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Counting and comparing. Furugrund in Iceland November 2007. Math with the Davis Dyslexia Program. For at last five years we have used Davis Dyslexia Program to teach children letters and numbers The method is a multidimensional learning style which suits very well for young children
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Counting and comparing Furugrund in Iceland November 2007
Math with the Davis Dyslexia Program • For at last five years we have used Davis Dyslexia Program to teach children letters and numbers • The method is a multidimensional learning style which suits very well for young children • You can read more about Davis Dyslexia Program here
Math with the Davis Dyslexia Program • In this practice we exercise counting with the help of dice and what the dots on the dice mean • The children are handed clay which they are to use to make the number of balls which the teacher specifies • The teacher writes down on the whiteboard how many balls they are to make from 1 to 6
Numbers Furugrund in Iceland November 2007
Learning the name of the numbers • We noticed that many of the children did not know the names of the numbers • So we got them some plastic numbers and started to play with them • The children played with dice and the plastic numbers • With the numbers we were able to compare them and put them on the right order • We talk about: • Which numbers are higher or lower then surden numbers • Which number equals to the number of dots on the dice