What to do when your child struggles with math?

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The UK express comes with great recommendations.

Spoiler alert, here is what they say:

Here are some tips offered by Maths-Whizz:

  1. Give them your undivided attention
  2. Stay calm and be positive
  3. Exercise patience
  4. Reassure them whenever they’re struggling
  5. Talk about your own struggles in school and how you overcame them
  6. Explain the practical applications of each new maths skill
  7. Make a game out of it
  8. Give them praise for putting in the effort
  9. Work with their teacher and ask for regular progress updates
  10. Hire a virtual tutor

Read all about it: HERE

You can get Dr. Schreuder’s homework help video series HERE

Novel approach to learning time tables

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Table Fables is a novel approach to learning time tables. The novelty is that they have a plan to encourage the children to practice their tables every day for a number of consecutives days and then they will be able to get a reward.

So other than most programs, here hard work and consistent learning is rewarded rather than getting it right. The program is based on the peg memory system and every number is related to a character who will interact with other characters in funny videos to reveal the answer to a multiplication problem.

There are various levels of practice and checking to help the children through this process.

You can try it free for seven days and you can book a free class HERE

Read all about it: HERE

Well known people with Dyscalculia

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Having dyscalculia does not have to mean that you cannot succeed in life. In fact you can reach your full potential as the well known people listed on the numberdyslexia blog have shown.

Dyscalculia does not have an impact on your IQ, how smart you are, it just means that your brains are wired different and you may come up with other things than most people. This is why the industry starts to wake up to the value of neurodivers people and starts to recruit specifically for them.

Read all about it: HERE