And its is a reason for rejoicing. Working on math with my developmentally delayed DD1 is always a challenge. She has so much trouble holding info in her head it makes it hard for her to remember from moment to moment what she is doing. Not only that but for so long I would have her count up to say 8 and she would count up to 10. She had a difficult time stopping in between the '10' numbers. For a long time estimation was near impossible. Only through rote memorization of 4-0 means it goes down and 6-9 means it goes to the next highest number, did we manage to pass that hurdle.
Yet as we were doing math today I noticed when she had to skip count to 80 for 80/10 =? she stopped at 80 and did not proceed to 100 like she has done for years and years and years,and it occurred to me. She hasn't been doing that all summer. This is good... this is really good. I think her brain is developing more and more stability. And I think her short term memory has improved. so that not only can she hold more information in her head. She can hold on to it for longer and longer. She is able to resist the pull of going to the end of the memorization of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70. 80, 90, 100!
I'm really hoping that she is seeing numbers as holding value. That is the other hurdle we need to get over. Numbers are fluid, and representational, but in her world black is black and white is white and grey is grey not a combo of black and white. I'm glad I can see improvements in little things. I need to celebrate them in my mind or I may just fall into despair.
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