Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Great strategies presented here by Kathleen McGarvey. Check their youtube channel for some more.
Read all about it: HERE
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Accelerate Learning for Students with Disabilities During COVID-19 and Beyond
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
The National Center for Learning Disabilities has written a report on how we can use some opportunities to accelerate learning for students with disabilities during the pandemic and even beyond.
The report is easy to read and has real policy proposals and implementation recommendations.
Read all about it: HERE
Clever trick for the times table of 3
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
The maths factor provides some free sample lessons and in our link for today we share the clever trick they use to learn the times table of 3. Children with Dyscalculia are better served with conceptual understanding and working with manipulatives to learn times tables but this trick is just too clever not to share it.
Read all about it: HERE
Manipulatives when working from home
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
In these days of working from home it is still important to work with manipulatives to explain math concepts to the student. Certainly the ones who have dyscalculia.
One wonderful source for that is the polypad from Mathigon. A rich source of various colorful manipulatives. It seems the best alternative for sitting next to the student with real manipulatives.
Read all about it: HERE
Dyscalculics need it in their hands before it enters their head
Dyscalculia: News from the web:
Read the wonderful example in this post from Tony Attwood about how to explain fractions to someone with dyscalculia by doing a little physical exercise. Something they can touch and see. It works better for them this way and brings the true understanding they need in order to be able to relate to the concept later.
Read all about it: HERE