Being dyslexic, reading & comprehension have always been a difficult struggle.
Over the years, coping skills have been developed,
both intuitively
&
intentionally.
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| Amazon Link : amazon.com/Heres-Looking-Euclid-Surprising-Astonishing |
While reading the book "Here's Looking at Euclid" , a vivid memory of kindergarten came to mind: "across the sky & down from heaven, that's the way we write a seven". I remember finding extreme comfort as a young one, realizing at that moment, barely sitting still on the carpeted floor of the library : numbers are not random scribbles.
There was hope!
Now with a blessed preschooler learning her numbers, MissMommy went on an internet field-trip on search for the fun rhymes that had brought such comfort & revelation back in the day.
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| Great Website on Math: http://www.mathforgrownups.com/ode-to-special-numbers/ |
Collected from several different online chat rooms:
0 - Around to my left to find my hero, back to the top, I've made a zero
1 - A downward stroke, My that's fun. Now I've made the number one.
2 - Half a heart says, "I love you." A line. Now I've made the number two.
3 - Around the tree, Around the tree, Now I've made the number three
4 - Down and across and down once more. Now I've made the number four
5 - The hat. The back. The belly. It's a five. Watch out, it might come alive
6 - Bend down low to pick up sticks. Now I've made the number six.
7 - Across the sky and down from heaven. Now I've made the number seven
8 - Make an "S" and close the gate. Now I've made the number eight.
9 - Make an oval and a line. Now I've made the number nine.
10 - One egg laid by a hen. Now I've made the number ten.
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| http://www.nationalkindergartenreadiness.com/2011/04/number-tracing-pre-k-worksheets/ |
Tracing worksheets available at national kindergarten readiness website.
Number 1 is like a stick,
One straight line that is very quick.
For number 2, go right around,
Then make a line across the ground.
Go right around, what will it be?
Go round again to make a 3.
Down and over, and down some more.
That’s the way to make a 4.
Go down and around, then you stop,
Finish the 5 with a line on top.
Make a curve, then make a loop,
There are no tricks to make a 6.
Across the sky and down from heaven,
That’s the way to make a 7.
Make a “S” and then don’t wait,
Go up again to make an 8.
Make a loop and then a line,
That’s the way to make a 9.
Make a 1 and then an 0 –
10 are all your fingers, you know
One straight line that is very quick.
For number 2, go right around,
Then make a line across the ground.
Go right around, what will it be?
Go round again to make a 3.
Down and over, and down some more.
That’s the way to make a 4.
Go down and around, then you stop,
Finish the 5 with a line on top.
Make a curve, then make a loop,
There are no tricks to make a 6.
Across the sky and down from heaven,
That’s the way to make a 7.
Make a “S” and then don’t wait,
Go up again to make an 8.
Make a loop and then a line,
That’s the way to make a 9.
Make a 1 and then an 0 –
10 are all your fingers, you know
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| http://liz-chan.blogspot.com/2011/06/woody-number-set-and-dyi.html |
Around and round and round we go, when we get home we have a 0.
Start at the top and down we run, that's the way we make a 1.
Around and back on the railroad track, 2, 2, 2.
Around the tree and around the tree, that's the way we make a 3.
Down and over and down some more, that's the way we make a 4.
Down and around and a flag on high, that's the way we make a 5.
Around to a loop, number 6 rolls a hoop.
Across the sky and down from heaven, that's the way we make a 7.
Make an S and do not wait, when we get home we have an 8.
Make a loop and then a line, that's the way we make a 9.
