My 51/2 year old daughter is in kindergarten and is struggling with number recognition. She can identify (both receptively and expressively) # 1-11 with consistency, but is really having difficulty with 12-20. She is able to identify all letters and can read at an age appropriate level (knows phonics, can sound words out etc). From what I have seen, there are far more programs to teach language arts, and few that teach the basics of # recognition. Even in preschool, letters were emphasized far more than numbers. She has been tested on identifying #1-20 in K without even receiving any instruction with them. Does anyone have a recommendation for a simple number recognition program, either online or in print? Thanks!!
Starfall.com is a wonderful program that I use with my own children. Some of the programs are free and others have a small fee to use them. Also, ABC mouse, which is a pay website has all kinds of math games, etc.
Can she COUNT to 20, but just can't recognize the printed numbers, or does she have trouble with NUMBERS over 11 in all contexts?
I'm sure they've been given instruction, but for number recognition it's probably just counting together etc... not strategies for remembering the numbers.
You probably don't need a whole program, just make those numbers more accessible to her at home on a daily basis. Do you have a calendar in the kitchen that you can count the dates on? That's part of my son's K homework almost every week. Or get (or make) two sets of 1-20 flash cards and play "Go Fish" with them.
Also, starfall.com which is primarily a reading site has calendar activities and a whole 100th Day thing which is full of counting activities.
Hope this helps,
T.
You don't need a "program."
Just practice, with her yourself.
My son is 5. In Kindergarten. We practice at home as well as what he learns in school.
Do you have an iphone or an ipad? there may be similar apps for the android OS but the app store has tons of "games" about letter and number recognition with a simple reward system. We've founf them very helpful and my 2 year old can recognize and say numbers up to 30 ish. Also, simple flash cards or workbooks focusing on numbers might work for you too! Also I see you're in PA...we have had great success with Early Intervention for my 5 year old too. It's free and we've learned a ton from them. I would suggest having her evaluated and see what they say. It definitely cannot hurt!
Get her a calendar with clear numbers and big boxes. Together, start writing important things on this month like birthdays, playdates, library day, etc... She can then start crossing off days, counting down to specific days and it gives her a very concrete way to get comfortable with numbers in a way that is meaningful to her everyday life. My 5 year old loves having a calendar. In fact, I already know how many days it is until Valentine' Day and Easter - Ha!
She might be too young for assessment for dyscalculia, but if she's already having trouble with basic counting she may have the early signs of a learning disability called dyscalculia.
Counting is the simplest form of math, and if she's drilling her numbers regularly and learning to write them at school, something else besides not getting enough practice may be at play here.
Read up on dyscalculia and see what your pediatrician recommends.
http://learningdisabilities.about.com/od/learningdisabili...
Starfall.com and ABCya.com are good ones. But I do the old fashioned flash cards. We practice number recognition, number order and the words for numbers. On abcya, there's a cute game called Go fishing which we play alot. It teaches counting and number order, greater than, less than, etc.
Jump Start is an awsme pc game. Not to expensive but really helps with shapes numbers and colors. And they makek it fun with animals and games age appropriate
abcya.com
ixl.com
Do a search on google for teaching numbers preschool or teaching numbers worksheets and a lot of cool websites show up. I think writing the numbers down everyday while saying them aloud will go a long way too!
good luck.
My daughter is almost 6. We homeschool and I use the Math U See curriculum. It's extremely thorough for gradually building math mastery starting with number recognition. But, even though there are blocks and grids to aid with visuals helping illustrate number quantity right out of the gate, actually "recognizing the printed numbers" comes from any type of practice. But if you want a thorough math system, I'm very happy with it.
