Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Counting by Number

I have the learner stand on the balance board and hit the ball hanging from the ceiling while saying the numbers while counting by 2's, 3's, 4's, and etc.  We alternate hands while doing this. We also pattern by bouncing the balls to each other while saying the number pattern. The pattern is my right hand to their left hand, ball to their right hand and then the ball bounced to my left hand. Once the pattern is learned and the number set said aloud, we switch tossing the balls to the other direction.  We start with one ball and work up to four balls so each hand is doing something all the time.  This is a lot of fun while learning remedial math counting. Sometimes, I need to change where I am standing to the right or left instead of directly in front of the student to help a different part of the brain to focus on the number sequence.

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