Any ideas to help Tater learn his numbers?

Asked By: jennieanne 26-30, F 6 months ago

My four year old is in a preschool program, and when it comes to numbers and sight words and such he is way behind the rest of his class. The teacher and I have been working with him very hard but it seams to me that he just dosent want to learn. He tries to make everyone laugh when we do flash cards or anything else. Ive trien books electric learning toys, and flashcards. Ive had him try to write the numbes on his chalkboard, and on paper. The next hour after we do stuff he cant id the numbers. Just so aggravating. He knows 1-5 but just cant get ahold of any thing above that.

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Posted by daviesgirl Nov 10th, 2012 at 9:06AM

for goodness sake he is only four......he will catch up when he is ready to.....you don't need to worry until he is a little older.......if you keep forcing him to try to learn something he doesn't want to you will 'switch off' his learning for later in life and you will have a harder time trying to engage his interest again.

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Posted by BabzEsq24 Nov 10th, 2012 at 9:01AM

At 4 he is on target. It's not about how much he retains; it's more about his interest and how he expresses it. He's fine-it takes time

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Posted by Serenitree Nov 10th, 2012 at 9:00AM

Have you had him tested for dyslexia?

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Reply by jennieanne Nov 10th, 2012 at 9:03AM

No I havent thought of that he is a really smart boy, he does great with ooral learning but when it comes to reading and writing anything he has a lot of trouble so that could be a possibility
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Reply by Serenitree Nov 10th, 2012 at 9:07AM

Absolutely. Dyslexia has been misdiagnosed as ADHD or slow learner and in reality, the child is neither. Please see if you can get him checked out. Ask Paschar about this. He is dyslexic and he teaches other dyslexics and he is a very kind and wise man. EP Link
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Posted by TonyCE Nov 10th, 2012 at 9:00AM

Have him hang out with his friend Spud

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