I decided to enroll Tyler in Sylvan for a month or so to help him with some of his math.  He is having a hard time with any kind of word problems and numeration.  He has not really grasped some of the math concepts especially in the area of understanding place value after the thousands and how to determine in a word problem if he needs to add, subtract, multiply or divide.  So, I took him to Sylvan hoping that they could teach what I could not.  Well, he has only gone three times, but he is already upset by it.  According to him they expect answers too quickly and don't give him enough time to think about the problem.  Tyler does need more time to figure things out which is one of the reasons I brought him home to school in the 4th grade.  You can't force him to move faster because the more pressure he feels the more he shuts down.  I was hoping at Sylvan the teachers would be able to communicate a better way for Tyler to learn these skills, but maybe he just needs more time at home to learn them.  I really am at a loss as to how to help him with the word problems.  I may have to rethink the Sylvan idea.