Comments on: Math http://vanderbrew.com/rutabagadreams/2008/09/17/math/ Live Simply ~ Laugh Often ~ Love Deeply Mon, 21 May 2012 21:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: amber http://vanderbrew.com/rutabagadreams/2008/09/17/math/#comment-272217 amber Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:19:37 +0000 http://vanderbrew.com/rutabagadreams/?p=656#comment-272217 I was using that last winter for about a month or so and didn't really see any improvement. Emma was as likely to sit there and wiggle the mouse as she was to do the math problems. Sitting in front of the computer seems to cause her to just glaze over - it was taking her 10-15 minutes to do a super simple math drill and it didn't seem to get any better over time. I gave up because it seemed to be reinforcing her tendency to space out rather than do anything positive. I've considered trying it again to see if it the six months or so have changed anything, but I haven't done so yet. Having her drill with the cards and doing other activities a couple days a week seems to be working quite well though. I was using that last winter for about a month or so and didn’t really see any improvement. Emma was as likely to sit there and wiggle the mouse as she was to do the math problems. Sitting in front of the computer seems to cause her to just glaze over - it was taking her 10-15 minutes to do a super simple math drill and it didn’t seem to get any better over time. I gave up because it seemed to be reinforcing her tendency to space out rather than do anything positive.

I’ve considered trying it again to see if it the six months or so have changed anything, but I haven’t done so yet. Having her drill with the cards and doing other activities a couple days a week seems to be working quite well though.

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