Neurodiversity Early Years Service

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

The ADHD foundation in the UK has a wonderful page filled with resources about neurodiversity in those important early years.

They have articles about managing executive function for example. A great resource.

Read all about it: HERE

Encourage number talk participation

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

Read about the journey into number talks for elementary math classes and how one teacher comes up with solutions to get more children to participate in a non threatening manner.

Read all about it: HERE

Number Sense Bingo

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

This bingo-like game allows children to think about numbers in different ways. Children roll a dot cube and try to find one or more matches on their board. Though the representations may look different, two dots on the cube can match a picture of two blocks, two fingers on a hand, or the numeral 2 when we think about the meaning of the number 2. The first player to match ’em all, wins!

Read all about it: HERE

ADHD helpful hints

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

A bit off topic maybe for our Dyscalculia blog, although Dyscalculia and ADHD frequently coincide. The ADDitude magazine has a wonderful article about measures and strategies to help children with ADHD get back to learning and help them to focus. Both help for the individual but also classroom tactics. See it all in our link for today.

Read all about it: HERE

A wealth of resources

Dyscalculia: News from the web:

From the good people of homeschool-curriculum.org we get a wealth of math resources.

Not all suitable for children with dyscalculia mind you, but you know, it is not about the tool but about the talk so if you need inspiration to boost your tutoring sessions, take a look at what they offer.

Read all about it: HERE