Here’s an addition workbook for helping children with Down Syndrome and other special needs learn to add with the help of a rekenrek. It follows Simply Addition Level 1 (FREE) and Simply Subtraction Level 1, and it teaches children to add numbers up to twenty.

With the help of a rekenrek, parents and teachers of children with special needs should no longer fear teaching the “dreaded double digits”. A rekenrek is a simple but ingenious little math manipulative that helps students see, understand, and compare quantities. I made this series because it was only after introducing a rekenrek that my son with Down Syndrome began to develop number sense and accuracy in adding numbers. But I could not find a Down-syndrome friendly math program that was based on using a rekenrek. So I had to make one.

To make life easier for teachers and parents, the teacher’s guide is included in the workbook. For example:

The large fonts and uncluttered worksheets make it easier for students to focus and write:

As always, continuous review helps students remember and master previously-learned material:

And visually supported word problems help students see how math can be used in real life:

I recommend printing two copies of the workbook, so you can demonstrate or work together in your copy and then another day, let your student work independently in his/her copy.

Simply Addition Level 2 is available at Teachers Pay Teachers or you can purchase a bound copy at Amazon.

Here is a preview:

Stay tuned for the Simply Addition Level 2 flashcards!

For a complete listing of all my Down-syndrome friendly math resources, see my Math Resource page.

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