HI, I don't want to give to many extra details but I want to know how to help if a 7yo boy when shown a number between 4-10 has to count either out loud or on his fingers from one to say 7 to be able to identify the numeral 7. So we walk by a mail box with just one number on it say 5, and he has to go 1,2,3,4,5 to be able to say 5 it isnt' a habit he just really needs to do that to figure it out.
He does not know numbers beyond 10. He just shrugs and smiles and says I don't know. I think it bothers him, but not to the point that he acts up or feels super ashamed yet.
His seven and 4 months old. What can i do at home to help him.
not my son and i don't know if he is getting help at school, i assume so, but i am curious about learning disorders and want to know what sorts of activities would help him.
This is a bit alarming. I would count with him often. Practice practice practice. I would also get some counting books...children's books that count. Richard Scarry has a counting book that is great and it goes up to 100. I think first it is just regular counting and then they count by 10s. By age 7 most kids can already do this, so I think you should practice counting with him daily.
Well he knows the number is seven or he wouldn't count up to seven. What I mean is he by sight knows that in a sequence it comes seventh but doesn't attribute the word seven to it. It is almost as if the number line is a giant word to him and he has to find the piece that is seventh in the sequence. Kind of like if you were to ask someone what is the middle syllable in October, you would sound out the word October to come up with to, ya know?
What the heck that means I don't know....
It sounds like he can identify a number if he sees a 7 and counts up to the 7. Could it be OCD by any chance? That he has to count to that number vs he can't figure out what that number is? What about numbers over 10?
So how is he at recognizing numbers larger than just 10?
I have a 5 year old.
He can, say and recognize numbers even with 3 digits. And does not have to count it out.
You are not his parent. Does his parent, notice this too? Or thinks that it is a concern in any way?
How is the child, managing in school? Do his Teachers say anything about it? I would think, that in a school, a Teacher would notice and bring it to the attention of the parent(s).
As a layperson, you can't just "diagnose" him yourself. I mean, you wouldn't know what to look for, you don't have a DSM manual on you, you don't know how to then help him and what is appropriate to help him or not or that it will just get him more confused etc.
FORMAL help, has to be, gotten. From a Professional. Or the Teacher/school, should be directing the parent(s) to get an assessment.
Did you ASK him... ."WHY" he has to, count out all the numbers first, to then SAY what the number is????
Try asking him and see what he says.
I'd honestly be more concerned that he doesn't know any numbers beyond 10, than that he counts up every time. Counting up is a strategy for naming the number... it's not a particularly good one because it's time consuming, so obviously he needs to be able to name it on it's own without thinking of the sequence, but still, it's not the END of the world... However, KINDERGARTEN standards require kids to count well beyond 10. I would imagine the school and his mom is aware of this and doing SOMETHING to help him. If not, they really should be!
The main thing to help him would be practice. Go Fish would be a great game for number recognition. He'll count up at first, but having seen the numbers so many times in such a short sitting, he'll be better at recalling.
Talk to his mom.
HTH
T.
Hmmm that's unusual. My oldest did something similar at that age where if you asked him what letter comes after another letter in the alphabet, he would have to say the whole alphabet up to those letters to figure it out. In second grade he received extra help in school but wasn't on an IEP, so I paid for private tutoring for an hour a week for a year. This tutor was incredibly gifted and basically re-taught him the basics of letters, numbers and foundational concepts of language and math in a way that made sense for my son (lot's of visual cues and pictures). Unfortunately I have no suggestions, but this boy is years behind where he should be in that skill. My younger kids, who are neuro-typical, could read 2-digit numbers by age 3.
I am with Thea as in I am more concerned he can't count past 10. Here at our public school to pass Kindergarten they have to be able to count up to 100. They have to do it out loud for the teacher.
My 7 yo can identify numbers over 100 and all numbers up to it. They have started in first grade basic adding and subtraction. He is just an average student...not gifted or anything...but he keeps up well.
So, I think there is a lot more going on than the counting up to a certain number. Unless he has not been exposed at all to counting. My four year old can count to 20 and sometimes beyond...skips numbers here and there...but gets the idea.
Just count with him...use m&ms or gummi bears, etc so he can eat them when he gets the right answer for positive reinforcement. He is way behind the curve for numbers...I hope you can help him catch up.
It's hard to say without any additional information. Do you spend a significant amount of time with him? If so, find some good math games. You can probably do a Google search and find some good ideas. Focus on those which emphasize number recognition. Make it super fun and give him little prizes or cool stickers or something when he can recognize the numbers without counting first.
