This cannot be taken as disease; this is just a difficulty in learning mathematics. This can also be referred to an arithmetic difficulty, children usually face problem in calculating time and measurements. But this doesn’t mean that the child has a poor academic performance rather the child could be exceptionally good in reading, speaking, writing other subjects. Some symptoms of dyscalculia are confusion in reading clock, time table, remembering mathematical rules and formulas, difficulty in using calculators, problem in identifying signs like multiplication, division, plus, minus. Children suffering from this face problem in checking total of bill after shopping or counting total items after shopping, face difficulty in keeping records and remembering scores.
Different types of dyscalculia are verbal dyscalculia which is identification disability of mathematical signs; operational dyscalculia is disability in memorizing rules of mathematics; development dyscalculia can be characterized by difficulty in counting; acalculia, where child’s disability to perform mathematical operation. Recovery methods are adopt new methods of teaching like ask the child to draw symbols and signs, with different colors, video, audio, games, plays. Have fun so that learning could be easier. Regular
practicing can help in improving things but before that you need to identify strength and weakness of your child.