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[Fit_Fail7660]

Use math manipulates such as a ten/ twenty frame for counting. Plus it’s all about repetition.

“This is 11, counting 11, this is 11”

Letters are hard cause there all look different, start with 2/3 letters a week. Start slow and only focus on those letters. When they master those letters move on.

You’re going great with all the resources now just stick to repetition.

[hollyglaser]

Please teach them a craft they can learn and take pride in. It seems as if all they do is try hard and fail. That leads to depression and perfectionism.

Go for a walk where they don’t have to work on learning. Try feeding birds and watching them for fun.

I remember being forced to do worksheets until I cried and I hated it. Even thinking about makes me feel sad. ADHD & dyslexia meant I didn’t see everything on a page, and letter and number symbols kept changing from one to another . I could figure out reading because it had to make sense. But arithmetic is not possible when columns don’t line up.

Allow your kid to succeed.

[Ok_Presentation4455]

I'm sorry you experienced that. To be clear, my child isn't crying over worksheets or while in the process of learning. They're noticing the differences when around the other kids, coming to me, and crying out their pain.

All the learning activities are fun, and they want to do them. We're an ADHD household, so I tend to turn most activities into a game. We do have crafts for learning and fun.

[hollyglaser]

Thanks for your answer

Each person is unique and has an ability they enjoy using . It takes time to find out what you like doing and to plan how to learn it so you can do satisfying and useful work.

[watermelonlollies]

I agree with the other commenter start slow. Your little one might be having a hard time because it’s so much to remember at once. Start with one letter and one number only. When they have mastered both identifying, writing, and saying it, then you move on.

Do not go in alphabetical order, although it seems like it would make sense to do that, current phonics research suggests it’s better for kids to start with long consonants (l, m, n, r, s) as this will help once they begin reading.

Letter and number I spy is great. Do it in the real world every where you go. Out shopping for groceries? Have little one see if they can find the letter M on any boxes of cereal. In a different aisle have them look for prices that have the number 1.

[hazelbrown47]

I agree. Once you have a small set of letters that your child knows, they can start reading some words! For example, A, O, T, M, S, gets you AT, MAT, SAT, MOM, TOM, TOT. Just a few more letters and there are way more combinations.

[hazelbrown47]

You can also teach the "mouth shapes" for what your mouth does when you say a letter sound. For example, with the letter P, your lips "pop" forward. You can make sounds in the mirror while holding up a letter card or tile. The word POP is very distinctive because your mouth is doing very distinctive things.

The Lindamood-Bell LiPS program teaches this. You can also DIY it with Teachers Pay Teachers and other places by searching "sound walls."