HI all
I am new to this site. Thanks Amy for referring me.
My son is 9 with ADHD. He just started at a new school yesterday. We were having alot of problems with his last teacher and were told there was no room to move him to another class with in the school.
The new teacher has told me that they have already finished learning about multiplication and that we need to work with my son on this. His last class was just starting multiplication. I am looking for a way to get him caught up quickly with out boring him or stressing him out in the process. Math is the hardest subject for him and due to ADHD he is easily bored, frustrated, and distracted.
I expect that by the time we get cought up on this we will need to work on division as well since you realy can not understand division without multiplication.
Any advice?
Thanks,
Acorn
Re: must learn multiplication quickly
Some time ago I posted a fairly long treatise on memorizing facts using a combination of concrete charts, symbols, and oral repetition. If you go through the archives of this site and search my name, you should come up with something. Or perhaps another kind person here can dig it out. If no luck, it’s on my home computer somewhere in the depths and I’ll dig it up for you — please email me.
Re: must learn multiplication quickly
Thanks to both of you I went though old post and found a few helpful tips. I checked out resourceroom.com and worked with son last night. Of course 13 minuets into it he was bored and frustrated. At that point we were not realy doing much but testing to see what level he is at right now. Hate to see what it will be like when he has to start realy learning tonight. Wish me luck.
Re: must learn multiplication quickly
Try Math Facts the Fun Way (http://www.citycreek.com) followed by Quarter Mile Math (http://www.thequartermile.com). Worked for us.
13' is a long time
For drill type things, 13 minutes is a minor eternity. In my opinion and experience, even though you want to catch up FAST — listen, what’s a whole lot more important is the years down the road.
10 minutes a day working *hard* on those facts and not moving on until they’re all right will go faster than you think — IF you force yourself to go to solid mastery, and not think “oh, he *understands* it even if it took a long time” and move on. THat’s not true for lots of stuff, but for the math facts it is.
Hi Acorn,
it’s me! If you click on older messages a few times til september time frame, there is a thread there on multiplication. Hope it helps.
Amy