stationrefa.blogg.se - Easy times tables for kids

They need you to help them lock them into long term memory and they will best do that if you revise every now and then. Kids forget times tables if they're not used regularly.

Every now and then, take the time to drop back and refresh one of the 'known' times tables.

Teach to mastery - do not move on to the next times tables until your child has absolutely mastered the one they're on.

I'd strongly recommend sticking to the order mentioned above. You need to spend a few minutes each day, practicing the times tables with your child. I can't see how drill and practice can be avoided. I also have a jar of 1 and 2 cent pieces which is really handy for counting by 2s. Money is also a handy (and highly motivating) way to learn to count by 10s and 5s. You can also use an abacus to count by 10s, 2s, 5, then 3s and 4s.

Start by grouping objects in 2s, and counting by 2s. Helping children to understand exactly what times tables are (adding the same number repeatedly) starts with putting items into groups of the same quantity and adding in multiples - which leads to skip counting.

Sometimes we might slip the 11s in a bit earlier (as they’re fairly easy). To this day, in our tutoring centre, I pretty well still stick to this order. I kept a notebook of who went for which tables. Generally, the boys did their tables in the following order: 10s, 2s, 5s, 3s, 4s, 9s, 11s, 6s, 7s, and then 8s and 12s. We always had a times table chart for the boys to look at somewhere in the house (so they could practice when they felt inclined). So 2 x tables = $2, 3 x tables = $3, 4 x tables = $4, etc up to 12 x tables = $12. If they did the above successfully, then they’d get paid the equivalent amount in cold hard cash.

they’d answer 5 randoms: I’d choose 5 questions randomly e.g.

we’d say them backwards: 12 x 2 = _ 11 x 2 = _ 10 x 2 = _ all the way down to 1 x 2 = _.

we’d say them forwards: 1 x 2 = _ 2 x 2 = _ 3 x 3 = _ 4 x 3 = _ all the way up to 12 x 2 = _.

One of the methods that helped my 4 boys learn their times tables was Wishy’s Way.