects. It does not take the place of their regular school. But I think your last suggestion is a good one.

I've heard of Sylvan before, but I don't know much about them. I can just about bet that doing something like that is out of our price range, though. It would be nice if I could afford a tutor to come in here and teach her. One more reason to hit the lottery!!!

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by Rico

I've heard of Sylvan before, but I don't know much about them. I can just about bet that doing something like that is out of our price range, though. It would be nice if I could afford a tutor to come in here and teach her. One more reason to hit the lottery!!!

My daughter in law goes to garage sales, the Goodwill, and other places that have very inexpensive books on a lot of subjects. She even found one a few years ago that a teacher had all kinds of materials for just the grade she was looking for. Will be praying for y'all to find help in your price range. And you're at least trying to find a way to help your child instead of just leaving it up to the public schools.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by cneasttx

My daughter in law goes to garage sales, the Goodwill, and other places that have very inexpensive books on a lot of subjects. She even found one a few years ago that a teacher had all kinds of materials for just the grade she was looking for. Will be praying for y'all to find help in your price range. And you're at least trying to find a way to help your child instead of just leaving it up to the public schools.

I just know that my daughter is different, and I'd hate to see her get held back. This issue with her and math has been building the last couple of school years, and I feel like it's time for us to step in and try something different. She's destined to do something artistic with her life, but I know she has to get through these schooling years first. I don't expect for any of my children to perform at any level other than what they are capable of, but I know she's smart enough to learn this math.

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by Rico

I just know that my daughter is different, and I'd hate to see her get held back. This issue with her and math has been building the last couple of school years, and I feel like it's time for us to step in and try something different. She's destined to do something artistic with her life, but I know she has to get through these schooling years first. I don't expect for any of my children to perform at any level other than what they are capable of, but I know she's smart enough to learn this math.

Ok, this was me. lol She's probably a visual learner. Telling her probably doesn't actually accomplish much, and that's probably how the school approaches it. "Here, you do this and this and this happens". That doesn't mean a thing to me. I have to see it, and if I can find a way to touch it I'm even better off.

The base 10 blocks would be fantastic for her.

And dominos.

Here's a link to a puzzle game that is fun. http://wellgames.com/free_online/patchworkz/ I'm not familiar with this site, but the only other one where I know it is I am familiar with and wouldn't suggest at all (addictinggames.com) This one doesn't seem to have anything offensive on this page at least.

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/ia...ci.htm#Bridges

This is the sort of approach I'm going to guess will work well for her. You need to make math make sense. I discovered I was hung up in a perpetual cycle, I couldn't get to the advanced math because I couldn't figure out why the basic concepts mattered, and without them I couldn't actually understand the more advanced stuff. I actually did some backwards learning that finally got me understand what was going on (I needed to understand trig functions for an engineering course, before ever seeing them in math..I had to learn from WHY we need them instead of how the math book presented it..once I realized that, I applied that concept to the math I was struggling with and all of a sudden everything clicked).

Hands on is probably going to be good for her. Quilting, baking, base 10 blocks, tanagrams, etc.

http://www.mathartfun.com/shopsite_s...tml/index.html