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Feb 16, 2008 13:20:52 GMT -5
Post by steffipoo on Feb 16, 2008 13:20:52 GMT -5
Hi I taught Olivia thru ultra repetition till she got the concept of one more or one after. For example, I would say Olivia what is 1+4 or 4+1 then to give her a cue I would say it is 1 more than 4 so whatz next and she'd say 5. Then after trying at least a hundred times she now understands the concept of one after or one more. She can do it perfectly.very confident she says out loud lets say I say 6+1 and she'll say after six comes 7 so 6+1=7. even understands with big numbers like 98+1.... try the repetition the saying whats the next number after to hunderds of em Liv got it and still has it. (((HUGS))) Steff BTW getting my math for ds book soon will look up the answer after I get it back. Anyone else have the book perhaps to look it up for Connie? Livs old teacher has had her book for 3 years and I asked her for it friday. LOL Must've known you were gonna ask a math ? (((HUGS))) Steff
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Feb 20, 2008 8:56:52 GMT -5
Post by Connie on Feb 20, 2008 8:56:52 GMT -5
Just a note....I ordered NUMICON!! I will let everyone know how it goes!! Connie
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Mar 18, 2008 9:42:40 GMT -5
Post by Connie on Mar 18, 2008 9:42:40 GMT -5
Well...we recieved the Numicon Program (1 part of it) and I took it to the school today. Collin should start using it next week. Connie
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Apr 9, 2008 9:23:49 GMT -5
Post by Jackie on Apr 9, 2008 9:23:49 GMT -5
oh MATH...that is a dirty word in our lives! ;D
Emily has just never made strides here. Yet she counts...seems to understand quantity...more and less...tells time...understands the 'passage' of time...and can use money.
I will fess up and say she has never retained her 'facts'...and I so hoped that helping Hayden study from kindy on she would have gotten them down pat. I would still like to find a tutor for her and see if we could integrate some more functional math into what she already knows. The fact that she seems to grasp the concepts yet doesn't know the easy parts floors me....but then I am no math whiz either.
When she was young...we spent far more time on communication and reading skills so I didn't worry back when. I think she still functions using her niece's 'theory' of math....
KATIE:....Hayden...if I have 2 apples and you have 3 apples...then how many apples will we have?
HAYDEN: We would have PLENTY of apples!
Jackie
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Apr 12, 2008 21:42:10 GMT -5
Post by liasmom on Apr 12, 2008 21:42:10 GMT -5
Lia uses touch math in special ed. She is pulled out of 2nd grade math for this. It does not seem to be working. Math is her poorest subject. I have begged them to try something else- even the calculator to no avail. Number line or whatever. Will have to look at the sites mentioned. nancy
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Math
Jun 5, 2008 16:17:50 GMT -5
Post by advocate4myself on Jun 5, 2008 16:17:50 GMT -5
I use my calculator all the time while working on my checkbook register. It sure does help me. I don't know what I would do without it. I have two calculator's but when I am at home, in my room, I use my bigger calculator. It helps to see the numbers and know where to put the dot and so forth...........Debbie
To the those who don't know me, I have Mosaic Down syndrome.
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Math
Jun 5, 2008 17:46:45 GMT -5
Post by laurasmom on Jun 5, 2008 17:46:45 GMT -5
Laura has been using a calculator for math for a few years, although she can do basic adding and subtracting without. At first I stressed about it, but I use a calculator for everything also.
Debbie, been meaning to mention I love your new ID - advocate4myself. Very cool.
Sharon
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Jun 8, 2008 13:20:52 GMT -5
Post by Chris too on Jun 8, 2008 13:20:52 GMT -5
Jackie, I think that estimating skills are the most useful math skill & can be learned if just the basic concepts are there. I'd try to teach her rounding up and estimating based on that. It's easy to "see" the math when you can round up and estimate & really very helpful for life skills.
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Jun 9, 2008 23:29:04 GMT -5
Post by Kristin on Jun 9, 2008 23:29:04 GMT -5
Clarice is using Touch Math, and it is going well for her. Math is so painfully slow for her. I don't think it's because of spending too much time on reading, it is just a different way of thinking. It is more abstract to equate a symbol (number) with an amount of objects that can be different items, where in reading the symbol (word) is the object or action and at least for now, has only one meaning. I'm not sure when to intruduce a calculator. I'm thinking it is appropriate to use it once the concept of what addition and subtraction mean is cemented. Same with multiplication and division...once what it does is understood just crunch the numbers. I don't see any reason why Clarice will need to memorize times tables! Most studies show people learn things like times tables through repetition and constant use, either by memorizing it or by constantly pushing the same buttons and getting the same answer.
I think that if she can learn how to use a calculator and understand when and why she needs to use one for things like balancing a checkbook, that will be sufficient. I want her to be able to use it as a living skill, not design a rocket.
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Jun 10, 2008 6:01:01 GMT -5
Post by mydsgirl on Jun 10, 2008 6:01:01 GMT -5
Sorry, but I have never heard of touch math. Can someone explain this to me? Leah
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Jun 10, 2008 6:37:12 GMT -5
Post by Emilysmom on Jun 10, 2008 6:37:12 GMT -5
Leah, Touch Math...........best way I can describe it is that each number has a certain number of dots on it, so the child can literally count the dots and add them to the number of dots in the previous number to come up with the sum of the two. A number one would have one dot, a number two would have 2 dots on it, etc. Emily began using touch math in about the 2nd grade, and it really helped. Susan
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Jun 10, 2008 20:30:10 GMT -5
Post by Kristin on Jun 10, 2008 20:30:10 GMT -5
Touch math reminds me a lot of adding dice. The pattern of dots for a five is always the same, and so is the pattern for a three,...The pattern of dots that you touch also have to do with the shape of the number...very visual as well as kinesthetic. It seems to help Clarice.
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Jun 10, 2008 20:32:08 GMT -5
Post by Kristin on Jun 10, 2008 20:32:08 GMT -5
www.touchmath.com/Here's their website. It includes some free samples to print and take a look at. It is the math program Clarice's teacher uses at school.
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Jun 13, 2008 14:15:46 GMT -5
Post by Becky on Jun 13, 2008 14:15:46 GMT -5
I just took a work shop on touchmath and have been working with Justin on it for about a month and he has really taken off with it, his teacher said she plans on useing it with him when shcool starts back up.
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Math
Jul 9, 2008 6:14:46 GMT -5
Post by Kaylis on Jul 9, 2008 6:14:46 GMT -5
There's another good concrete math system. I don't remember if it's "Math Our Way" or "Math Their Way". I was doing a field placement for a college class years ago when I ran into it. I'm going to track down it again, and the other systems described here to see what to introduce to Mikah over the next year or two.
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