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How to Get My 8 Yr. Old to Focus More on His Homework
Asked by S.T. from Honolulu
on February 12, 2009
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My son has a very hard time focusing when it comes to homework especially Math. Any suggestions or ideas on how to help him concentrate.
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- I had this same problem with my oldest, now 17 years old, when she was about this age. The things that worked with her were: chewing gum while doing homework, stacking...
- Math is difficult for many. I work with kids at the elementary school age and I do have a 9 year old too. My daughter (now 14) did struggle in math and we had to mak...
- I have the same challenge with my daughter. Here are some strategies I've used at different times: 1)she takes a 5 minutes break between each problem 2)she sets a time...
Tutoring in Carson, Torrance, Palos Verdes, or Long Beach
Asked by J.S. from Los Angeles
on April 15, 2009
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Hi All,
My daughter needs a lot of help with math, she is currently in 4th Grade. Are any of you aware of any good/low cost tutoring programs?
Thanks!
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- I have someone who lives in Long Beach and was a math teacher at Los Alamitos High until she went to Thailand for three years on a mission. She is GREAT! and just got ...
- Good luck, sorry I don't have any advice other than don't waste your money with Sylvan! They sounded like it was so great, and we signed our lives away, and are still...
- I am a science and math teacher with my BS in Marine Biology, minor in chemistry. I taught middle school for 8 years and high school for 3 years. I am currently at hom...
Tutor
Asked by D.B. from Dallas
on May 31, 2009
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I am looking for a tutor for my 6 year old. He will be in the first grade in August, but he needs a little help with reading and math. Any ideas?
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- I am a first gr tr and I live in Frisco- my email is ____@____.com
- Hi D., I would like to recommend Club Z. They are an in-home tutoring business and you can speak to Trish Delacruz at ###-###-####. She is located at:2113 Westlake...
- Hello. I am a teacher for a charter school in Grand Prairie. I have 4 years of teaching experience. Currently, I teach 4th and 5th grade Math. I have taught from 1...
Tutoring Places
Asked by E. from Dallas
on March 29, 2011
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my child is having trouble with math, have anyone ever used the kumon or other tutoring places? NEED FEEDBACK BEFORE I PAY GOOD MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- I have had my kids in both sylvan and kumon. sylvan was a bust and they were there for almost 3 years... kumon was much better. it helped them quite a bit. Also I did...
- Does your school provide tutoring? Some schools have students/ or adults who will tutor the student either during the day, or afterschool. Some school districts also k...
- ask at school first. then try your local library - they sometimes have free tutoring. then call your local high school and see if any students are available. i just ha...
Seeking Moms with Middle-schoolers in Pre-AP in Katy ISD
Asked by R.N. from Houston
on January 15, 2009
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I have a 6th grader who is taking 4 Pre-AP classes. She is doing well (all As and one B), but her Pre-AP Math class is giving her lots of grief. She has so much homewo...
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- Well I don't know what pre-AP is, but I was in all honors courses from 1st grade on through. There were years when I had teachers who were just awful, and like you dau...
- My suggestion would be to sign her up for all Pre-AP classes for 7th grade. You always have the option of taking her out of them if you need to but I would at least s...
- I am a retired teacher with 38 years of experience teaching grades 7 - 12. My daughter had math issues with geometry in 9th grade because she had taken algebra in 8th ...
Memorization Is Hard for My Great student...any Tips?
Asked by K.B. from Tulsa
on September 23, 2011
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She really struggles with memorization. Math facts are something we are STILL working on. She now has to memorize an entire Psalm and she took a week to 5 days to mem...
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- Find out what learning style suits her best. If she is a visual learning, then flashcard or note cards. Auditory, have her sing songs. Kinetic? Have her march arou...
- You could make a song out of the math facts. Not sure that would work for the Psalm...
- Sing it Mnemonics--My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizza Pies. OK there is no Pluto anymore, but Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...
Seeking Help for 8 Year Old
Asked by J.M. from Chicago
on October 15, 2008
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Hi I am having problems with my 8 year old who is in 3rd grade and her reading & math in class and homework. She is failing in Math and she struggles with her homewor...
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- As a teacher, I can validate what the school is saying. The IEP process is not quick. However, is she is not LD (learning disabled) and she is performing at her abil...
- You sound very much like I did with my now 4th grade son. 2nd and 3rd grades were awful for both of us. He struggled in reading and other language art areas. I trie...
- Hi J., I don't have helpful advice about the school end of the situation, but rather the home end. I want to encourage you to stay positive with your little girl no m...
Punishment What to Do???
Asked by B.B. from Dallas
on January 12, 2011
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Hi Moms, I need some advice on what to do with my 11 year old. She is in gifted and talented and she all the sudden has gotten lazy. She wants to get out of gifted and...
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- Have you considered, she's slumping under pressure? I was always good at English and soccer. I was pushed into competitive soccer and "gifted" programs. I didn't care ...
- She sounds burnt out. She is not doing it for herself... but maybe all this time, was doing it because she once enjoyed it or she had to or she did it for you/Dad. ...
- Could you give her a positive goal to work towards? Does she have something that you could take away and have her earn back by doing the work? Or does she get motivate...
Homeschooling Algebra
Asked by M.M. from Jacksonville
on April 21, 2010
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I am going to start Algebra next year with my middle schooler. She is using the Prentiice Hall preAlg book right now. I bought this one at a garage sale and it has n...
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- M., I homeschooled both of my boys all the way through precalculus. The Prentice Hall Math books are fantastice and can be ordered as a homeschooler through Oasis ...
- I haven't used this myself, but have heard good things about the: Navigating through Math series. It provides a program for math from 6th grade through 8th and a sec...
- We home schooled our 11 year old daughter for 5th grade because we were abroad. We used EnVison Math for 5th grade. We loved it. It included a lot of 6th and 7th gr...
ADHD Anyone?
Asked by K.H. from Dallas
on September 29, 2010
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My 10 (almost 11) year old fifth grade daughter was formally diagnosed with ADHD last October.We started her on medic ation (Straterra) and it seems to have helped in ...
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- See if you can get her into the Special Education program at her school. They should have some things in place for ADHD, which should include some social skills train...
- Kathy, I have a very good frien whos son went through so much due to ADD/ADHD. The side effect of medication made him loose wt and other related issues, she put him ...
- Hello fellow mother of an ADD kid! My almost seven-year old daughter has the ADHD without the "H". It sounds like your daughter has this as well. My daughter take...
