99th percentile in math but dyslexic

[Anonymous]

My rising 4th grader wants to do math enrichment over the summer break. Specifically asked for Mathnasium since a good friend is enrolled but I’m skeptical bc its worksheet based.
Any recommendations (in-person near Alexandria or virtual) for a dyslexic child that mental math comes naturally to (99th percentile on independent schools SOL-type exam, DC had adult reader accommodation).

[Anonymous]

Videos like https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/prealgebra

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My rising 4th grader wants to do math enrichment over the summer break. Specifically asked for Mathnasium since a good friend is enrolled but I’m skeptical bc its worksheet based.
Any recommendations (in-person near Alexandria or virtual) for a dyslexic child that mental math comes naturally to (99th percentile on independent schools SOL-type exam, DC had adult reader accommodation).

What's their reading level?
Maybe look at these: https://www.rainbowresource.com/category/7660/Visible-Thinking-in-Mathematics.html
https://www.didax.com/leap
https://www.didax.com/working-with-pentominoes-gr-4-8.html
https://www.criticalthinking.com/balance-benders-level-1.html
https://www.criticalthinking.com/mathematical-reasoning-grades-4-6-supplement.html

How do they do on written word problems? Can they read well enough to understand a textbook or instructions for a problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My rising 4th grader wants to do math enrichment over the summer break. Specifically asked for Mathnasium since a good friend is enrolled but I’m skeptical bc its worksheet based.
Any recommendations (in-person near Alexandria or virtual) for a dyslexic child that mental math comes naturally to (99th percentile on independent schools SOL-type exam, DC had adult reader accommodation).

What's their reading level?
Maybe look at these: https://www.rainbowresource.com/category/7660/Visible-Thinking-in-Mathematics.html
https://www.didax.com/leap
https://www.didax.com/working-with-pentominoes-gr-4-8.html
https://www.criticalthinking.com/balance-benders-level-1.html
https://www.criticalthinking.com/mathematical-reasoning-grades-4-6-supplement.html

How do they do on written word problems? Can they read well enough to understand a textbook or instructions for a problem?

No, DC’s un-aided word recognition/ reading accuracy is not proficient enough for a grade level textbook or even written word problems to be worth the time/effort. Perhaps we can try those text-to-voice pens though.

Thanks so much for the links; I will look into them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Videos like https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/prealgebra

Thanks! We watched the linked video last night and at least it kept her engaged… long enough to say “I already know that!!”

I’ll have to spend more time on the site though bc I did notice they have a ton of content.
What is the difference between Art of Problem Solving and Beast Academy?

Does anyone have feedback on their digital platform? Worth the money?

[Anonymous]

Khan Academy class?

My DC is also math oriented and has very severe dyslexia and dysgraphia. One thing we did was use the summers to practice keyboarding - ~20 minutes each day. I would do the tests to get him to the next level since he never was fast enough. He improved a bit each year. We also listened to a ton of books at his cognitive level (we mined the Newberry Award winners and runners up) - this helped him keep up his vocabulary, language, background knowledge, and increasingly complex plot and character developments.

He loved Minute Physics, Numberfile, Stand Up Maths - and things like that on YouTube

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Videos like https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/prealgebra

Thanks! We watched the linked video last night and at least it kept her engaged… long enough to say “I already know that!!”

I’ll have to spend more time on the site though bc I did notice they have a ton of content.
What is the difference between Art of Problem Solving and Beast Academy?

Does anyone have feedback on their digital platform? Worth the money?

Beast Academy is newer and for younger grades (1-5, advanced). Comic book plus workbook and/or online work. Quite good, but text reading that you are eaoeies about.

They have free videos for prealgebra, algebra, and extension topics, all Richard lecturing like OG Khan Academy style. Not modern, but decent quality and the math is very good.

Alcumus is free advanced-level homework platform for prealgebra+ but that is text reading which you are worried about.

Excellent Math Games:
Dragonbox is the classic visual prealgebra/algebra app.

Euclidea and
Pythagorea for Geometry, very visual.

Simon Tatham's Puzzle Collection.

Also try math YouTube but that is mostly middle school and older. 3B1B, Mathologer, Numberphile, Standup Maths.

If you search YouTube for AMC 8, Math Kangaroo, Marhcounts, and browse related videos, you might find more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Videos like https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/prealgebra

Thanks! We watched the linked video last night and at least it kept her engaged… long enough to say “I already know that!!”

I’ll have to spend more time on the site though bc I did notice they have a ton of content.
What is the difference between Art of Problem Solving and Beast Academy?

Does anyone have feedback on their digital platform? Worth the money?

I didn't link a specific video, but a long list of videos. The first chapter is just basic arithmetic but it goes on to more interesting topics in later chapters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Videos like https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/prealgebra

Thanks! We watched the linked video last night and at least it kept her engaged… long enough to say “I already know that!!”

I’ll have to spend more time on the site though bc I did notice they have a ton of content.
What is the difference between Art of Problem Solving and Beast Academy?

Does anyone have feedback on their digital platform? Worth the money?

I didn't link a specific video, but a long list of videos. The first chapter is just basic arithmetic but it goes on to more interesting topics in later chapters

Ah yes, you are correct. I forgot that she clicked on the first video in a list. I’m glad you pointed that out; I’ll go back and scan the later topics now. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Khan Academy class?

My DC is also math oriented and has very severe dyslexia and dysgraphia. One thing we did was use the summers to practice keyboarding - ~20 minutes each day. I would do the tests to get him to the next level since he never was fast enough. He improved a bit each year. We also listened to a ton of books at his cognitive level (we mined the Newberry Award winners and runners up) - this helped him keep up his vocabulary, language, background knowledge, and increasingly complex plot and character developments.

He loved Minute Physics, Numberfile, Stand Up Maths - and things like that on YouTube

Thank you for taking the time to write this! Our children sound quite similar, and I think mine will enjoy several of the things you’ve mentioned.
Curious: what audio book app to you/your son prefer? The two that the school provides access to do not have many award winners or even runner ups.
Also, DC has recently been asking for books that have color coding (or some other type of guided reading markings). Any recommendations for those?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Videos like https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/prealgebra

Thanks! We watched the linked video last night and at least it kept her engaged… long enough to say “I already know that!!”

I’ll have to spend more time on the site though bc I did notice they have a ton of content.
What is the difference between Art of Problem Solving and Beast Academy?

Does anyone have feedback on their digital platform? Worth the money?

Beast Academy is newer and for younger grades (1-5, advanced). Comic book plus workbook and/or online work. Quite good, but text reading that you are eaoeies about.

They have free videos for prealgebra, algebra, and extension topics, all Richard lecturing like OG Khan Academy style. Not modern, but decent quality and the math is very good.

Alcumus is free advanced-level homework platform for prealgebra+ but that is text reading which you are worried about.

Excellent Math Games:
Dragonbox is the classic visual prealgebra/algebra app.

Euclidea and
Pythagorea for Geometry, very visual.

Simon Tatham's Puzzle Collection.

Also try math YouTube but that is mostly middle school and older. 3B1B, Mathologer, Numberphile, Standup Maths.

If you search YouTube for AMC 8, Math Kangaroo, Marhcounts, and browse related videos, you might find more.

Thank you! I will make note of the reccs for pre-algebra and later content. Beast Academy online seems a good fit for this summer if we can figure out how to help w/ the text reading.

DC attends a private school that seems to be at least one year behind in math compared to FCPS. Pre-algebra isn’t taught until 7th grade. Maybe I’ll start covering some of the intro concepts at home this summer and see how it goes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Khan Academy class?

My DC is also math oriented and has very severe dyslexia and dysgraphia. One thing we did was use the summers to practice keyboarding - ~20 minutes each day. I would do the tests to get him to the next level since he never was fast enough. He improved a bit each year. We also listened to a ton of books at his cognitive level (we mined the Newberry Award winners and runners up) - this helped him keep up his vocabulary, language, background knowledge, and increasingly complex plot and character developments.

He loved Minute Physics, Numberfile, Stand Up Maths - and things like that on YouTube

Thank you for taking the time to write this! Our children sound quite similar, and I think mine will enjoy several of the things you’ve mentioned.
Curious: what audio book app to you/your son prefer? The two that the school provides access to do not have many award winners or even runner ups.
Also, DC has recently been asking for books that have color coding (or some other type of guided reading markings). Any recommendations for those?

He is a bit older and we found the audio books on CD at Arlington Central Library, they had the best selection in the area. As technology changed, we would convert the CDs first to a thumb drive to use in the car and now to our phone.

He used Learning Ally and BookShare and Virginia AIM for school books. Learning Ally was best for literature and early grades, BookShare was best for textbooks all the way up through college. Virginia AIM was what the K-12 schools used if neither Learning Ally nor BookShare had them. His colleges also had a machine to transfer books to pdf and then his Kurzweil could read it.

I don’t know about books with color coding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Khan Academy class?

My DC is also math oriented and has very severe dyslexia and dysgraphia. One thing we did was use the summers to practice keyboarding - ~20 minutes each day. I would do the tests to get him to the next level since he never was fast enough. He improved a bit each year. We also listened to a ton of books at his cognitive level (we mined the Newberry Award winners and runners up) - this helped him keep up his vocabulary, language, background knowledge, and increasingly complex plot and character developments.

He loved Minute Physics, Numberfile, Stand Up Maths - and things like that on YouTube

Thank you for taking the time to write this! Our children sound quite similar, and I think mine will enjoy several of the things you’ve mentioned.
Curious: what audio book app to you/your son prefer? The two that the school provides access to do not have many award winners or even runner ups.
Also, DC has recently been asking for books that have color coding (or some other type of guided reading markings). Any recommendations for those?

He is a bit older and we found the audio books on CD at Arlington Central Library, they had the best selection in the area. As technology changed, we would convert the CDs first to a thumb drive to use in the car and now to our phone.

He used Learning Ally and BookShare and Virginia AIM for school books. Learning Ally was best for literature and early grades, BookShare was best for textbooks all the way up through college. Virginia AIM was what the K-12 schools used if neither Learning Ally nor BookShare had them. His colleges also had a machine to transfer books to pdf and then his Kurzweil could read it.

I don’t know about books with color coding.

Wow, thank you! You have no idea how helpful you have been. I truly appreciate it.