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just when I thought I was so com­fort­able with our cur­ricu­lum… BAM!

My youngest has been hav­ing trou­ble with math.

I wasn’t sure what the trou­ble was, so I set out to inves­ti­gate, in a non-invasive way
– as not to alarm her.  I was able to dis­cern that she has a weak­ness with subtraction.

So, we set aside her reg­u­lar math for some work­book work.  She did well, and was even
exposed to 2-digit addi­tion & sub­trac­tion.  We worked that way for about 2 weeks.

Well, yes­ter­day, we were to start back with her reg­u­lar math, and she took one look at it, and sighed.

I said, “What’s the mat­ter?  Aren’t you ready for math?”  She looked at me with her wide eyes, and said,

“Mommy, I don’t enjoy this math.  I enjoyed the other kind.  Can’t we do some more of the other one?”

My jaw dropped.  Not so much at what she said, but how she said it!  I was floored.

After that, the shock of what she said started to sink in.  All I could hear in my head was,
“Now you have to find more math work­books and work­sheets for her!”

*sigh*

I’m so glad I had a TON of super­flu­ous work­books just lay­ing around.  A friend of mine owns
a thrift shop, and any­thing school related, she just brings it to me.

I never throw any­thing away –if I can’t use it, I know some­one who can.

Any­way, I’m hop­ing that I’ll be able to get her BACK into her reg­u­lar math as some point, and I’m

try­ing hard to not to FREAK out, but… man, oh, man — just when I thought I was done look­ing
for cur­ricu­lum for this school year.

Ha ha!  The saga continues.

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