It is now a well-established fact that dyscalculia is a reality! Children suffering from dyscalculia cannot identify numbers or operational signs like ‘+’, ‘-‘, ‘x’, etc. That is why educators advocate replacing pen-and-paper practice by performing an action using manipulatives to understand numeric relationships and operations. Besides Dyscalculics, beginners of numeric operations can also get … Read more
What will my child do in the future when he is facing so many difficulties with words and numbers? It is a common worry that almost all parents face when they realize that their children’s intelligence assessment test shows poor results. The good news is that having learning difficulties is not the end of the … Read more
Have you ever thought about what led to increased awareness about the learning disorders prevalent among children and adults? Though the term ‘dyslexia’ has been around us since 1887 when an ophthalmologist Rudolf Berlin coined it, the awareness did not reach its current state sooner after the event. People parried the problem of learning disorders … Read more
What is it like to be in the shoes of someone with a learning disability? The day-to-day lessons can be no less than a nightmare because they are differently abled. If your child is one of those suffering from learning disabilities such as dyslexia or dyscalculia, the effects can be magnanimous. As a parent, dealing … Read more
Dyscalculia is a learning disorder where the child cannot process the numbers or related operations in the mind using conventional methods. The dyscalculic children need alternative ways of learning math concepts. Such alternatives include activities that drive the children towards building number literacy and early math skills. Dyscalculia activities are helpful for home-schooling children. These … Read more
REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON AUG. 11, 2020 Dyscalculia is the difficulty of learning mathematics. It is not something that you can cure. This learning disorder is a part of the personality of a person. The only way to beat this disorder is to learn the ways to live with it. About 5% of students in … Read more
REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON AUG. 10, 2020 Often left undiagnosed behind dyslexia, Dyscalculia is the math’s and mathematical operations’ learning difficulty. This difficulty can stay with person throughout life. A dyscalculic person finds it difficult to recognize and count numbers; also, they cannot do mental math or judge distance or height, or deal with currency … Read more
The Internet has become a valuable source of information. There is hardly any problem where the solution is not available. People facing various kinds of issues turn to the web to find all possible help. The educationists and subject matter experts, accordingly, are creating invaluably informative material to offer a readymade solution. One such issue … Read more
REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S EXPERT PANEL ON JULY 05, 2020 Several factors can contribute to the development of Dyscalculia in children. Brain’s chemistry, structure, function, and the environment are a few of the contributing factors. For the longest time, the role of genetics wasn’t considered to be of significant importance in developing Dyscalculia in a child. But with … Read more
MEDICALLY REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL ON JUNE 24, 2020 The fear of Mathematics and numbers is called Dyscalculia which is a learning disability also termed as number blindness. Extensive studies have recorded that nearly 7% of the population with average intelligence have the problem. The innate number sense of the human brain is not in … Read more