I am a new teacher in a school for children with learning disabilities. My student is a 9 year old, who has NEVER had math before. He can count up to 20, and with tens till 100. He has poor number concepts, and no concept of patterns. I need some ideas on how to tech him basic math at the KG level. I’ve used Unifix cubes, and simple games, but I seem to lose him with the cubes. I need ideas for his math plan if possible.
Thank you for your help!!
Re: Math plan for a 9 year old needed ASAP
My son could count to 20 when he was 2. It never occured to me until much later that he was not really counting but rather saying the numbers that he had memorized. My son had pretty severe visual/motor deficits. Math has been easier for him now that his visual perception deficit has been remediated somewhat.
It can be done.
Re: Math plan for a 9 year old needed ASAP
Check out the Landmark School’s Math program (http://www.landmarkschool.org)
Do you not have math curriculum to pull from at your school? There is no way I’d try to make it up. If you don’t have anything, I’d buy K and 1st grade math workbooks to at least give you a framework from which to work. That way, you at least know what skills to cover. (I’m sorta curious how a nine year old has never had math before, though.)
Janis