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Maths
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Using fingers for adding
Using fingers for addition: we have created index cards which we use as part of mixed trials after my son masters his targets.
We have taught him to read them, work out the answer and say it out loud. This has been done after we taught him earlier Maths and adding skills.
Additional resource: you might need to start with finger counting imitation before workingg on adding. The attached resource might be helpful for your therapists to teach the position of the fingers for finger counting. If your child goes to school, it is always useful to ask how school is doing this.
Fun ways to generalise adding
Rote counting
From...to...
Rote counting (counting to a specified number) is an important skill that we need to teach our kids but as with other skills, we need to generalise counting.
My son was struggling to understand the concept of counting 'from' ... 'To'... so we have created the attached prompt ideas to help him. He has now mastered the concept with promp and the next step is to remove it so he can count independently. We are teaching from... To... numbers ending in zero and also smaller adhoc number combinations as we want to generalise this concept.
Maths adding worksheets
These have got prompt boxes to aid writing within the same line. You might find that although your child knows the answer, they will write it anywhere on the page and a much larger size.
To teach this concept, you can write the answers with a pencil after they work it out and ask the learner to overwrite it in the square. You can also model the answer and get your child to copy you. We laminated them in order to teach the concept first and the motorplan and used dry wipe pens. You can buy some which are of a friendly size for your child's hands.
Another idea is to create index cards with the separate sums in them so they can practice them randomly or do it on an A3 sheet, depending on where your child is with writing and sizing.
Decide on an Sd that all therapists can use so the learner understands where the answer needs to go.
Links to on-line resources
Number car park
Teaching idea from Tracey Phillips (parent), from Devon.
The edges are great here and the base is a domino's pizza case. You can always paste a laminated card and wipe the numbers off on the base and velcro numbers on the top of the cars to practice higher numbers and mix them up. A free case is always a good excuse to pop into Domino's pizzaThese have got prompt boxes to aid writing within the same line. You might find that although your child knows the answer, they will write it anywhere on the page and a much larger size.
To teach this concept, you can write the answers with a pencil after they work it out and ask the learner to overwrite it in the square. You can also model the answer and get your child to copy you. We laminated them in order to teach the concept first and the motorplan and used dry wipe pens. You can buy some which are of a friendly size for your child's hands.
Another idea is to create index cards with the separate sums in them so they can practice them randomly or do it on an A3 sheet, depending on where your child is with writing and sizing.
Decide on an Sd that all therapists can use so the learner understands where the answer needs to go.
Number line and number strips
Team Umizoomi- Maths cartoon
My son has found them in Netflix and we have great fun watching it with him. They are educational and the episodes include Maths and literacy for children between 3-6 years. They are interactive and ask the audience lots of questions, then prompt the answer. Absolutely fantastic story lines, cartoon and characters.
Plus 1: The introductory coaching system for Maths success
R8- Match numbers with the same amount of objects (1-30)
3 different sets so you generalise. I have kept it in word document format so that you can change the position of the items if you wish. e.g. scatter them in random order on the card so that the child doesn't memorise the positions rote.
It is a good idea to write the answer on the back of the item cards so you can sort them quickly when it is time to probe.