How To Teach Telling Time To A Special Education Student?

time telling games

REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON FEBRUARY 04, 2023 Time telling is a fundamental life skill that is essential for individuals to navigate their daily lives. Not only does it allow us to plan and organize our day, but it also helps us to be punctual for appointments, meetings, and other important events. In today’s fast-paced world, … Read more

Dyscalculia And Mind Mapping: Does this works?

dyscalculia and mind map

REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON DECEMBER 26, 2022 A 20-page academic research paper containing various sections like previous literature review, method, discussion, references, appendix, etc.  Or  A multi-tiered diagram representing the key concepts and the relationship between them. If given the choice, which one would you choose?  If you thought second, then you chose a mindmap … Read more

Preparing For LSAT While Having Dyscalculia

dyscalculia and LSAT

LSAT is the golden key to a prestigious law institute. Aspirants always aim to outperform on the test to secure a seat in a good college. While the general challenges and strategies to crack the LSAT have always been in talks, the population of individuals with learning difficulties is often overlooked during such discussions.  Even … Read more

10 Common Myths About Dyscalculia

myths about dyscalculics

REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON DECEMBER 01, 2022 Dyscalculia is a developmental concern commonly recognized by difficulties with basic numerical and arithmetic concepts. While dyscalculia has no particular cure, it is a learning difference that can be overcome by early identification and interventions. But for the individual to get diagnosed and access these tools that could … Read more

Understanding the effect of dyscalculia on logical thinking

Dyscalculia & logical thinking

REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON NOVEMBER 24, 2022 Factually speaking, math and myths go hand in hand. However, girls not being good at maths or simply hating maths is not what dyscalculia looks like. No matter how many false assumptions go around, dyscalculia[1] is a difficult condition to live with and affects almost 3-7% of children.   … Read more

Dealing With Fractions While Having Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty affecting children and adults across the globe. People with dyscalculia have persistent trouble understanding numbers and mathematical concepts, due to which they may face challenges in school, work, and daily life. A study[1] corresponding to primary school students in Germany estimates that around 3 – 7% of children and adults … Read more

Can Dyscalculia Affect Dancing Skills?

Dyscalculia, often described as “Number Dyslexia“, might come in the way of many talented people who want to pursue their passion, even in areas like performing arts. Professions like music and dance may seem far away from needing any kind of quantitative aptitude but the fact that some have difficulties even counting rhythms, remembering sequences, … Read more

9 Helpful Accommodations For Students With Dyscalculia

Accommodations for students with dyscalculia

REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON AUGUST 17, 2022 The fast-paced and competitive learning environment has made students struggle with excelling at all concepts such as complex derivations, thousands of formulas, and complicated word problems. For students with dyscalculia with underlying deficits in number sense and counting, it can become troublesome to cope with their academics.  Difficulties … Read more

Is playing piano difficult for individuals with dyscalculia?

Dyscalculia and piano

REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON AUGUST 15, 2022 Dyscalculia is the inability to count numbers or decode symbols. It is also associated with deficits in calculations and most mathematical processes. It affects the number sense building ability of children. In addition to that, they cannot identify numbers and signs or understand directions. Although incorporating music in … Read more