Ronit Bird’s approach to teaching numeracy is that we should be teaching for understanding, in a hands-on and multisensory way, and not through rote-learning or memorized procedures. Working with concrete and highly visual materials, such as Cuisenaire rods, is an ideal way to explore numbers and the relationships between numbers in a way that enables children to discover facts for themselves and develop true conceptual understanding. Offering plenty of mathematical games is a good way of motivating children to spend time on those facts or topics that they need to practice, without their realizing how much learning and reinforcement is happening as they play. Ronit Bird is the author of The Dyscalculia Toolkit (2007, 2013, 2017 and 2021), Overcoming Dyscalculia & Difficulties with Number (2009 and 2022), and The Dyscalculia Resource Book (2011 and 2017). The Dyscalculia Toolkit is a practical manual of teaching activities and games aimed at teachers and parents of dyscalculic pupils
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