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Let's Pretend Ryan is Typical

For the last week or so, Ryan has been nudged into typical first grade. An aide has been taking him to an inclusion class in the main building for 45 minutes a day for math class. So far, it's not going well.
Savants, math problems, and exceptional vs. ordinary

How do you solve math problems in your head? Perhaps a better question is, do you solve math problems in your head? With the availability of electronic devices to do it for us, I would not be surprised to learn that man…
It's Homework Time!

My girls both receive homework, they are expected to read a ‘reader’ daily, this task is no hardship to my girls who have experienced reading as a regular part of daily life since birth.. in fact since in…
Is it Obsession or Genius?

My son does well at math, but science may be his favorite subject in school. Kai has a passion for learning about things, whether it is creatures, plants, planets, or pretty much anything else. He is very curious a…
The Butterfly Effect and Autism

Highschoolboy is having a really hard year in algebra II. I don’t think he is headed for a college degree in mathematics, to put it mildly. He had made some progress on the last few tests, bringing his grade up a…
A "thing" for numbers

My son has a thing about numbers. I mean, he REALLY has a thing about numbers. This fascination manifested itself from a relatively early age. When Kai first started saying a few words, we found out that he sees n…
A Proud Math Student

This is Zoe, who studies math with me. She has come so far this year and last! I’m proud of her hard work, and wanted to show you her system for multiplying. It is often hard for her to remember all the times…
Acting my age, or not

It's like pulling teeth to write a normal, cohesive post right now. I'm convinced in the lithium. I'll ask my doctor, but isn't it a known fact that people with bipolar lose their creativity when they're on meds?…
Autism and Math

No, I’m not suggesting autistic people are automatically brilliant mathematicians (says the person who can calculate basic operations in my head at breakneck speed, often visualizing a typeface to represent…
Teaching Math

I step out into the kitchen– my skills in the gentle art of persuasion begin flag – I need a deep breath before starting the other three double digit multiplication sums. I estimate that if it’s ta…