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[quote=Anonymous]Would like to hear stories of hope and development of math skills.

DD HATES math (she says it all the time).  She started saying it this past summer (age 7) when her younger brother (5) could answer basic addition questions faster than she could.  I started giving at home worksheets on adding.  DD complained and had a hard time (made worse by brother knowing the answers faster).  Since worksheets weren't getting the job done, she started Kumon a few months ago.  She has made substantial improvement on basic addition, but tells me she HATES to do it, fights and argues about doing it.  When a newer concept comes up (like adding above 20 i.e.  -- 15+7, she gets to tears and struggles and says over and over that she hates math).  I work with her and it takes a long, long time to get it.  She doesn't seem to have a good understanding of the number line and doesn't notice details (like 15 + 7 cannot be 12 b/c 12 is less than 15 and we are adding 7 to 15).

We will keep working at it b/c I refuse to let her realize at school that she doesn't know what she's supposed to know (she'll be the one counting on her fingers in class).  And I think she is making improvement although it is extremely painful in the process.

My thought is that if I help her get the basics of add/sub/mult, she can quit Kumon and she'll have the foundation to do what she's supposed to do at school and she'll feel successful at math at that point.

Can anyone relate?  Did your child fight learning the basics in math and later enjoy the challenge of math in school?[/quote]

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