Julie was very upset today: Mommy and Daddy told her she had two problems wrong on the multiplication worksheet she made herself. Two issues: first, we explained the basic concept of multiplication to her yesterday at dinner; it is not anything she is working on at school, yet. Second, she takes being right way too seriously.
Back to the story - She created a worksheet with ten problems and missed two, both problems involving factors of 3. She actually cried for thirty minutes, saying she was dumb, she hates math and odd numbers, completely ignoring what we tried to point out to her: she is amazing for getting 8 correct!
I talked to her after she calmed down. I told her she was not dumb at math, that she always brings home 100s on her work. She said, "Not always. I made a 90 and a 95." Trying hard not to smile, because she does not like being laughed at, I explained that 90 and 95 means she only missed a few problems and that she should learn from the problems she got wrong. She felt better when I confirmed that 90 and 95 are still A's, and we happily made dinner together.
Back to the story - She created a worksheet with ten problems and missed two, both problems involving factors of 3. She actually cried for thirty minutes, saying she was dumb, she hates math and odd numbers, completely ignoring what we tried to point out to her: she is amazing for getting 8 correct!
I talked to her after she calmed down. I told her she was not dumb at math, that she always brings home 100s on her work. She said, "Not always. I made a 90 and a 95." Trying hard not to smile, because she does not like being laughed at, I explained that 90 and 95 means she only missed a few problems and that she should learn from the problems she got wrong. She felt better when I confirmed that 90 and 95 are still A's, and we happily made dinner together.
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