zenmomma2kids

Okay, I've got 2 different sorta math questions to ask here.

1) I was talking with a mom at Casey gym the other day. Her daughter
is 12 and has Down's Syndrome, pretty high functioning from what I
could tell. She mentioned that she homeschooled her and was eager to
ask me lots of questions when she found out that we unschool. Her
main concern was math. Well actually, her first concern was really
that she was looking for "permission" to live and play more and "do
schoolwork" less. I was able to handle that fine. <g>

She told me of her daughter's passion for birds and wildlife and her
ability to recognize and name even rare species. She also shared
feeling guilty because all they did was can fruit and veggies from
their garden in September, an activity which her daughter loved.
(They "got a late start for school.") I set her straight (as *I* see
it) and she was open and ready to hear what I had to say.

But her concern with math is that her daughter does not seen to have
one to one number correlation. She doesn't get the idea of counting,
I guess, and so can't move forward with any math program. I channeled
what I could of Pam Sorooshian to her <g> and explained about games
and hands on and thinking mathematically and how it doesn't need to
look like pages of worksheets. But now I'm not sure if there's
something more to it in light of her daughter's Down Syndrome. Is it
more necessary to drill with these kids? My sense is that this is
what wasn't working anyway.

So does anyone have any other fab ideas for helping this mom play
ability appropriate number games that might help with the one to one
correlation?

Geez this is long. I'm putting my second question in a separate post.

Life is good.
~Mary

zenmomma2kids

Okay, I've got 2 different sorta math questions to ask here.

1) I was talking with a mom at Casey gym the other day. Her daughter
is 12 and has Down's Syndrome, pretty high functioning from what I
could tell. She mentioned that she homeschooled her and was eager to
ask me lots of questions when she found out that we unschool. Her
main concern was math. Well actually, her first concern was really
that she was looking for "permission" to live and play more and "do
schoolwork" less. I was able to handle that fine. <g>

She told me of her daughter's passion for birds and wildlife and her
ability to recognize and name even rare species. She also shared
feeling guilty because all they did was can fruit and veggies from
their garden in September, an activity which her daughter loved.
(They "got a late start for school.") I set her straight (as *I* see
it) and she was open and ready to hear what I had to say.

But her concern with math is that her daughter does not seen to have
one to one number correlation. She doesn't get the idea of counting,
I guess, and so can't move forward with any math program. I channeled
what I could of Pam Sorooshian to her <g> and explained about games
and hands on and thinking mathematically and how it doesn't need to
look like pages of worksheets. But now I'm not sure if there's
something more to it in light of her daughter's Down Syndrome. Is it
more necessary to drill with these kids? My sense is that this is
what wasn't working anyway.

So does anyone have any other fab ideas for helping this mom play
ability appropriate number games that might help with the one to one
correlation?

Geez this is long. I'm putting my second question in a separate post.

Life is good.
~Mary