Autism: Which math curriculum do your kids use?

[aristocatz]

Weird question, I know but I would love your input if you happen to know!

I'm looking for all ages, Kindergarten on.

Thanks!

 

[bookwormde]

Our school district uses trailblazers, it is the antithesis of what most of our kids need. A good old-fashioned 1970’s test book is best. All the social scenarios and word problems prevents our kids from leaning the core concepts.

bookwormde

 

[LMC]

I used Math U See with my son. He still does not know his multiplication tables by memory (he is 15yo now) but he knows the concept of multiplication after using this method when he was younger so he can "figure" out a multiplication problem when he needs to. You use color coded blocks to teach and it comes with an instruction video

 

[bookwormde]

Often manipluatives are very helpful also

bookwormde

 

[lucigo]

My son is in 1st grade and is one of those who taught himself to count, add, and subtract before starting school (and read), so his teacher was a little afraid he would be bored but at the same time was worried that he has to learn a lot of other parts of math like word problems and estimating, etc. so didn't want to just jump ahead with him so he is staying on grade level and doing touch math, and his teacher says he is really enjoying it.

 

[disneymom3]

I used Math U See with my son. He still does not know his multiplication tables by memory (he is 15yo now) but he knows the concept of multiplication after using this method when he was younger so he can "figure" out a multiplication problem when he needs to. You use color coded blocks to teach and it comes with an instruction video

I SO wanted MUS to work for us. I loved the idea. But after weeks of crying and fighting (yeah, both of us were crying!!) Finally DS said to me, "It might be CALLED Math U See, but I DON'T see it and it's just stupid!" I decided we might need something else.

We homeschool and use Teaching Textbooks now and it's going fairly well. DS is not autistic but has several learning disabilities, memory recall being one of them as well as writing being pretty much imposible for him (if you can't remember what a 5 looks like, let alone what on earth you are supposed to do with your hand to make it form that shape, trying to write out your answers is beyond frustrating.) He can input all of his answers for TT right on the computer during the lessson so that takes a lot of stress off for him. Not sure if that would be available for public schools though.

 

[lucigo]

Not sure if this would help at all but check out Time4Learning.com, its a computer based homeschool/after school program and is great for more visual learners. Its only $20 a month and there are some examples on their web site.

 

[LMC]

DS is not autistic but has several learning disabilities, memory recall being one of them as well as writing being pretty much imposible for him (if you can't remember what a 5 looks like, let alone what on earth you are supposed to do with your hand to make it form that shape, trying to write out your answers is beyond frustrating.)

Sounds so familiar.....took DS 3 yrs of homeschool to learn the alphabet after being in private school K4, K5 twice, and 1st. google dyspraxia to see if any of it sounds familiar, not diagnosing just informing.

 

[disneymom3]

Sounds so familiar.....took DS 3 yrs of homeschool to learn the alphabet after being in private school K4, K5 twice, and 1st. google dyspraxia to see if any of it sounds familiar, not diagnosing just informing.

Thank you. I will look into it.

 

[lucigo]

My husband just found out he has an interview to teach ESE math at an elementary school close to Disney. He has a middle school math degree so we are going to use this information to research the different learning styles. This thread came at the perfect time!

 

[worm761]

DS has Asperger's. We use Saxon Math. He does well with it.

 

[Schmeck]

Our school district uses trailblazers, it is the antithesis of what most of our kids need. A good old-fashioned 1970’s test book is best. All the social scenarios and word problems prevents our kids from leaning the core concepts.

bookwormde

But at least there is exposure to social scenarios and word problems - once core concepts are learned, there's little use for them unless you can apply them. I mean, so what if a kid can multiply triple digits in his head, if he doesn't know when to apply it - that skill is useless.

 

[Emagine]

Not sure if this would help at all but check out Time4Learning.com, its a computer based homeschool/after school program and is great for more visual learners. Its only $20 a month and there are some examples on their web site.

I homeschool my kiddos now and my Autistic kiddo loves Time for learning. The pedi recommended it after the school sorta failed him. He has learned subjects the school said he was not able too. I use T4L as the core and supplement.

Also touch math got the ball rolling for him. As it did with my 4 year old. With my older one I slowly took away the dots and it became memory.

Hth