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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering if anyone has experienced this, not opposite words... my 9 year old still cannot remember what second, minute, hour, week, month, year represent... we correct every time she says 'my birthday next month' and she means her birthday next year, or she says 'three weeks ago' and she means three days ago...

She does know the months of the year now (though didn't last year) and she can read an analog clock (though she couldn't last year).

Any tips for getting it to stick?

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I’m a lawyer who was trained on working with children and one of the things they taught us is that child witnesses are particularly unreliable when it comes to times/dates/frequency because so many kids have these words mixed up or use them in a way that is different from the way adults do.  
That said, nine seems a little old to still be struggling with this and I think it will cause her problems especially as she moves into middle school and needs to have more time management of both academic and social events.  I would try multiple ways of communicating the information—a family white board with schedules and dates; a paper calendar on the wall that you can review with her — visually seeing the flip from one month to the next (flip three months and that is when we go visit grandma; flip back one month and that was your birthday) will likely help solidify the concept in her mind.  Look for opportunities to talk about time and to convey the information in as many ways as possible and it will start to click.  It’s like math or reading or motor skills—some people pick them up intuitively and other people need more specific practice with those skills.[/quote]

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