Millie Moreorless , developed by Enabling Play based in the UK, has won gold honors in the 2016 International Serious Play Awards competition under the K-12 Math for Special Ed category. Millie Moreorless is an innovative new Serious Game for iPad and iPhone co-designed and tested with children with Down Syndrome to ensure that it is inclusive and accessible for players of all abilities. Based on pioneering scientific research, the game is driven by a mathematical principle called “Magnitude”, which is the instinctive ability to discriminate between arrays of different quantity or to recognize that 7 dots is more than 6 dots without counting them. This ability is believed by some scientists to be the foundation of all subsequent maths learning The theory is that this sense for magnitude is developed in childhood and underpins all subsequent mathematical ability. The research suggests that children with Down's Syndrome develop their magnitude sense more slowly th
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