Has anyone had any problem with her little one's interest?

Early Learning Teaching Your Child Math
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I’ve just started to show my son the first 5 flashcards of dots. He seemed surprised. We will see what happens next time. But just yesterday I read about sbody who stopped doing the whole program because her daughter wasn’t interested in it. That’s why I started this topic to avoid common mistakes -if there is any-. I would appreciate every advice.
Thanks,
Stodd

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Math is typically much more challenging to keep a kid’s interest.

If you are using Little Math, then my suggestion would be to use personalized icons as much as possible.

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Thanks for your advice. I use the Doman method. It’s been 2 days now and hopefully getting better. My son is the same with every new things: he needs a little time to get used to it. Today I want to try to let him sit in my lap instead of siiting in front of me. What do you think?
Thanks again,
stodd

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Try every way possible! Every child is different, and you might even find him liking different things on different days!

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I agree that every child learns differently and some subjects may seem less interesting to children. I teach an after-school program and a lot of my students need a lot more consistent interaction than other students to stay interested in subjects, specifically math. I tried out a few different supplemental workbooks and websites and between Kumon, Singapore Math, IXL, Beestar etc., the most easily accessible for both students and parents was Beestar. Beestar was easy for students to interact with, you can access the website anywhere and it is also free. My students really enjoy it, I was wondering if any other parents have tried the website and what they thought about it?

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We were using Baby Doesn’t Count app which is technically quite a good product BUT even though we were only doing 1 session /day my 14mo wasn’t too keen on just seeing the red dots. We’ve just switched to Little Math and perhaps it is different from red dots so it piques her interest now.

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Hi Stodd

I’m new to all this, but FWIW, I read that parents need to be a step ahead of babies and children, and sensitive to when they’re losing interest. At that point, the activity should be put away and resumed later. I think persisting when someone seems bored would be a mistake (and one I’ve made!)

Best of luck,

Gemma