Any advice?

This is my second year home schooling my youngest son. I pulled him out because the Public school system was failing him. This year we have made great strides in Reading and LA, but in Math I don't know what to do anymore. Last year I taught him how to carry in addition up to the 1000s place and until last week he has been able to complete these problems independently. As of last week he forgot all of it including what the place values are. So I retaught it. And he forgot again a couple of days later so I retaught it again. And yet again he forgot it today so I had my husband reteach it. He is supposed to be learning multiplication, but we are spending so much time teaching what he already knows. And he also is still struggling with rounding, for example he can tell me 5 and up you need to round up and 4 and down you need to round down, but he has never been able to actually put that into practice. I've asked advice from different people and no one really has any helpful advice. I can't tell if he is willfully forgetting or if he has truly forgotten a concept he has been doing for a year. I'm so frustrated and I was in tears about it today because I just don't know what to do for him. Any help is appreciated.

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I think you need to take some of the pressure off of yourselves- it’s homeschool- you get to make the rules- if he’s not get the math part right now that’s ok take a break from it for a month even 2… find other ways to incorporate math without actually doing math like cooking or playing games that use math. And when you feel you are both ready then try again… you guys got this! It isn’t worth losing your peace of mind over! 💝

Hey beauty been homeschooling for 5yrs ive had to learn how to teach completly different than how i learned. I learned memorized formulas and steps but never was taught why. My 9yr old was just like this its not about memorizing its about knowing why the rules are what they are. For example why do u have to carry the 1 on a problem like 11+19 bc 1+9=10 the 1 has no where to go but on top. Something so simple can mess up a kids formulas when numbers get bigger if they are taught to memorize vs understanding the reason behind the rule. Does that make sense? I can go into more detail if need ive had to also change how i teach reading bc some of our rules suck 🤣

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He's not forgetting, he just has his mind occupied elsewhere. Try to pay attention what's caught his attention these days and google practical maths in real life situations. First help him solve whatever it is that he's struggling with in his mind and then when that's off the table introduce practical maths and present it with a question. Maths is like piano you can't forget it, you just change priorities from time to time. Remember this is about his learning pace not your teaching achievements, so run it the way he can learn it not the speed you can teach. That's the whole point of homeschooling. 🤗💕

Hmm… this sounds tricky. I’d say absent of any learning disabilities he’s likely not actually forgetting. Disinterest or perhaps just not ready/willing to focus on math at the moment. Have you tried taking a break from math all together? I’m yet to begin officially homeschooling(because LO is a toddler) but it seems like one of the great things about it is the ability to flow with your child’s specific learning curve. I know this may not be the most popular strategy, but you could always try an “incentive system” aka bribery. First example, “Finish this worksheet correctly and you’ll get ____”. Either way, wishing you the best.

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