My son is 5 and very bad in counting objects specially while doing addition subtraction. How can i help him ?

Question

He always forgets which numer to add and from which to subtract. In addition he counts more and in subtraction he cuts down extra lines which results a wrong answer.

Answer 1

Try relating the math to things that he can relate to. For instance place ten pieces of candy on the table and pose a simple math question. When hes gets it right, reward him with the number of candies that was the answer. You can use cookies and other things as well, but this might help him grasp the concepts you are trying to teach.

Just a thought.

Answer 2

use pennies show him the problem visually



xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx \show 15 in 3 groups of 5 let him count them subtract 9 take away 1 group of 5 and four from the niddle group work right to left have him count out the nine and move them to another area

now have him count the remainder and record his answer

now have him put the nine back

have him take away six and move them now count the 9 remainder and record the answer

now tell him that it always ads back to the original amount id he subtracts correctly

have him write 6 + 9 and 9 + 6 = 15

15 - 6 =9 15 - 9 =6

do this for 15 min only a night that is enough at his age then give him the pennies to save ubtil he has a dollar and take him to spend it on himself rewarding him reinforces the learning

Answer 3

Education is 100% thing.
My grand-daughter, who is only just 5 yrs old is brilliant at this. Why?
Because every waking moment things are counted.
Just 1% of examples in a day -

Do you want 1 piece of toast or 2? Do you want 50% of toast covered with 'Vegemite' ? (We are Australians)
We had 10 minutes left to play now there are 2 less minutes - how many minutes? 8 minutes GOOD girl. You can have an extra minute for that. How many minutes?
At night eat 3 of your 5 carrots - good girl -now how many left? Oh still 3 carots so need to eat how many? 1 more - good girl.
You had 3 songs last night I said you could have 1 more how many songs is that? Good girl 4 songs.
Here are your reward cards I sat up making last night, aren't they pretty? (god this makes you tired -especially if like my daughter you have just had major heart surgery) How many? 12 - good girl you can earn 12 reward cards this week but if you do not go to sleep we will take away 7 cards. How many does that leave? Try using your blocks. Good girl 12blocks take away 7blocks is 5 blocks.

Notice NON-STOP attention from ALL your family.
Constant praise for correct results.
No criticism for incorrect results.
Just try some-thing DIFFERENT.

Small children die for praise and go back 80% for criticism.

Use the world - building blocks, toys, furniture, your HANDS.
Use LOVE not any-thing else. Parenting is a 100% thing but what rewards.

Answer 4

My mom used to write my problems like a chart almost. She would write it like 33+47=80. but vertically, then draw a straight line right down the middle of the problem dividing it in half. it helped me keep things straight.
And for counting objects my mom would do this:(I am mostly left handed so this is how I learned.)

addition: the most marbles in my left hand then I added (one at a time..picking up with the number after however many was in my left hand) and counted up till all my marbles were in my left hand.

Same concept with subtracting.

Answer 5

my niece was having trouble at that age with addition and subtraction as well.... what my sister would do is do the 'math' lesson during meals.... because my niece is a slow eater.... we would use what was on her plate... just to get her to eat... and thought it was a good way to teach her.... we weren't 'playing' with the food... but we would ask her while she was procrastinating and not concentrating on eating... "sweetie... you have 4 carrot sticks on your plate.... if you ate 'one'.... how many will there be left?..... and she would say... 3.... and then we would say back to her.... "4 take away 1 is 3"..... sweetie... what is 4 take away 1?.... she didn't get it at first... but we would do that exercise a lot with her... and soon enough... she would pick up on the concept. For obvious reasons, we did subtraction while she was eating.... to get the food to disappear LOL =) But later on, she would on purpose give wrong answers to be funny... by then, we all knew that she was playing with us, and knew the concept already. And just was poking fun.

What we would do is push one carrot to the side of the plate... (so that she can visually see what was happening) and let her count the remaining carrot... and help her count them... 1.... 2... .3....

I would use concrete items.... things that are familiar to him... like playing blocks... or balls... or coins... and then work from there... first work with adding 1 and subtracting 1 first... once he gets the hang of that... then work on +2 and -2.... then mixe 1's and 2's, plus and minus.... then work on the 3's. Then he'll get the idea of the adding and subtracting concept... 1's first. 1 first... because if he can do 1's,... then you can't expect him to do the same with 2.... and similarly if he can do 1's or 2's... then we can't expect him to do 3's...

Concrete items... that he can hold are much better than just lines on a paper... The items make the exercise more hands-on.... that's how kids learn... with hands-on things that they can hold and touch... feel... as well as repetition... lots of repetition...

Also... remember that boys are slower in learning and developing.... their bodies develop slower and later than girls... (so we can only expect so much from them at that age...) but as they grow older, they eventually catch up with the girls, and many surpassing the girls.... but for now... he isn't slow... he's slow in picking up on the concept... because that's just boys in general (in the way they develop compared to girls)... so don't get too frustrated... work with him... but if he's not picking up... take a break... so that he doesn't get frustrated and he doesn't pick up on your frustration with him.

Hope this helps...

Answer 6

i would say use objects to add and subtract with.

fun ones, that would appeal to a little boy. like jelly beans, or chocolate chips. or even small toys.

that way he can learn visually, and it would be something to help spark his interest more. i know learning on paper can be kind of tough at that age, and sometimes boring. make it fun for him. good luck :)

Answer 7

When my son was little, I'd entertain (and educate) him in the bathtub by setting his little toys on the edge of the tub, counting them one by one. Then I'd pop them into the tub, counting down one by one. You might want to do something like that as a game.

Answer 8

use paper and scissors so he can cut off a certain number of points and then tape on more paper too add or use his toys

Answer 9

make him do fractions