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6 Surprising Ways Dyslexia Affects Math and How to Help
Does your child have dyslexia? Do they stumble through math problems, straining to find the difference between multiplication and addition symbols? Or perhaps they get lost in the directionality of math and position of numbers. Many people believe that dyslexia is...
Dyscalculia Screeners: The First Step in Getting the Help Your Math Student Needs
Do you have a child who struggles with math? I mean really struggles? They might avoid it as much as possible or throw out a bunch of random answers so they can move on. Maybe just when you think they’ve finally got something, they suddenly forget everything you just...
Math Anxiety: 3 ways to ease your child’s pain
You feel your chest tighten as soon as you hear the words “students, it’s time for a math pop quiz” come out of your teacher's mouth. Your breathing starts to quicken and your face suddenly feels like it’s on fire. Your teacher passes out quizzes and you attempt to...
Twice Exceptional: Support for Students Who Are Gifted and Have a Learning Disability
He was eight years old. He was dyslexic - reading at about a kindergarten level. He was also dysgraphic, meaning writing more than a line at a time was physically and mentally exhausting for him. And on top of all that, he had an attention disorder - ADHD. He...
Word Problem-Solving: Easy Visual Models for Dyscalculia
Word problem-solving can be so painful! Did you know there are over 31 million Google search results for “word problem memes”? Here are 4 that we think is hilariously accurate:Makes sense considering many people can relate to the pain and suffering of solving word...
Math Accommodations Generator: A Free Tool That Helps You Advocate For Your Child
Force, gears, speed, production… these are words that describe a machine. Machines are great. They are efficient. They’re quick and productive. They’re consistent and predictable - but children are not robots. Sometimes we expect our students to be like machines,...
12 Helpful Math Books for Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia research is about 30 years behind that of reading. However, there are gems out there covering the research we do know to help us impact students with dyscalculia positively. I’m driven to learn it all when it comes to dyscalculia. 🤗 Books for Dyscalculia...
Meet a Statistician with Dyscalculia: Dylan Lynn’s Journey as a Mathematician (Ep 8)
If you had a math learning disability like dyscalculia, would you choose to go into a career revolving around mathematics? Would you be able to withstand working in one of your greatest weaknesses? That’s just what Dyan Lynn decided to do when she pursued her career...
Heads Up!: 9 Areas of Struggle for Dyscalculic Learners and How to Support Them
Imagine this: you’re ten years old, sitting through another math lesson. Your teacher has asked you to hurry up and solve 4,358 divided by 7. You try to remember the first step…but by the time you can determine that there are six groups of 7 in 43 you have forgotten...
The Future is Bright: Algebra Readiness Begins in Preschool
Are you the parent or teacher of a child with a math learning disability? Have you seen firsthand the frustration that comes when a child struggles to retrieve basic number facts even though they have demonstrated mastery of those same facts before? Do you find...