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Shawn's mommy · Posted: May 12 2011, 8:33 AM Post subject: Help.. teaching more or less

Can anyone help me... I need some advice.. Shawn is just not getting the concept of MORE OR LESS.. He is 8 years old now.. does anyone have any ideas???

Thanks,

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momlorac · Posted: May 13 2011, 10:58 AM Post subject:

Maybe if you try it with a food he likes. Ask him if he wants the pile with more or less.

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jtkkmom · Posted: May 13 2011, 1:42 PM Post subject:

momlorac - great idea! Offering one or many of something he loves will speed up the learning process I'm sure! We've been trying something similar to help with numbers, but I think I'll switch to your idea for a while until I know my dd has it for sure.

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LinMac · Posted: May 15 2011, 7:55 AM Post subject:

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MORE OR LESS.

Not sure what you mean by this? And the context in which you'd used MORE OR LESS..... Remember I live across the pond from you.
Could you get us a few examples of what you mean?

Robert would have the concept of MORE....like more cakes, more milk, etc.
Not sure about the LESS!

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kzmom · Posted: May 15 2011, 1:42 PM Post subject:

This may or may not work for you--- I haven't tried this one yet.

Anyway, Katelyn learns A LOT by computer. So I make her powerpoints all the time. It helps her to learn a concept with two ideas (like big/little, long/short, boy/girl, happy/sad, etc.) I make the powerpoint (VERY low tech) and it is usually about 10 slides. We just do it once a day with me telling her more...less until she seems to get it. Then I have her point. When I think she's really mastered it, I add a couple more slides, and if she gets those right, I know she gets it (rather than just memorizing all the answers.) That being said, once she's learned the idea on the computer, it takes a while for her to transfer it to the real world. But this is one thing that has worked for us.

So after you wrote this, I realized that this goal (more/less) is in Katelyn's IEP and we haven't really addressed it yet. About a month ago, we worked on a powerpoint of 1 vs. more. It just had a picture of one item and then a bunch and she can always pick out 1. So I just put together one of less and more. I made it fairly obvious. I want her to be able to tell without counting. Counting would be the next step.

Anyway, if you want, pm me with your email and I can send it over. Also the 1 vs more one if you want would seem a little bit easier.

And maybe this is way too simple for what you asked and you're thinking numbers.... in that case disregard! (Or try a card game like War-- where more always beats less.)

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seansmom · Posted: May 15 2011, 2:24 PM Post subject:

I don't say more or less. I ask more but have never even thought to say less. I usually say "this much", "a little bit?". Might be too abstract. Keep it simple.

The previous poster had good ideas though.

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