http://nutbugs.com/help-my-4-year-old-cant-count/ A Journey Through Homeschooling Wed, 02 May 2012 23:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://nutbugs.com/help-my-4-year-old-cant-count/comment-page-1/#comment-11888 Rafael Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:15:50 +0000 http://nutbugs.com/?p=1214#comment-11888 my son new his numbers at age three! he is now 4 about to be five and has forgotten his numbers..he struggles to memorize them even when I only limit it from 1 to 5 ..I fear that he may have some serious issue because he fails to learn numbers my three year old can count to 20 but my son just seems not to be interested in learning and I have tried flash cards or games but it just doesn't work... my son new his numbers at age three! he is now 4 about to be five and has forgotten his numbers..he struggles to memorize them even when I only limit it from 1 to 5 ..I fear that he may have some serious issue because he fails to learn numbers my three year old can count to 20 but my son just seems not to be interested in learning and I have tried flash cards or games but it just doesn't work…

]]> http://nutbugs.com/help-my-4-year-old-cant-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 KristinN Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:51:00 +0000 http://nutbugs.com/?p=1214#comment-1087 <p><span class="000322313-11032010"><font color="#800080" face="Kristen ITC"><span class="000322313-11032010"><font color="#800080" face="Kristen ITC">Relax! Your ok! She is only 4. Work with her but in fun ways, playing games instead of school etc. As homeschoolers we tend to have these expectations of our kids excelling over every other kid and that is fine, but they are still kids. <span class="015494316-11032010">Besides, learning to read numbers is like learning to read anything else - memorization and decoding. </span>She will learn and that is the beauty of homeschooling. <span class="015494316-11032010">S</span>he can learn at her own rate not some government chart that says they are behind if they do not know..blah blah blah...by age..so and so... You know what I mean? By the time she is 5 1/2 or so if she is still having problems get her eyes checked and see if that might have something to do with it. Good luck!</font></span></font></span></p> Relax! Your ok! She is only 4. Work with her but in fun ways, playing games instead of school etc. As homeschoolers we tend to have these expectations of our kids excelling over every other kid and that is fine, but they are still kids. Besides, learning to read numbers is like learning to read anything else – memorization and decoding. She will learn and that is the beauty of homeschooling. She can learn at her own rate not some government chart that says they are behind if they do not know..blah blah blah…by age..so and so… You know what I mean? By the time she is 5 1/2 or so if she is still having problems get her eyes checked and see if that might have something to do with it. Good luck!

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