TOUCH MATH

I home school other people’s children and I may be having a new student with neurological concerns which affect her academically. In your experience, may this touch math be a viable option? Also, I live in Bermuda and I want the most reasonable way to locate materials to teach me and the student how to use touch math.

Hi Elaine,

Touch Math works for most any student, but is was especially created for the
child who may be learning challenged in math. It is very helpful for children
who have trouble with mental math. This gives the student a concrete way
of solving basic math problems.

I can’t say enough about Touch Math, because without it, I don’t know how
my son would have gotten as far as he has.

The only address I have is the one I listed before, although I did hear that
it can be found on the Internet. If for some reason, the address if no longer
a good one or if you cannot locate them on the net, please post again and
let me know, and I will either try to find out a new address or website for
you or if nothing else, I will be happy to make up a small booklet of instructions
so that you may learn it and teach your students who need it.

Carol

Hi Elaine,

Decided to do some checking on the net about Touch Math after I answered
your post.

You can find Touch Math Concepts on the net, by typing just that. Hope
it works for you and your students.

Good Luck,
Carol

Website is http://www.citycreek.com

The sped teacher at my daughter’s school was using Touch Math, but some students were still having major problems, especially with retention. I lent her my MFTFW materials and they were so effective that she is ordering them for the school next year. I don’t know if she’s abandoning Touch Math or not. I just know she’s adding Math Facts the Fun Way.

Mary

MaryMN,

I am really surprized to hear that Touch Math did not work for some of the students. My son has short term memory and he has done very well with it.
But, as we all know, all children are not alike . I would be curious as to what
part of the Touch Math was causing the problem. Was it memorizing the sequence counting. If so, yes, this is a lot of information to retain, but it has to be done over a gradual period of time. My son reviews his sequence counting chart everyday and has done this for the past 3 years. It has been a slow, gradual process, but he almost has it down to memory now. I also keep it in front of him while he is doing his math and will continue to do this until he has it down pat. Some may never be able to retain all of it and this is why certain modifications have to be made for the learning challenged child.

I would be interested in learning more about the math that you mentioned.
Where does one find more information about it and for what age group is
it appropriate.

Thanks for your input. I’m always looking for good ideas for learning challenged children, so that I too, can pass it on too others.

Thanks,
Carol

The website for Math Facts the Fun Way is fairly informative, and the materials are not expensive. Website is http://www.citycreek.com

It may be that Touch Math would have worked for all of the children eventually. It’s just that one of the children was 13yo and still working on the 3-times multiplication table. This is the school’s first year and the boy had made very little progress during the bulk of the school year (and he faces 8th grade mandatory testing next year), so the sped teacher was willing to try my materials for MFTFW. She teaches in small groups, so she did it with the entire group. It went so much faster, and retention was so much better, she is switching to this approach for next year.

I think retention is good with MFTFW because (1) children tend to remember stories easily (who among us has forgotten the story of the Three Little Pigs?), and (2) the stories are reinforced with colorful pictures. Also, the approach encourages personalization of the stories by telling them to each other, talking about them, making flash cards for them, etc. The sped teacher said that whenever a child couldn’t remember one of the facts, all she had to do was remind him to think about the story, and he got it. She was also happy to find out the approach includes division facts.

Hope this helps some.

Mary

Please could you mail me a lesson on this with description.

Myola,

Sorry it has taken so long for me to reply back to your message. We have been on vacation.

I don’t have lessons on Touch Math that I can mail you, but if you are interested in this program, you can find out more by going to the Touch Math
Concepts website. They have a demo that might help you as to whether or not
this program might be beneficial to you.

Carol

Hello, We have a 16 yo(almost)daughter,and she is ADDw/LD,and mild CP(a little slower in gross & fine motor skills).I homeschool her,and math is her weak point,as well as reading.Is on 5-6th grade level in most of her subjects.Would like to know more about this”touch math”program.My dgtr. has great difficulty!I have only homeschooled her since late 9/00.It`s hard.Elaine wrote:
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> I home school other people’s children and I may be having a
> new student with neurological concerns which affect her
> academically. In your experience, may this touch math be a
> viable option? Also, I live in Bermuda and I want the most
> reasonable way to locate materials to teach me and the
> student how to use touch math.