Rapunzel times
Does anyone have any hints on teaching the times tables? I am trying to teach them to Rapunzel this summer. We use flash cards and timed tests, punctuated with bouts of ruining Sim's lives and snacks and games with Chase. I see a lot of progress but is there an easier way? She is enrolled in summer school for help in Math but reportedly they are only doing Art and Reading and PE so her parents asked me if I would help her. I advised them to leave her enrolled to get all the extra reading practice she can. One can never read too well, right Kafryn? Rapunzel will be going into the third grade. We want her to be up to snuff. (Not that I want her to sniff snuff.)
posted by Jailgy @ 7:04 PM
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Have you taught her the tricks?
or make her a cross-referencing grid chart like you made me :)
So far she knows the 0s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s and 11s. So that is more than half, albeit the easy half.
Don't look at me, Dad promised me a French Provincial Canopy Bed if I learned mine. Like anything worth learning, Music, Art, or Dance, it's all in the reptition.
Make a grid of all the facts. Cross off all the doubles-they are easy to learn. i.e., 5x5-25. Cross off all the repeats. i.e., keep 4x5=20, but cross off 5x4=20. You'll find there are very few left to memorize!
Nines are easy. 3x9=27. Notice that the 2 and the 7 equal 9 and that the 2 part is one less than the 3 in the multiplier. It goes for all the 9's up to 10x9.
56=7x8. 5678.
Keep up using the timed tests. They are great. It increases the rapidity of instantaneous facts. There are progressive ones available. (harder and harder) I use to have some but don't anymore and can't remember who made them. Searh the net.
Say, "4x7 equals 28". Repeat facts like that all the time. (Start with 1x7=7, 2x7=14, 3x7=21, etc.)Pretty soon she'll leave off repeating the whole formula and just have the answer.
Give her a half filled in grid. Let her finish it.
Have her count by 4's, 6's, etc.
Flash cards are great. Time her. Have her try to beat her own time. Have her race against someone else--even her little sister. Mom did that with Soup and Snutch and you and I chimed right in. (Much to their chagrin!)
If I have any more ideas I'll let you know.
Try not to let her use her fingers. It can be a life-long impediment. Ask LJ.
5x5=25. I need better bifocals. Can't see the difference between the - and = keys.
Mom tried everything, even putting them to music.
I admit that I am mathmatically challenged (well, stumped is more like it) but the few times tables components I can remember are the ones I remember singing. The rhyming ones! 6x8=48 etc. I have holes in my brain. Is she musical at all?
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