Maths Blog

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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Questions are the answer to multiplication tables, but not just WHAT, also WHERE!

Location, location, location! No we are not talking the property market ,nor where you are located in the world. What we are talking about is learning multiplication tables and how questions linked to location is the very best way for your children to learn their times tables.

What questions should you ask your children to help them remember and learn their tables?

To test our children when learning multiplication tables we usually ask questions all beginning with the word ‘WHAT’.

For example:

What is 6 x 8?

What is 9 x 6?

It seems obvious that asking ‘WHAT’ this is the right thing to ask.

It is ‘a’ right thing to ask, however, there is another question, a very powerful question that can be asked that will aid and massively increase children’s ability in remembering their multiplication tables.

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Activities and learning resources for learning maths and multiplication tables

Have you noticed that children find it difficult to sit still while learning maths, particularly when learning multiplication tables by rote learning. When sitting still for too long their concentration can wonder so what learning resources do you have to help maintain their concentration on maths and multiplication tables?

What activities can you encourage your children to do to help them stay focused on their times tables?

Put simply what can you do when you are at home and want to help your children with their maths and multiplication tables and maintain their concentration, focus and energy at the same time?

The answer is simple and believe it or not you have the necessary learning resources to help your children right at your fingertips. What resources?

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