Our 6yr old DD has always had a very difficult time learning math facts. As far as we knew she only had +/- 0,1,2 mastered since anytime we give her a math facts worksheet or ask her to answer facts verbally she struggles with anything above that. Last night we had her practice math facts online. Since it was the first time she had done it we started her off easy, 5 minute time limit, addition only with sums up to 10. The goal was to correctly answer as many math facts as possible during the 5 minutes. It wasn't multiple choice. She had to use the mouse to click the correct answer using a 0-9 keypad that was on the screen. She answered 60 math facts in 5 minutes and only missed 2. I was sitting right next to her so I know she didn't count on her fingers or use paper and pencil. She breezed through math facts I thought she didn't know like it was nothing! I don't understand. Why isn't she able to do the same thing on worksheets or if she's asked to answer math facts verbally? I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me make sense of this.
