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[quote=Anonymous]OP here -- what is concerning to me isnt' so much my daughter's lack of basic facts because I can see  that with practice she is getting better.   What is really helping is the flashcards I got from Singapore Math.   The ones that seem to be most useful right now are the part-whole cards where the top part is one rectangle, and the bottom part is divided into two proportional rectangles.   So if the whole is 9, and one of the parts is 8, it is pretty clear from the size of the remaining rectangle that the other number has to be very small.

http://www.singaporemath.com/Part_Whole_Cards_p/mnpwc.htm

So clearly she needs these.   I've noticed she is very fuzzy when the top "whole' number is 7, 8 or 9.   She really doesn't yet just "get" that 5+2 = 7.   And she doesn't even have all her number bonds that add up to 10.  So she needs this practice.

BUT what is concerning to me is that even with all the practice, when she seems like she does really know some facts... if she gets flustered, she quickly loses all confidence.  She really seems like she is panicking -- even easy facts that she really does know (without counting on her fingers) seem to fly out of her head.   I am trying to find ways to help her deal with and handle this anxiety.[/quote]

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