Using Math Games to Develop Number Sense, Combat Anxiety & Differentiate Instruction

Think of three words to describe your math students’ attitude towards math. Did excited, engaged and enthusiastic come to mind? Or something more like anxious, avoidant and confused? We know that math anxiety shuts down students’ brains, that most students hate the amount of practice needed to memorize math facts and master procedures, and that if a student is missing number sense they are dead in the water. Join BCET Diana Black Kennedy to learn how and why games are key to teaching math, and most importantly, to learn a whole bunch of them!

  • Southern California Tri-Counties International Dyslexia Association, August 2025
  • Association of Educational Therapists Webinar Series, April 2023

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Hi Diana,

Thanks so much for your workshop on gamifying math practice with students.  You did what you always do, carefully taking us through the process of looking at the variety of learning profiles our students bring with them, what research says about what succeeds in teaching them, and then the big payoff…how to update our practices to meet those needs and how to do it well!

Your thoroughness, broad perspectives, and depth of knowledge continue to keep all of us Ed Therapists in Northern California up to speed in so many areas of our specialty.  Thanks for all your research and organizing it with your experience to teach us so well!

Rick MasonMA, Educational Therapist, Reading Specialist

Great descriptions of difficulties students have and excellent activities to use. Diana had a great fund of knowledge and is able to explain it well.

Webinar Participant

I attended your talk on math learning disabilities at the NCTM conference last week. I’m so grateful for the information you presented. What I learned in your session will definitely change my practice.

Zoie

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