How do you get a 4 year old to learn their numbers?

Question

Sorry let me rephrase the question..She knows how to count it's just identifying the numbers. We are constantly stuck on the number 9. Please help.......

Answer 1

With my kids, I would count things out as I gave them to them. Like cookies, or apple slices, color crayons. Then I would encourage them to count them back to me.
Once they were able to do this, I went and bought large flash cards with the basic numbers on them. I would spend about 10-20 minutes a day with them, and in a very short time, they had it down.
Good luck to you.

Answer 2

Try making your own number book so that the child can practice. Show a number and have the child tell you what it is. Then count out that many stickers and put them on the page. If s/he doesn't know what the number is (such as 10), go ahead and tell her/him. Then continue with the stickers. With no problem counting, s/he should be able to count the stickers - and then s/he will equate that number with the actual printed number on the page.

You can also use photographs instead of stickers. Take pictures of your child with 4 apples, with 8 pillows, with 13 raisins. Just make sure the items in the photo are easy to see and distinguish so there isn't any confusion. Having a personal book with actual photos often makes a child more inclined to use it.

Otherwise, just point out numbers whereever you see them. Prices on restaurant menus, phone numbers on advertisements, the date on a calendar. And try not to stress over it. Everyone gets it in their own time, and 4 is still young.

Answer 3

Go slowly. Teach one or two numbers at a time. Today, teach 1 and 2. Tomorrow, review 1 and 2, and teach 3 and 4. The next day, review 1, 2, 3, 4 and teach 5 and 6...and so on. Make it fun! Use raisins or cheerios...make patterns too, because kids recognize them, such as

# #
# #
# #
S/he will be able to recognize that this pattern means 6 after a while.

Answer 4

Count Candy

Answer 5

The number nine looks like the number six. Get different counting books. Go over it constantly.

Answer 6

I used playing cards. I worked on matching them first and then I progressed to recognition. I used shows like the Price is Right to reinforce them. When the prices came on screen, I had them point to a specific number. We were done by age 3. I hope this works for you!

Answer 7

find a snack like fruit chewys and lay ten out and explain that is ten. take one away, and that is nine and so on. Or in reverse order. Use flash cards while doing it. My 2 1/2 year old is starting to grasp the concept. ABCs, well not so much

Answer 8

Sesame Street

Answer 9

I went through this 6 times and with each kid it was different. We counted everything - and I tried to use flash cards when I could.

Try not counting on the fingers though- its really hard to break them from it later.

Good luck - you'll have fun.

Answer 10

lots of repetetion. count at every opportunity: food, people in line, crayons, clothing, etc. get a chalkboard and/or dry erase board for practice writing the numbers. get foam numbers for play in the bath, and magnet ones for the 'fridge. reward participation in number games and correct answers, gently correct wrong answers.