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8 year old secular studies



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amother
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Post Wed, May 08 2019, 8:46 pm
Looking for good ideas to make the learning exciting. He is very behind and has moderate ADHD and performance anxiety to boot.
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amother
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Post Wed, May 08 2019, 8:49 pm
Has he been tested for specific learning disabilities?

Off the top of my head, I would say that experiential learning is often the most exciting.
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, May 08 2019, 9:40 pm
Try to do interactive hands on learning. Lots of visual aids, demonstrations, experiments, games, practicing things in songs & motion, lots of movements, changing tone of voices, make this interesting you can dress up etc. Instead of just boring sheets of math examples or spelling words or text books because then they dont have patience & tune out. You can also use interactive tutorials from you tube or videos teaching different concepts
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Post Wed, May 08 2019, 9:42 pm
Make everything into fun so he thinks he's playing but really get learning in. Also lots of incentives to keep him motivated & focused. Lots of prizes/rewards or charts when he keeps focused.
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amother
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Post Wed, May 08 2019, 11:21 pm
How do you make math, reading, writing, and spelling fun??
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amother
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Post Wed, May 08 2019, 11:34 pm
dankbar wrote:
Try to do interactive hands on learning. Lots of visual aids, demonstrations, experiments, games, practicing things in songs & motion, lots of movements, changing tone of voices, make this interesting you can dress up etc. Instead of just boring sheets of math examples or spelling words or text books because then they dont have patience & tune out. You can also use interactive tutorials from you tube or videos teaching different concepts


Not really the type for songs and the like...He loves rewards though. He loves when I read to him. He likes star wars And basically gets into anyhing I'm reading to him. He also loves computer games. Are there any good games for math let's say?
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Post Wed, May 08 2019, 11:50 pm
There should be educational computer games don't know specs
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Post Wed, May 08 2019, 11:56 pm
Instead of doing math sheets you can do in fun way. Let's say make fish cards with colored paper with different numbers on it. You tell him to add two numbers & he needs to catch the answer on the floor with the magnetic fishing rod. You put on a paper clip on each one.
Or you give him a pile of cards & has to run up to you with card that has right answer. Better if you can have one more kid so its more fun. Then you can do teams & compete.
Or visually make him add stuff. If you have colored blocks on floor he has to take 2 blocks then take another 3 blocks then count them together so he sees that now it's five together. Then take away some...that way he gets the concept of addition & subtraction.
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:00 am
Spelling you can have alphabet tiles & he should try to see if he can put together a word by thinking what letters to use, one letter at a time till he builds a word. Or matching pics to words so he gets to read it but it's not like a long boring paper or book to read that he might not have patience.
Handwriting or spelling you can have a letter or word in a sheet protector give him dry/erase markers & he has trace it with marker. Then erase & replace with other letter or word.
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:03 am
He can create a story with many word cards & put together word after word with the different card till it becomes a sentence. I'm just trying to think of different creative ways where he can learn new concepts & not chap that he's learning or reading.
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Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:03 am
There are a million homeschooling blogs, sites and resources for secular studies... Have you searched for those?? (now if you needed help in Judaic I could understand you turning to Imamother...)
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:05 am
I don't know at what level his school is learning but you can adjust. Start with beginning steps, once he gets it then you can give him more focused work & upgrade to the level of his class
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:10 am
For addition also, you give him 4 large wooden red beads to string then 6 green ones to add to string & then count it together.
These are very elementary concepts & ideas but if he's lagging behind & didn't get the concepts till now then it's a good way to start till he's up to par
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:15 am
Another idea you make a path with numbers on floor, tell him to walk till number 4. Then take another 6 steps so now he reached the box that has number 10 in it., or if you want him to learn to count to high numbers make a path till the high numbers & let him walk on path & count aloud till he gets to the hi numbers.

With ones/tens You can show him single pencils & then ten pencils tied together in one bunch. In order to have 20 you will need 2 bunches of 10 etc
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:19 am
Hope these ideas were helpful. If he's learning on a higher level already then you can adjust. Let's say use 20 +30 blocks etc
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:24 am
For money let's say you can put a $1 next to a 100 pennies so he sees it in front of him. You can exchange money with him so he sees how much it's worth. You can play store with him so he needs to pay you for items & you give him change....
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familyfirst




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, May 09 2019, 12:57 am
Check out montessouri math manipulatives
Even ones used for preschool

They are brilliant!
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amother
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Post Thu, May 09 2019, 7:57 am
Dankbar thanks so much for your ideas and time it took you post that!
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