Is he able to hold a conversation?
How about getting him to circle the important elements in the
problem sum? My son does that (I am sure I didn't teach him this
technique), it helps the child to focus on what is being asked.
Obviously, if he circles words like "is" or "the" instead of
"apples", "more than", "9" or whatever numbers in the problem, then
there is a problem. And yeah, we use to have lots of problem with
less than and more than.... sometimes he would blurt out a number
that is not even in the question.... phui! vomit blood.
Any improvement is good. Like I said - baby steps.....
