Multisensory math is beneficial for all students but essential for students who display a difficulty or a learning difference in mathematics known as dyscalculia.

Beginning with the concrete, students learn to associate quantities or values with symbols we call “numbers.” Students move to understanding patterns in math, using quick visualization techniques, known as subitizing, to help them count and compute, They begin to utilize reasoning skills when problem solving.

Multisensory instruction in math is important for students with language-based learning differences.  Even though these students do not necessarily have a math-based disability, there is so much language involved in mathematical understanding that a multisensory approach is essential in making abstract language take on concrete meaning.

Learning Specialists at EtB use manipulatives, near-point visuals, and other tools and tricks to develop an understanding of how numbers work and the relationship numbers have with our everyday world. A deep connection with numbers and language is also provided, guiding students to understand terms and concepts, instead of just “memorizing procedures for the test.”

Guiding students from using concrete objects to pictures to words provides learners with a solid foundation for more advanced concepts to be taught and absorbed with understanding.

At Engage the Brain, a dedicated math Learning Specialist helps children master skills involving:

• Number Sense and Numeracy
• Fact Accuracy
• Computation with Understanding
• Concepts and Applications
• Word Problems with Understanding

Our math Learning Specialists can support learners in Elementary Math through Pre-Calculus.