Math is oh-so-slowly killing our day. For example, today she got her ONE math paper out and then proceeded to spend 12 minutes getting a pencil, loving on the dogs, checking her calendar, and complaining that she never has time to play with her friends. When I pointed out that she is the one who is wasting her time, she had a meltdown. As I type this, she has completed approximately 1/4 of her worksheet and it has been half an hour since she had her meltdown; 30 minutes to complete ten addition problems.
It isn't that she can't do the math, it is that she doesn't like doing the work. We have tried apps on the iPad, math tutoring online, math games online, and back-to-basics worksheets. In her mind, math is boring and she hates it. When it comes toLife of Fred math, she loves it and can't get enough, but the rote stuff is boring - thus begins our daily battle. The truly sad part is that we are still on addition and subtraction; I cannot imagine what will happen when we move on to multiplication and division.
Our other subjects aren't big battles; she enjoys (or at least tolerates) things such as reading, science, grammar, history, etc. She has apparently inherited her dad's distaste for math. Greeeat! Perhaps I should get him to teach her the math and they can be miserable together.
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