Overcoming Dyscalculia and Difficulties with Number 2/e

Part I: Stop Counting in Ones Chapter 1: How to help pupils stop counting in ones Part II: The Bridging Technique Chapter 2: Pre-skills for learning the bridging technique Chapter 3: Bridging through 10 Chapter 4: Bridging through multiples of 10 Part III: The Area Model of Multiplication and Division Chapter 5: Pre-skills for the area model of multiplication and division Chapter 6: The area model of multiplication and division Chapter 7: Making the transition from the area model to standard written algorithms for short and long multiplication Chapter 8: Making the transition from the area model to standard written algorithms for short and long division Part IV: Reasoning Strategies Chapter 9: Reasoning Strategies Part V: Games Collection

The underlying teaching approach in all Ronit Bird's work is to provide the necessary concrete and practical experience in an enjoyable manner - through games and activities, not worksheets - while at the same time helping learners through the important transition between concrete and abstract calculation techniques - Jan Beechey -- Jan Beechey * Dyslexia Review *