My daughter is in year 4, soon to be year 5, and has maths lessons with the year 1s. That is not an easy sentence to type. She has dyspraxia and dyscalculia, and I feel like we’ve tried everything. We’re going back to basics with the Plus 1 book, which is working well, but let’s […]
Top 10 Resources for a Dyspraxic Child in the Summer Holidays
“I’M BORED!” The holidays haven’t even begun, yet I can feel the hot stress of keeping my dyspraxic kid both entertained and educated this summer. You want them to be active but you also want them to practice their handwriting, you want to try to improve their maths but don’t want the holidays to feel like […]
A Review of Harry’s Magic Tables Book
Harry’s Magic Tables is a book written by a mum who was struggling with teaching her son, Harry, his times tables. She invented these rhymes and pictures to help him remember. Apparently the little clever clogs learned them all in a week. I’m skeptical of any book that promises an improvement in x amount of […]
Learning Times Tables: Help for Kids with Dyspraxia
There’s no getting around the fact that learning times tables is especially difficult for kids with dyspraxia. The mind of a dyspraxic child (or indeed adult) doesn’t sort things in an ordered way, so maths is usually a tricky subject. The good news with times tables is that it’s really just a case of […]