Teaching kids - Beyond 100
Post written by: beagooddad
Pookie can count to 100 without any help now.
He has such in interest in numbers and counting that we are trying to figure out what to work on next. I don’t really see much use in learning to count more than 100 right now and he seems pretty happy with stopping there for a while.
He can recognize the written numbers 0-20 for sure, but maybe we should start working on reading them up through 100.
He also can read all of the letters and recognizes his written name. We should probably start working on getting him to recognize some more written words. After all, reading letters and numbers is really pretty much the same skill. Stuff like cat and dog probably would not work, but I bet he would learn to read “milk”, “ball”, and “Muppet Babies.”
He did a really good job using the PECS system with us. Maybe we should make some similar cards, but instead of pictures, just have the words. He is so good at recognizing stuff like that. I bet he would pick it up pretty quickly.
Another thing we should probably work on with both of the kids is some basic pattern recognition. The kids made paper chains out of red and green paper the other day. Geetle refused to alternate colors. All the green went on one side of the chain and all the red on the other. That’s good sorting, but maybe we need to work on some more complex patterns.
I barely remember learning these types of fundamentals back in school, so I’m not really sure what kind of stuff comes next. Most of my in-laws and my sister are all teachers with several working in grade school. I’ll have to hit them up for advice.
Do any of you have any advice? Especially for an autistic preschooler who seems to have a pretty good grasp and interest in numbers and letters.
December 13th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
No specific advice for autism here, but S and I used to play lots of games repeating patterns using Lego or blocks. In school here’s what she’s done in Math so far:
numbers thru 12, including the words (one, two, etc.)
order: more than; less than
addition to 12
subtraction from 12
numbers to 100
Other concepts both touched on and coming up include money, time, geometry ( basic 2D and 3D shapes), and fractions (1/2, 1/4, etc.). This is K-1 curriculum.
Reading/Phonics is all about learning the letter sounds. Don’t forget to practice printing! We had the upper case letters down, but the lower case letters took a little getting used to. The fine motor control really takes some work to be legible.
December 14th, 2006 at 6:55 am
Our oldest son just turned four, and he’s doing pretty much the same things as Pookie. He’s interested in writing and wants us to spell everything (out loud - which is fun when he asks, “How do you spell Frosty the Snowman?” or some other complete phrase). He cannot recognise all his letters, but he recognises words that are common to him (his name, his brother’s name, many of the Thomas train engine names, etc). We mostly are working on writing (he can write his name) and letter recognition. He will have another whole year before he starts Kindergarten, so we’ve got a lot of time for him to learn. I feel like the key is to keep them interested in learning and not burn them out so it’s always fun. I know when I felt like something was being pushed at me I was always resistant.
December 14th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
One of the things about Pookie is that if you are going to teach him something like this, you better make it fun for him. All of the letters and numbers that he knows so far, he pretty much picked up by osmosis. If you try to sit down at the table with a worksheet, he is gone. Count together while sitting on the potty…now that’s his style.
December 14th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
I don’t have any experiences with an Autistic child but Pookie seems to be dong great! There are a lot of preschoolers out there who can’t even count to 20 yet.