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Ronit Bird
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Ronit Bird is a dyscalculia expert who has written books, and now an e-book, to help learners who have dyscalculia or other specific learning difficulties.
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. All Ronit's books are designed to help pupils strengthen their understanding of the number system and to develop the expertise of anyone working directly with dyscalculic learners, be they teachers, tutors, teaching assistants or parents.
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. All Ronit's books are designed to help pupils strengthen their understanding of the number system and to develop the expertise of anyone working directly with dyscalculic learners, be they teachers, tutors, teaching assistants or parents.
Look Inside 'Overcoming Dyscalculia & Difficulties with Number'
Here's a quick look inside the new edition (publication date 2022) of Ronit Bird's 'Overcoming Dyscalculia & Difficulties with Number'. (The previous edition had a yellow cover and was called 'Overcoming Difficulties with Numbers.)
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Look Inside 'The Dyscalculia Toolkit'
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The fourth edition of Ronit Bird's 'The Dyscalculia Toolkit' is out now (published 2021). Take a quick look inside.
Simplifying subtraction
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Reasoning about subtraction - once the child has understood what it actually means - can allow a column arithmetic problem to be solved mentally. This is an extract from one of four videos made for the new edition of 'Overcoming Dyscalculia and Difficulties with Number' (publication date Nov 2021).
Tic Tac Toe Tables
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A game for two to practise any multiplication table (the game in the video targets the 8x table).
Domino Tens Game
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For all its simplicity, this adaptation of a traditional domino game involves a good deal of practice in mentally adding small quantities that add up to 10.
Subtract From 15 (card game)
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This is a versatile card game, easy to learn and quick to play, about subtracting small quantities from 15 (or from any other teen number you choose to target). The game is designed to highlight the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Three Subtraction games
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These three subtraction games, at three different levels of difficulty, help reinforce the relationship between addition and subtraction. The first two are teaching games: they make use of Cuisenaire rods to develop an understanding of subtraction at the concrete level, while the second also explains and demonstrates the bridging technique as used for subtraction. The third is a card game desig...
Domino Pick-Up Race games
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A quartet of games with very simple rules designed to provide practice in mental arithmetic involving very small quantities (up to 12). Two variations focus on addition and two on subtraction. Full written instructions for this game (together with many other free numeracy games) can be found at ronitbird.com
Domino Game: Crossing the Decade Boundary
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This simple domino game provides useful practice in addition using the bridging technique. It is particularly recommended for anyone who has already learned how to bridge through 10, and is now ready for the extra challenge of bridging through multiples of 10. Full written instructions for this game (together with many other free numeracy games) can be found at ronitbird.com.
Times Tables and the area model of multiplication
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I teach the area model of multiplication and division to all my dyscalculic pupils and recommend it for any learner whose memory of the tables facts is unreliable. Watch this video for an introduction to the area model, or read in detail about how to apply the strategy to times tables in my ebook ‘Understanding Times Tables’ [iBooks].
Plus 1 or 2 Component Facts Game
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Designed to reinforce the connection between addition and subtraction, this game benefits from including concrete, diagrammatic and abstract elements. Learn the rules by watching the video (or find written instructions for two versions of this game on www.ronitbird.com).
Prisoners [a solitaire card game]
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This solitaire card game is a good way to practise addition of small numbers. It is a quick and easy game that comes out more often than not. Learn the rules by watching the video (or find written instructions in Ronit Bird's 'The Dyscalcuia Resource Book').
Introduction to fractions
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This extract from the first video in Ronit Bird’s ‘Understanding Fractions’ (the latest ebook in her series ‘Help your child master numeracy’) shows how folding and cutting strips of paper can help children grasp what fractions, and the written notation for fractional numbers, actually mean.
Introducing the new edition of the Dyscalculia Resource Book
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This video is an extract from the first of ten demonstration videos in the new edition of Ronit Bird's 'The Dyscalculia Resource Book', available on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/147397500X/
Fractions Combined to Make Whole Numbers (Game)
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This game, played on a paper game board with a spinner, provides practice in building whole numbers out of various fractional parts.
Maths vocabulary - 'multiples' versus 'factors'
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Maths vocabulary - 'multiples' versus 'factors'
Pre-skills for subtraction with decomposition
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Pre-skills for subtraction with decomposition
Introducing 'The Dyscalculia Toolkit' 3rd edition
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Introducing 'The Dyscalculia Toolkit' 3rd edition
For me, such a game would be much longer because my dominos go up to twelve.
Love this tip!
God bless you! Have just hit the dyscalculia wall with miss 8 (Home Ed). I’m an engineer and it has been quite a learning curve to discover how she ticks.
this is an awsum vid very informative n alot easier to understand then others and actually about discalculia not dyslexia. didn't get my diagnosis till was 37 n my mom argued alot with my teachers about my using my fingers since she found a book that taught how to count to 99 on my fingers n one o my cousins who is dyslexic ga e me some tips about times tables tho i only remembrcthe one for 9's
THANK YOU!! ❤❤❤❤
If I have to time something cooking I look at my watch and I can't work out when the food will be done. I have to see a clock face or even draw one. Or use my fingers and count out loud. I'm 55.
I was diagnosed last year with ADHD in my 50s and I'm medicated. Dyscalculia symptoms feel very familiar. Over the last 15 years or so I've attended endless adult maths classes and private lessons but little sticks. I can't afford an assessment as on benefits. Do you think any of your books and resources might help? Even though it feels like I've tried everything I'm willing to try anything new. Thank you.
If, as you say, the indicators I've flagged up for dyscalculia in this video feel familiar, I am guessing that you are someone who still feels the need to count on their fingers for even single-digit additions and subtractions, cannot remember times tables facts reliably, etc, etc. In which case, the approach that is detailed in my ebook series and in 'The Dyscalculia Toolkit' is likely to be of great benefit to you, provided you are willing to put in the time to work at the concrete level until you've really understood and internalised what is going on. All you need to get started is a copy of my 'Exploring Numbers Through Cuisenaire Rods' followed, when you are ready, by 'Understanding Times Tables'. Both ebooks are, deliberately, priced very inexpensively, and I'd advise you to shop around for a set of the Cuisenaire rods (currently, both Numicon and Amazon are charging almost twice as much as The Cuisenaire Rod Company. You will find more details about buying rods in Chapter 1 of the ebook). If, on the other hand, you are already beyond the stage of finger-counting for every type of calculation, you might be better off starting with the suggestions detailed in later chapter of 'The Dyscalculia Toolkit' or in my second print book 'Overcoming Dyscalculia & Difficulties with Number'. (To help you choose the most appropriate book, you can use the 'Look inside' facility at the bottom of the books page on my website: www.ronitbird.com/books/ .) Whatever you decide, my advice is to start working at the practical stage with manipulative concrete materials, supported by diagrams and sketches wherever they help, and to focus on developing your understanding - step by step - rather than on trying to learn stuff by heart. Attempts to memorise abstract facts can never be successful if there is no proper foundation on which to build. Good luck!
I have just taken my child out of school as he was suffering with bad anxiety, he started to refuse going in. He was always so anxious going into hes maths lesson. After home educating him for 1 month I can see why. He understanding of maths is so low. I brought your book."The tool kit" Everything is falling into place now, I can fully understand hes fear of maths. I have started to teach maths following your techniques, so far it has been a great success.
I wore digital watches my whole life. I just got an analog watch a week ago and I am having problems reading it. Haha
ThankYOU
My problem is that my watch has only hour hand and minute hand its difficult for me but i can easily get time in a watch with atleast the lines for hours and minutes
Question when were trying to close the gap say we have four in a row the dots or the total value don't match for the last one and the tile one over but it does match a tile 2 over can we remove the two tiles to close the gap or can you only close the gap with one tile in the middle or can you close the gap with 2 or 3 tiles in the middle?
No, you can only remove a domino if it lies directly between two others that have a matching pattern or the same total.
I have just learned that I have dyscalculia (I am 37) and so does my son (7)...this is really difficult to help him when I have difficulty with math and I have accumulated a life time of learning to hate numbers.
Are you supposed to be aiming for a high or low score at the end?
Low, of course.
Glad I'm not the only one who forgot how to tell time on an analog clock.
I remember these as a 7yr old in the early 60s. the coloured rods and making up units of 10 was easily assimilated.. we were non decimal then with money but this took me back when we went decimal and it was easier to assign the skills to it in the mid 70s in the UK
Oh lord this was me. I’ve never heard this explained so clearly. Every single time I was presented with even a fairly simple addition, I would have to start from scratch counting it. The fact never stuck. It also took me until my late teens (when I started driving!) to have a shaky grasp on right/left, and I remember having horrible struggles to read an analog clock. I NEVER was able to memorize times tables.
I use the area model, too. Visualizing is great but the area model is also conceptually correct even for real numbers. You cannot repetitively add pi times square root of 2, but the product still exists, as the area exists, too.
thank you
Hello. Congratulations about your amazing work helping so many children and adults. Let me just say that if you want your videos become more popular you can put #dyscalculia and #asmanywords as possible related to the video in the description area. And thank you very much! 🙏
THANK YOU SO MUCH! It is useful! We'll try it!
I LEARNED TO READ MY WATCH🤩🥳
Hello, I'm 14 and I struggle with math I forget everything about it, I don't understand it my brother is so much better at it them im at it, and he's younger thans me, its so frustaerating..
Good for you. This was very helpful. I hope your books become successful
Thanks
I am sure my daughter has dyscalculia, so I will have her tested. Two things came to my mind. Firstly, I had the biggest problems with Text/ written exercises in maths, because I read the little story which triggered my imagination and story telling talent (and the respective brain part) but then - which to me seemed all of a sudden - I was meant to do maths. This was always too much for my brain, because I didnt want to leave the thinking area I felt confindent in and which had just been roused only to shut it down and then switch to the maths brain Part which was much weaker and uncomfortable. Also I was completely confused by chemistry at school since letters which I loved and to which I felt a deep connection were used in a "number way". I asked my teacher how it would be possible to use letters for doing math?! This was totally beyond imagination for my brain. Letters yes, maths no. Maths with letters equalled confusion... So I will give my best to try to feel with my daughter. Thank you. :-)
Thanks so much this helped my son and he now gets it!!
Hello, I have three of your Books. Overcoming Difficulties with Numbers Dyscalculia Toolkit Dyscalculia Resource Book. I have a 9 year old who is ok in math but slow in Mental maths. Which book should I start first? I have another 11 year old who has dyscalculia. Which book to start with her first?
The short answer is probably 'The Dyscalculia Toolkit for both children, moving on to 'Overcoming Difficulties with Number' when ever they are ready. A much more detailed answer can be found in the 'Frequently Asked Questions' section at the bottom of the 'Books' page on my website: www.ronitbird.com
Excellent presentation!
I've played this for MANY years---but the way I was taught the face cardshave to be the same suit (KQJ10)---4 combos of 4 ---plus making 15 in same suit. When done correctly all cards are used up. I also wish I knew what the name of this game is. It's quite challenging and can be frustrating and lots of shuffling!
This game is perfect! It’s exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. Thank you!
concrete materials are too heavy ;)
I have learned that I have dyscalculia when I was 51 years old. Now I am 54 years old lady. It takes longer time to understand math for us.
I scored 2
Thank you! This helped so much!
Fun game. Lowest score wins
I don't know if I'm doing this wrong but on my first try I got 9 and on my second I got 16
What age would you start this with?
I tend to work with children who are at school and have already been identified as having difficulties with numeracy (I'm a dyscalculia specialist, and my pupils are generally aged between 7 and 14), but younger children could also learn a lot from the first-hand and hands-on experience of playing around with Cuisenaire rods and can enjoy many of my simpler games.
I have been using these rods (I built them myself) for years - now I see that my "invention" is already done by another teacher, too. I tried several sizes and my experience lead to a untit's legth of 15 mm. I use these for all pupils who could be supported by these tools - there is no limit of age. It shouldn't be applied to children who try to eat wood and adults who are trembling with their fingers due to parkinson-disease ;)
yes
I'm ok with Words, I like words and reading but numbers this is how it works, complete black out or imagine numbers leaving the page and start swirling around in the air, and then trying to catch them and put them back on the page to try and work something out, my memory is terrible too I have to continually go over the things
I'm 53 I've struggled terribly all my life, in school I thought I was THICK.
I know how to read the analogue clock. But my mom just got me a watch _without_ any numbers in it so it takes me a while to tell the time it is. Other than that, it's embarrassing when one of my classmates asks me what time it is and blankly stare at my watch waiting for my two braincells to think of something.
Same issue bro
Sameee
Same
i have experienced the same, no worries, lol, you die inside
Thanks this helped. At the end of the vid i got the quiz right.
Though how do you use a wrist watch that doesn't have the lines or any numbers...just a watch.
Thank you helped so much!
i had trouble with addition in 6 grade but not the others. after a head injury at 19 i couldnt do math over 3rd grade. i had to relearn times tables,division etc
Yes, although my video is about developmental dyscalculia - a specific learning difficulty that roughly 5% of the population is born with - it is also possible to acquire dyscalculia later in life as the result of brain injury. For more about this, do read Prof Brian Butterworth.
parietal lobe is math area/
thank you this is very helpful
This game would work better if the goal was to get a score of a minimum number rather than a maximum number. This is because we want to be rewarded for the REMOVAL of tiles which is the most demanding part of the game. Otherwise we are rewarded for mistakes by overlooking combinations and patterns. As we get a little proficient competing against the clock - timing each session would add some spice.
The aim is, of course, to get the lowest score, with the best possible score being 2 tiles. Check out the written instructions for the game, which are freely available on the 'games' page of my website ronitbird.com.
To me its kinda sad that people dont know / aren't tought how to use an analogue clock. There is one sitting 6 feet away from me on the wall right now