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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 3rd grader that struggles with math. She can do enough to get by in school and not stand out (many of her classmates are struggling or worse and don't have parents at home able to help) but I'm concerned. She both missed some critical building blocks during the almost 1.5 years her school was virtual and I don't think has much innate math ability (she IS super strong in ELA).

Her teacher is great but I am having trouble articulating to her what I see at home .. this just lack of intuitive number sense.

And, I'm wondering if anyone has noticed the same in their children and been able to help either themselves or by more official tutoring. (Examples include being able to say there are 1s 10s and 100s and showing place value but not really understanding what that means.)[/quote]

She might be more of a hands on learner. Instead of a computer based learning I would suggest getting a place value kit (you can even make it, it’s easy, Google it) and then practice with her. What are some other areas that she’s struggling with? In our school, many kids 3rd and up struggle with subtraction regrouping. Word problems are also an issue for some, so you might want to come up with problems such as - Andy has 154 Pokémon card and Jake has 290 Pokémon cards. How many more cards does Jake have? Rounding numbers and estimating - to the nearest 10, 100 and so on… equal, more less than, something like this: 4+8=6+6…this is what gen ed 3rd grade is doing right now. You just need to work with her, don’t expect school to help more. They have enough kids to deal with that are way behind even the basics.[/quote]

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