What is the first picture that comes to your head when you hear the word ‘abacus’? A group of kids (exaggeration on ‘kids’) trying to manipulate a set of beads within a frame. An abacus is a tool that aids in performing various mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc, and improves math … Read more
Academics preach all the obligated notions to enlighten students. However, some handy tricks and tools can mold the concepts better. While parents and instructors look for such functional pedagogies, learning Vedic math or Abacus can be a great take-in. Derived from Atharva Veda, Vedic Math is a collection of ancient strategies and techniques for speeding … Read more
Confidence is often a mortar that binds individuals with success. Be it be life or math; confidence is the foundation for the splendid accomplishment of assignments. While some students lack motivation in math, some develop anxiety. Evidently, boosting confidence is the key to conquering these impermanent compromises. However, you may be bewildered to apprehend what … Read more
Aren’t we all aware of the hurdles that mathematics bestows upon us? Math is beyond numbers, figures, symbols, shapes, and functions. It is a language of the whole universe around which everything revolves. Right from electrochemical signals to our brain to the collision of asteroids, everything involves math. But, do you know math and arts … Read more
How do you perceive maths?—An abstract object or a concrete subject? This crucial query needs to be addressed with sheer patience! Many domains of mathematics unfolded from the study of real-world difficulties long before the mathematical principles and concepts were even recognized. Thus, it comes with its own set of concepts, rules, and formulas, which … Read more
Who won’t love seeing their kid excelling in academics? But it is not everyone’s cup of tea, especially when kids have some learning disabilities like Dyscalculia. Fortunately, Individualized Education plans (IEP) provide a righteous pathway to ameliorate academic performance in learning disabilities. Being aware of this, parents often feel it laborious to find if their … Read more
Dyscalculia, as we know it now completely, is a learning disorder that interferes with the number-learning ability of children. It affects number sense-building ability. Also, they can’t identify numbers and signs or understand directions or spatial orientations perfectly. They are not good with currency bills as well. So, can’t they be taught numbers at all? … Read more
Preschoolers’ academic life is not as easy as it seems. Coming to terms with so many new things and retaining all those in mind is a tad difficult. Teachers and parents need to combat the challenge of making things easier for growing kids. It is the most common observation that kids tend to drift away … Read more
REVIEWED BY NUMBERDYSLEXIA’S MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL ON OCT 02, 2021 Yes, Dyscalculia may affect reading and writing to a certain extent. Dyscalculia is a learning developmental disorder that is known to cause difficulty in comprehending arithmetic, resulting in a deficit in mathematical abilities. However, it may also result in other learning developmental issues. Reading and writing disabilities … Read more
Teachers who have hands-on experience imparting training under the Orton Gillingham approach roughly estimate that even severely dyslexic students (including those suffering from ADHD), gain one grade level in reading within 75-100 hours’ worth of sessions. That can boil down to two hours of the child’s time for a month and a half. This seems … Read more