My kindergartner is confused between 13 & 30, 14 & 40, etc?

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My daughter says thirteen for 30 and thirty for 13 - they sound so similar ( I really feel like beating up the guy who worded these :-)  She gets it right many times but she is also confused many times.. same goes for 14 & 40, 15 & 50  and so on..  

I know practice makes perfect but other than making her practice are there any tricks you might have used to identify the numbers correctly ?  Getting the numbers correctly would even build her (or any other kid's) confidence.  Suggestions please

Thanks

? · Answer

I remember being taught like this:

14 - 4+teen 

Teens are younger than adults, so 14<40 

Something like that lol

Mrs. Arwood · Answer

Rhyming and singing always helped me remember from a child to an adult....

from my ABC's to my public speaking as an adult....


if you have a hard time finding things to rhyme, that's when I make a song for it...

I do this with my kids too... I have a kindergartner who knows 1-100 A-Z, Ph #, Address, shapes, colors etc... All through rhyming and singins, also writing... make it fun... :D

Alex · Answer

It's perfectly normal and she'll grow out of it. I used to pronounce them wrong too.

jυstine♥ · Answer

have her count things like show her what 14 m&ms looks like && wat 40 m&ms look like && show her how they look like fourteen-14 && fourty-40 you kno

 good lluck (:

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My kindergartner is confused between 13 & 30, 14 & 40, etc?

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