What is the most difficult thing to practice in the process of language retardation?
It must be numerical calculations
They learn to speak quickly, their vocabulary grows quickly, and they can master simple conversations. But there are often bottlenecks in logical thinking and abstract understanding. Especially when it comes to numerical calculations, the training is quite difficult.
No matter how hard you try to teach, these kids always seem to be unable to master basic numeracy skills. Mathematical calculation problems that ordinary children can understand only need to listen to once are difficult to learn after listening to them dozens of times.
From the perspective of the underlying logic, learning mathematics requires a series of pre-abilities as support. If children lack these abilities, then no matter how parents teach, they will not be able to truly absorb and understand, let alone achieve practical application.
1. Insufficient understanding and cognition of number symbols
Some children with developmental delays don't even know the meaning of these symbols or how to match them with real objects. Therefore, parents repeat 1+1 over and over again, and this teaching method will not see the effect. We need to start with the basic teaching of symbols, so that children can understand what 1 represents, what 2 represents, and what is the difference between 1 and 2. These must be compared with the real thing to let the child understand deeply.
2. Poor visual information processing ability
There are many things in mathematics that need to be processed through visual information, such as the recognition of geometric figures, the comparison of the size of numbers, etc. Children with language delays may have difficulties with this, so their brains need more time and energy to process these number symbols. It is very common to misinterpret and confuse similar number symbols, so in the early training, we should simplify the symbols, reduce the difficulty, use color graphics to distinguish, and use ** numbers to repeatedly compare and improve children's visual processing ability.
3. Weak logical thinking ability
Abstract thinking and logical reasoning are the true face of mathematics, and many children with language delay have difficulties in logical thinking. For example, they may have difficulty understanding the relationship between the conditions of a problem and the conclusion, or finding common key points in different problems. Mathematics is not only about calculations, but also about basic concepts such as element correspondence, ordering, classification, cause and effect, and children need to be able to understand and master these logical relationships.
We should guide children to learn to understand and reason through various ways such as the increase and decrease of physical objects, the sorting of sizes, and the length of time. With these basic skills, you can teach the concepts of numbers, addition and subtraction, and other operation rules.
4. Poor working memory ability
Many contents in mathematics need to be mastered through working memory, such as the memory of numbers, the memory of formulas, etc. Children with language delay may have difficulties in working memory, they not only have a short memory duration, but also have less memory storage, so the brain will have difficulty processing this information, we can improve children's memory level through number + memory training.
5. Lack of concentration:
Learning math requires a high level of concentration, but many children with language delays have a common attention deficit, for example, they may have difficulty concentrating on math assignments or understanding teachers. In deep learning, it takes a long time to invest energy to solve a certain problem, and many children with developmental delay have poor ability to sit still, let alone think for a long time.
6. Poor language comprehension and cognition
Poor language comprehension will also affect the development of mathematics, the calculus of numbers and reasoning rules, are all dependent on language to describe and explain, just imagine, if the child's language comprehension ability is insufficient, the vocabulary is small, then their reading comprehension skills must be very poor, and they feel confused and powerless in the face of long topics.
It is really not that simple to teach children with retardation to learn numerical calculations, and it requires comprehensive training and improvement of the above abilities. Parents should not fall into the stereotyped teaching model of "cramming", but should take some targeted measures, such as providing more individual tutoring, using image-assisted teaching tools, designing interesting math games, etc., so as to help children with language delay open the "digital door".
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