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[quote=Anonymous]My 2nd grade DD really struggles with math.  She really has since she started school but it hasn't been so apparent until this year.  She counts with her fingers still and her teacher says her goal is to stop using fingers - but she has no idea how to add/subtract otherwise.  Fractions are over her head.  I feel like it's all over her head, honestly.  I have a hard time myself explaining the HOW and WHY of her math homework as I'm not particularly strong at math (and it has been some time!).  Her teacher has sent home extra work for us but the result is the same.  She tells me she doesn't understand, gets frustrated, insists she never learned the concepts... I just don't know if she is even paying attention.

I know her report card will come in the next week or two with the same thing - below grade level in math.  However, when I mentioned that perhaps we should get a tutor, her teacher said she didn't think that was necessary.  Is that overkill in 2nd grade?  I just feel like she's slipping behind while they're learning the foundations and it's only going to get harder.  [/quote]

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