math resources for a VERY math resistant kid.... - Page 2

[kathymuggle]

How about working on math and art at the same time? Musis and math?

Mathcats.com is a great website for integrating math and art.
Off the topic of my head (for example) - drawing often uses fractions, non standard measurement, and angles.

Does she get an allowance and does she want to buy stuff? Helping her with money management may help her learn to add and subtract.

I play thinly disguised learning games in the car, lol. Yesterday my 7 year old and I played "name all the words that start with "ch" that you can think of". She says I word, I say a word. This game would never fly at home - but in the car she is bored and more amenable.

I also think taking a break is often a good idea. If they have serious power struggle avoidance issues going on - take a math break for a month or two, make a game plan (even if it is only a mommy filled binder on cool things to do) and come back fresh.

HTH

[Greenmama2]

Originally Posted by yippityskippity

Is it possible there's something deeper going on with her? She sounds very bright, so this gap really sticks out to me. If I were in your shoes, I'd talk to someone about a possible learning disability. It seems strange to me that at 10 yo she hasn't naturally figured out early elementary math on her own.

I haven't read the rest of the thread yet but wanted to echo this. Your OP made me wonder if you'd looked into dyscalculia?

[cdahlgrd]

In our house we spend time counting objects and then grouping and regrouping them. It leads to adding and subtracting, etc.

We also play traditional games or you can play Dominos or dice when you add or subtract the numbers you roll, or war you lay down 2 cards and add them, ec.

Any time you are working with patterns and grouping, you are doing math. Even noticing that even numbers are on right hand pages of a book (or left, depending), is noticing patterns and how they relate to real objects.

There are also a bunch of books, like "100 ants" and "My first Steps to Math" books, that are great at playing with numbers.