Pud (almost 7) wants to do division and multiplication. He also wants exponents and square roots. He already understands the concepts but is held back because he doesn't have his addition and subtraction facts memorized. I thought that he pretty much had them down a year ago; now I'm finding he doesn't (or he did and he lost them). We are very frustrated. Should we do more +/- problems? Or should we use flash cards until he has them memorized? Or will adding/subtracting multi-digit numbers accomplish this? He loves math and is always asking for "more". But, without those simple math facts down pat, I'm having trouble with that.
Sometimes I find him counting on his fingers to add or subtract. He is doing this more now than he did before 1st grade. He also is counting up and down now (due to the introduction in 1st grade of a number line, I think). He gets very bored with the sheets of math problems I've given him.
Suggestions?
