18 Tips for Sharpening Your Child’s Math Skills (395 hits)
Shorter Is Better Avoid overtaxing an ADHD child’s focus by assigning him every second, third, or fourth math problem, not all of them. Make sure that the problems you do assign address the math skills you want him to master. Use the same principle for homework assignments.
Keep Sample Problems Front and Center Keep a step-by-step model of a problem on the board, listing the steps taken for solving it. Some students with ADHD have working memory problems and can’t hold the problem in mind as they look back and forth from the board. Write the same problem in the same spot everyday. Number (don’t use letters) the steps in the order they are to be completed.
Ease Word Problem Challenges Word problems are tough for everyone, but especially for kids with ADHD. Make word problems more concrete and visual to help them meet the challenge. Have them… > circle needed facts in the problem > X out any unnecessary facts > Underline the strategy or phrase (“How much did she spend?”)
