DD12 with dyslexia/dysgraphia/ADHD really hates math. She struggles with remembering basic addition and multiplication, even though she completely understands complicated concepts. She spent an entire year with a tutor in elementary school just trying to learn her multiplications... No luck.
I've been reading about right-brained learning concepts and came across silly multiplication flash cards that were quite expensive (plus $16 just to ship to The Great White North). I also found flash cards that used a triangle as a visual to help with multiplication and division. Cheap me, I made a set of my own dorky multiplication 'story' cards, using the Doodle Buddy app, and included a factor triangle. I gave them to DD and had her make up a silly story and repeat it out loud while taking a mental picture of the factor triangle.
10 minutes. 8 times tables memorized. Done.
I do wish that I could show you a picture of how dorky they are. Who knew that an 8 foot anaconda dreaming about 9 different ways to roast a toucan over a rogue 72 degree Celsius rainforest bonfire was the ticket? Take home message: using visual and verbal strengths is much cheaper than a tutor.
Last edited by kathleen'smum; 11/16/14 06:15 PM.
