Thanks, Grinity!

I like thinking about it as a bottleneck. That fits neatly with how I'm seeing the issue.

The calculator for 1-digit math has helped my frustration level, and he has enjoyed playing with the new gadget, so I'm glad that makes sense to do. "Taking notes" seems like a smart way to reinforce the learning there. You're so good! smile We have used the times tables table (if that makes sense), and it didn't go as well. Maybe now that I'm less annoyed by the way he's working it would go better.

I also like the idea of doing the math facts as a memorization "class" separate from math. That seems workable and less likely to make him hate math.

He has not read "The Number Devil." What is it?

Thanks and more thanks, Grin!

K-

Kriston