Articles About Numicon and Multi Sensory Maths

Here are some articles about Numicon and multi sensory maths and some links to articles about making children's maths fun, maths ideas, maths research and anything else that we think you may find useful. This page will be updated so make sure you come back to read more.

SEn Magazine: May/June 2008 Issue 34

Dyscalculia by Steve Chinn
Dyscalculia is a specific learning difficulty that hinders the learning of mathematics. It may occur as a single specific learning difficulty for a child or it may co-occur with other specific learning difficulties, the most likely of which are dyslexia and dyspraxia...
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Special Children: 182 April/May 2008

Focus on... Every Child Counts
The interim report of the Williams review of primary and early year maths includes preliminary recommendations about Every Child Counts, the catch-up programme for 5- to 7-year olds. Special Children summarises its proposals.
Read the Interim Report

Resource round-up: Early year mathematics
This year's Educaton Show at the NEC, Birmingham saw the launch of a new teaching resource for early years mathematics. The Numicon Firm Foundations kit...
Find out more about our Firm Foundations Kit here

Nursery World: 10 April 2008

Enabling Environments: Let's explore... Pattern by Judith Stevens
Sometimes overlooked or left to art activities, pattern is fundemental to children's understanding of mathematics.
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Special - Supporting and developing good practice: March 2008

Down syndrome: Conference notes by Jo Haines
Jo Haines spent an informative day in Bradford learning more about inclusion… organised by Dr Wendy Uttley (one of our Accredited Trainers).
'The use of structured schems such as Numicon and Stern maths as well as practical apparatus such as cuisenaire rods and the use of real money in real-life situations were considered.'

TES Primary: March 12 2004

Adding it up in the real world by Adam Jezard
A report on the Numicon approach that draws on the senses and the sense behind mathematics.
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Dyslexia Review: Spring 2005

Playing to Children's strenghts in Maths by Romey Tacon
An article considering how Numicon supports dyslexic pupils in maths.
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