Maths Blog

How to Learn Times Tables so that your children know the answers INSTANTLY

Deb Russell recently wrote an article that you can read at about.com (mathematics) entitled ‘Times Tables in 21 Days’.

She highlights how essential it is for a child to learn times tables well for both school and for their later lives and points out that teachers have little time these days to make sure that children have learned the tables well.

If a child does not know the tables this could have detrimental consequences for school success.

Deb therefore reviews and summarises a number of the ideas that are used in an attempt to increase children’s abilities to learn times tables.

We love Deb’s article and would like to help parents further by highlighting the very best method that enables your children to learn times tables easily, quickly and with an Instant Recall ability, and yes, we do mean a 100% INSTANT RECALL ability.

How do you find out what the very best method is?

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When your children are learning times tables what do you need to make it quick and easy?

The amount that children have to learn at school is much greater than it used to be and this has led to teachers giving less time for children to learn times tables.

To properly learn times tables, parents as well as teachers need to provide help to their children.

How to learn times tables? Help is at hand here today!

The methods available for learning times tables appear vast so how can you or any other parent know what will work and what will not?  What is the very best thing to do that makes it very quick & easy for your children to learn.

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The Learning Well Announces Free Times Tables and Mental Maths Workshops for 2010

The Learning Well is launching a series of Free Workshops to help parents help their children aged 5 to 13 easily remember the times tables and mental maths.

These Free Workshops are taking place all over London and the surrounding areas.

Once you have been to a Workshop you will know the secret to 100% Instant Recall of times tables for your children.

To attend and book the Free Workshops, Parents can visit www.Meetup.com/The-Learning-well

Many parents struggle to help their children learn times tables using rote learning which children find boring and dull.

There is an easy, enjoyable way to remember the times tables if you know where to look. So, where do you find he answer? Who can give you this answer?  How do you start?

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A Maths Puzzle

Is it a problem? When it comes to maths do not call it a problem otherwise it will be!

The words you use can have a tremendous affect on how we view something.

Do you notice how when a child is given maths homework that the written questions are often called ‘problems’.

How do you feel when you think of a problem? 

It is something that you think of as an easy thing to deal with or do you think of a problem as being difficult, an obstacle to be overcome?

A friend of mine asked my advice because he could not motivate his son to do any maths problems at home. After talking to his son I told him that the ‘problem’ is in fact the ‘problem’.  The problem was the use of the words ‘maths problems’ and that there was an easy way to motivate his son to enjoy and do maths. Here is what I did.

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