My daughter has sequencing problems. She has a hard time counting, missing numbers here and there.She is in third grade. She is able to do addition by using her fingers and she was trying to do multiplication as well in this manner. She does understand the concepts.Now she might be 1 digit off in her answers in addition because of not counting correctly . She just doesn’t seem to remember the math facts when we tried drilling, but when we got the book” multiplication the fun way” I was suprised that she was able to remember some of the facts and retained it so far. She has great visual memory so it makes sense that it is easier and funner to remember.Now with her sequencing problem for her addition problems to come out right she’ll need to be able to count correctly and sometimes she cant even say the numbers (16 would be one six).Language is not her forte as she sometimes jumbles up sentences also.So does anyone have a suggestion on how to improve her sequencing or reccomendations on how she can be accomodated at school as I see this is not going to be easy for her and I don’t see a calculator as helping her understand concepts.
Re: sequencing and math problems
She might also benefit from learning to use Touchpoints. There is an article about it in the LD In Depth section of this site under math.
Robin
I'd have a big ol' numberline handy all the time
Use that visual strength. One significant drawback to the “facts the fun way” is that those mnemonics have basically nothing to do with understanding how much bigger 48 is than 36. A 10 x 10 chart w/ numbers 1-100 to use to count with could keep her from those sequencing errors and drill in those patterns. She can also learn the times tables chart the same way (in fact, I’ve got some “Fill in the chart” exercises in the math section of my site at www.resourceroom.net ) I know college grads who remember those facts by picturing that chart in their minds.
Re: sequencing and math problems
Robin: Which article mentions touchpoints? I have spent a couple of hours reading but can’t find it…can you help? Thanks!
Well... I thought it was there!
Here is the link to the FAQ page on the touchmath site. You can get to the ordering info. from there also. Copy and paste into your browser address window:) Sorry for the confusion…
http://www.touchmath.com/learn.FAQs.php
Robin
Re: I'd have a big ol' numberline handy all the time
My son is extremely visual and was doing great from 1-200 last year but couldn’t figure out what came after 200. The reason was his teachers chart was 1-100.
The school principal and psycologist told the teacher to get a chart that goes to 1,000. No more problems because now he can see what is next and if he can see it he can learn it.
Audiblox and PACE both work on developing sequencing skills, both auditory and visual. Either would likely be very helpful.
Audiblox website is http://www.audiblox2000.com. PACE website is http://www.learninginfo.com.
In terms of automating math facts, we found that Quarter Mile Math software was very helpful at developing fluency with math facts once they were learned. We spent 10 minutes a day (with me keyboarding to pack in as many problems as possible) for 4 months, at the end of which dd pretty much had all of the facts down cold. She still needs refreshers every once in awhile or she starts losing them. You can email or call the company for a demo disc to see if it’s appropriate for your needs. Website is http://www.thequartermile.com.
However, I would still recommend Audiblox or PACE for the sequencing. That’s a separate issue.
Mary