Dyscalculia: News from the web:
The Erikson Institute, also knows as Early Math Collaborative, sends a great article on how to adjust some popular card games to the skill level of your children. That way you can still have the benefit of the game to help their number sense and you avoid the frustration if they are not able to play the game. The article gives some downloadable sheets on how to do this.
Read all about it: HERE
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Georgina Rivera @mathcoachrivera shares her strategy for children to handle the word problems and get all information right.
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Children love playing games and playing math games will improve their skills. Kristen Reed from edc.org puts it like this:
Math games and puzzles develop children’s problem-solving and independence and foster mastery motivation. Mastery motivation is the motivation to master new, somewhat challenging skills, and it is a key behavior that supports children’s early learning now, and then later, their academic success. By providing children with challenging activities and encouraging them to try different strategies and make their own decisions, teachers and caregivers can foster this important skill.
Read all about it: HERE
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Check out this whole page with resources to help children who are born pre-term and have difficulties with Math.
Read all about it: HERE
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
New research is presented on the page from Stanford by youcubed from Jo Boaler and it all shows how visual math can be.
our brain wants to think visually about maths. Building students’ mathematical understanding doesn’t just mean strengthening one area of the brain that is involved with abstract numbers, it means strengthening connections between areas of the brain and strengthening the visual pathways.
Read all about it: HERE