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Memorizing the multiplication tables has been a chore for Ben. He still uses his fingers and is painfully slow at higher level multiplication because of it. Thankfully, I was sent Multiplication Teaching and Learning Made Easy by Glenda Brown James for review. This comb-bound book sells for $24.95 and contains 72 pages of everything you need for successful learning of multiplication facts.
I’ve been making things way to hard by trying to teach the facts table by table. This common sense approach makes so much sense!
First you eliminate the easy tables — 0’s, 5’s, 10’s, and 11’s because they are . . . well, easy.
Follow this by teaching the commutative property of multiplication — 8×7 = 8×7, and now you’re only left with 36 multiplication facts (instead of 120) that must be memorized. Cool!
The book then breaks these 36 facts into lesson plans for a total of 6 weeks, using color by number art, drill and application problems, code puzzles, number searches, word problems, flash cards, and games to not only teach and reinforce these facts, but to make them a lot of fun as well!
There’s a pretest and post test to validate that the process works. And it does work. Finally, after struggling with multiplication tables for what seems like forever, this process has made the difference for Ben.
Visit www.mathmadeeasy.org to purchase Multiplication Teaching and Learning Made Easy. While not a core math program, it is a wonderful supplement for your 3rd or 4th graders, or older students who need remediation in this area. At a cost of $24.95, it is well-worth the price.
Simple and effective . . . my two favorite words when it comes to anything math. This program is both.
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