I need some help teaching the multiplication tables. We started out fine. The kids learned the tables through four (somewhat).We then came to a screeching halt. Does anyone have any ideas for games or activities that would start us in the right direction. This is getting serious. These kids are only going to be able serve dinner to no more than four people. They will never figure out how many forks to get out ! I am looking forward to many grandchildren. Help!
Well Donna my husband does most of the math with my children. But, I know one thing he does with the nines to help them remember is for example 9x3 eauals, one least then 3 is 2, and 2 plus what equals 9, 7 so the answer would be 27. another example 9x7 equals what well one least then 7 is 6 so 6 plus what makes 9, 3 so the answer is 63. Then we do alot of flash cards and keep them going and singing with them using the number game. Another good thing is when are all in the car we will give them some numbers and say ok tonight on the way to the store we are going to do all 6's and on the way home too. Boy, does that help, even though we are only a few blocks from store it still helps. I hope this help some. :lol:
We discovered something with the 9's too. All the answers equal 9.And the numbers are in order from 1-9 and the other from 9-1. 9x1=9 9x2=18 9x3=27 9x4=36 9x5=45 9x6=54 9x7=63 9x8=72 9x9=81 They know their answer is wrong if the answer will not add to 9. About the other numbers some just HAVE to be memorized, but some kind of rhyme - like 6x8 is 48. That helped us some too. Practice through your continued studies will help a lot. Don't sweat it - it will come! Sabrina
Ds calls it skip counting. I taught him how to count by 2's and then we learned 5's & 10's well...that wasn't good enough for him....next thing I knew he says mom I can skip by 8's and he did. A poster is a MUST. You can buy one or make one. You could you make some *sticks* you know for whatever number you are doing - let's say 7's. You make 12 sticks with seven *beans* glued on each one. Then start with one stick add another for 14 *beans* etc... It might help with the visual aspect of seeing the muliplication aspect of it. Sometimes flash cards are boring. :roll:
My son just pointed this out to me. Look at the answers. (Going down) Column one is 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Column two is 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. He said this is how he remembers his 9 times tables. Now if we can just find a way to remember the 7's and 8's. 9x1=09 9x2=18 9x3=27 9x4=36 9x5=45 9x6=54 9x7=63 9x8=72 9x9=81
On sevens count by seven and touch parts of your body... 7 top of head, 14 = neck, 21 left shoulder, 28 right shoulder, 35 stomach, 42 left hip, 49 right hip, 56 knees. 63 feet and 70 floor. shoulders are twenties, hips are the fourties. 7x8=56 count 5,6,7,8... On nines we turn down fingers. 7x9 = 63 ok both hands palms down, curl under the seven finger..(which is the other number than the nine. You see six fingers on one side of the seventh finger and three on the other side. equals 63. ok 9x3=27 same hands palms down in front of you turn under the 3rd finger and you see 2 fingers on one side and seven fingers on the other side. one more thing the first number of the answer is always one less than the number that isn't nine. Fives always end in 0 or 5. Tens always end in 0. 0 times any number is always 0. Make it fun use flashcards and if the student gets thru the set of facts in 26 seconds they get a gumball from the gumball machine. Get gumballs and gumball machine at the Dollar Store cheap. I made flashcards on yellow poster paper. Write in black. Students learn better if printed with black on yellow back ground. My cards are 1 1/2 by 3. Yellow recipe cards work great also. Petunia in Kansas.
