Multiplication, ADD, Wildaboutmath
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Recently I got an request to review my booklet, “Numbers Juggling - Times without the Tables.” Request came from Sol Lederman, who runs the “Wildaboutmath” blog.
I’d heard that name before, but really couldn’t remember much about Sol, so I checked out his blog to see how serious it was.
Wow, it’s a great blog, full of lots of valuable information about math, how to learn and teach math, and the joy of math. You should definitely check it out.
Sol reviewed the booklet, and you can read his review here.
The review was generally positive, but Sol had a very valid and important criticism. Since the greatest value of the booklet is really in the seven follow-up e-mails in the e-mail course, it should be marketed as a course, rather than a booklet.
That got me thinking (as every good book-review should do). So now I am developing real, in-depth, home-study courses for each of the basic operations of arithmetic.
Each will be about thirty modules long. The modules will walk you through the basics to absolutely turbo-charged speed-math methods.
I’ll be telling you more about it as it develops. If you are interested drop me an e-mail. (Use the contact box near the upper right corner of this page).
Now on to the ADD part of this post. Many people who have problems with math have problems with attention, focus, concentration, etc. I am one of them. I have suffered with ADD for as long as I can remember. It was only “officially” diagnosed a few years ago.
As it happens, Sol suffers from it as well. Or suffered. He has a blog dedicated to journaling his recent “cure.” I have not met Sol, and cannot vouch for anything, but he seems very dedicated to describing his experiences honestly.
Let me say that I am a skeptic, down to my bones, and hope you take everything with a grain of salt.
But I would investigate what he has to say. I have subscribed to the RSS feed to his site, and intend to look into the methods he as used. You might want to take a look as well.
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Comment by Sol Lederman
Brian,
Thanks for writing about my blog. I’m glad to read that you’ll be developing in-depth home study courses. Your content and delivery meets a real need in the market. I would also recommend that you read Mark Wahl’s “Math for Humans” and see if you can incorporate more multisensory input for kids learning arithmetic. With that one added focus I think you’d have an unbeatable approach to mastering basic arithmetic.
You didn’t mention the URL of the Brain Integration blog. It’s http://BrainIntegrationBlog.com. You can subscribe via RSS or by email to get posts automaticallyv delivered to your mailbox when they’re posted to the blog.
I heartily agree with Brian - don’t believe everything you read. Take all information with a grain of salt. Do your own research. And, I invite you to be open enough to consider that I wouldn’t start a blog about having CURED a lifetime of ADD, where I make no money from it, unless Brain Integration Technique had a great impact on my life. I’m seriously considering making a life change to become certified in Brain Integration Technique so that I can correct ADD, dyslexia and a variety of learning challenges in others. It’s not something I would do if it didn’t mean so much to me. I’ve been around the alternative healing block for over 20 years, am very jaded, and I didn’t go chasing every therapy for ADD. But, something caught my interest with Brain Integration. There’s lots of neurological stuff in my family so I had a strong motivation to deal with brain stuff. And, after having tried diet, supplements, eliminating gluten and casein (dairy), emotional work, heavy metal removal, cleansing, emotional work, and other things that make sense, Brain Integration was the missing link. Your mileage may vary.