A good story after a time

This is what I told my friends on chat today: 

hey
kaal mi first time arya la addition shikavla
it was so cute. 2+5=? etc.
he was counting on fingers
ill click fotos and show u of his worksheet
if it was 3 + 4 it was easy. i.e. <5 each="" easy="" hand="" i="" number="" on="" was="">
if it was 8 + 2 he got confused. one hand made 8 nahi na. i taught him to count ahead of 8 pan tyala nahi ala.
mag i taught him the line method. to draw 8 lines on paper. mag 2 lines below mag cross each line and count. he did all that way
ani his fingers are so tiny ki sometimes while counting he closes and opens any finger and gets the count wrong

it started with a workbook with big objects to count with. 1 peacock + 5 peacocks... is 6 peacocks etc.
then i moved to teach him this just with numbers, using hands for counting and adding.
At first it was easy if the count was less than 5 on each hand. Later i taught him to continue till next hand i.e 8 + 2. so he did it too.
But the problem came with 9+3!!!! now what!

So i taught him to use vertical lines on paper. Draw 9 standing lines in one row and 3 standing lines on other row and now start crossing each line while counting. He loved doing it and caught on the concept so nicely! Time well spent.