I feel like i'm failing my 8yo.
My child has always struggled with maths. They are currently in year 3 and the youngest of their class. Looking back, I shouldn't have started them at kindy so young. I should have waited a year.
The reason I feel like i'm failing them is because I too struggle with maths. Always have.
They're doing Mathletics on the computer and I don't know how to do some of the topics.
My child has no self confidence, and it doesn't help when i'm getting angry and frustrated at them because they're not grasping even the simplest of questions.
I'm meant to be homeschooling my kids. How can I do that successfully when I don't even know what i'm doing half the time.
I feel so sad for my kid, they knows they're struggling and should understand the questions, but they just can't get it. They see all their friends breezing through school. They're all a good 10+ months older, my child just turned 8 and they'll all be 9 soon.
I don't really have a question, other than what can I do to help?
Their dad is no help. He wont do any work with the kids. I think he gets frustrated too because our child just gives up and cries. Then my husband pays him out for crying.
I'm so scared that my kiddo is going to fall even more behind now that i'm expected to teach him for the next term, possibly longer!
Please, nice helpful comments only. I already feel like a failure and it breaks my heart.
Failing my 8yo
Failing my 8yo
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What about something like Cluey learning? they are tutors, but online - webcam etc so you are actually speaking to a person. Might be able to give you and your 8yo a break.
Don’t try and home school her. Play! It’s up to her teacher to teach her. You are just there to make sure she behaves (if she is doing online).
If she has worksheets put them in a drawer and leave them there!
Give her praise for trying and if you do want to teach her, go right back to the beginning. Counting objects, addition and subtraction with objects, putting objects into groups (sorting), give the kids a tape measure and ask them to measure things in the house. Make it fun. Give them some containers and pour water in them to find out which one has the most.
Do some baking and get the kids to measure out the correct amounts etc. Take photos of what the kids have done. And then if you feel like it find a really simple maths worksheet online that you know she can do and get her to do it. Then build from there.
Next term all schools go online for their stay at home curriculum. Your idea sounds all dainty and sparkly and all but it won't be realistic when the whole of next term and possibly longer will be based on online classes .
My child struggles with maths too and gets an E time after time, year after year. And I was an E student in maths too and I am not sure myself how to help him either when all will be online next term. They will be graded and marked in this online stuff, just like they were when they were in the classroom.
I feel for you O.P mumma . I don't have any ideas . I do know where you're coming from tho
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Great instruction tool.
I had horrible math anxiety my whole life. This helped me overcome it
Have recommended it to my students families and gotten great reviews.
You can teach maths in so many ways. Cooking is a great way to teach. Get her to measure everything out. Think of a recipe that you live and get her to double it. A recipe that’s huge half it.
Alternatively, look into dyscalculia. It’s a leaning difficulty for maths. A lot of people have it and have just put it down to “being bad at maths.”
Good luck mumma.