Why not post over in school or HS?

 

I meant to do that... Is there a way this thread can be moved or should I delete and repost in the learning at home forum? so sorry.... I thought I was in the homeschooling forum when I posted this.

 

I'm not familiar with Saxon math, but the kids at my school use touch math, and it really helps them.

 

Can you not have her count out 18 pennies, then take 9 away and then she can count the left of pennies to determine what she has left? Perhaps visual methods will help her figure it out a bit.

good luck

 

I taught my DD math using food. She loves food and caught on REALLY FAST!!!

Dump out pile of crackers or raisins or whatever. Have her count it. Ask her to divide it in half (one for you, one for me). And so forth. I made up stuff all the time. Now she is older and we cook from recipes for math, etc. Use everyday language, not math terms, for awhile. Then, gradually have her do the same tasks and introduce the terminology you want her to learn. She gets to eat things along the way and it is fun. Makes learning far more exciting than memorization.

 

Moving to LAH

 

hi, we own saxon math 1. i purchased it for my little guy & we'll start it in the fall. in looking at the lesson, your child should have a cup of 20 pennies. let them use the cup of pennies to solve the problem. in lieu of pennies, you could also use cereal, erasers, beads, etc. or you could use the teddy bear counter from th k-3 manipulatives, etc. in looking at the lesson, it doesn't appear the object is to have mastered this - but rather it's introducing the concept still. no worries, your dd will get it

hth.

 

Saxon does require quite a bit of drill. I would recommend spending a few minutes a day helping her memorize them.

 

She does alright with visual stuff for a short time, but after a few problems she gets sick and tired of counting things to take away and counting what's left. We've been working a lot on counting backwards so she can subtract in her head or using her fingers.

The flashcards that have to be made for the lesson were a total failure because she eventually just realized that the answer is the same as the amount being taken away, ex. 10-5=5, so she assumed that 10-1=1. I was afraid this would happen. The lesson went downhill from that point and we never finished it. Unless *I* screwed up and should have included the new cards in with the old ones, as we've just been reviewing new cards once the old ones have been memorized/easy to figure out (to avoid too much of the same thing, as there is already so much review in each lesson as is)

I like the idea of visual stuff, but if it takes too long, and she has a lot of problems to answer (such as on the fact sheets), and she's used to working things out in her head, she gets overwhelmed and easily frustrated.

The leap from going from subtracting 2 all the way up to 9 is confusing the heck out of her.

Would it be wrong to just adjust the worksheets/fact sheets to reflect something she's recently learned, and let her learn how to subtract by half as she comes across the problem in a future lesson? Like, when she learns her -4 facts, we could then include 8-4... Or am I taking the easy road and just need to work through this with her?

 

if she gets sick of counting with manipulatives, i would recommend a number line. it would be much easier & visually help her understand how numbers work together when adding & subtracting, ykwim? the memorization will come through lots of practice imho. as for adjusting lessons, yes! feel free to adjust them. feel free to park at an area for as long as you need too. i would not move on to lesson 69 if you feel like she needs a few days of review covering what she learned in lesson 68.