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Smiling girl stands by a blackboard showing a step-by-step breakdown of 43 × 2 using number decomposition—a dyscalculia strategy to simplify math

How To Help A Child With Dyscalculia

Many kids struggle with math at some point in their academic careers. Yet others show continuous math challenges that never seem to ease, regardless of the topic. Such children, if diagnosed, may in fact have dyscalculia. Kids with dyscalculia often become frustrated when completing math work, struggle to learn basic facts and simple concepts, and show difficulties with math terminology. Help your child with dyscalculia build stronger math skills with the ideas detailed below.

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Two girls smile while reading a book together, an approach that can help students showing dysgraphia signs like difficulty with handwriting or written expression.

Does Your Child Have Dysgraphia?

Your child struggles to properly hold a pencil. His handwriting is messy and he has trouble with letter spacing and spelling. Writing a paragraph is a completely daunting task. If your child experiences these challenges, he may have dysgraphia.

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Colorful plastic letters scattered on a wooden surface, symbolizing letter confusion—an issue supported by dyslexia reading apps that aid in letter recognition and decoding skills.

Best Apps For Kids With Dyslexia

Kids with dyslexia tend to struggle with reading and writing. They often have difficulty blending sounds together to form words and ‎expressing their thoughts effectively on paper. While traditional structured approaches are useful for building these skills, there are many fun, interactive apps that students with dyslexia can use to help further strengthen their reading and writing skills.

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A young girl with glasses holds books, symbolizing her independence in completing homework

When Do You Let Your Kids Do Homework on Their Own?

With demands at schools increasing rapidly, many kids are receiving more complex and challenging assignments and projects. It can be tempting to immediately jump right in and help your child tackle this work, without giving her the opportunity to try it on her own.

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