We all need to learn the multiplication table in order to learn multiplication.

Memorizing the times tables grid may be one of the most classic and effective way to master multiplication but plainly remembering the contents of the grid may be too boring, particularly to a third grader. Adults know how mastering the multiplication table feels like and you would expect your kids to probably experience the same thing. Fortunately, the kids of this generation have something that many of the adults in the past did not enjoy yet – the power of the internet.

There are now so many learning resources that are found in the internet and this include games to appreciate and memorize the times table grid. Parents can help direct their kids to the many online resources on learning multiplication. There are bingo games, fill in the blank games and other exciting online games that your kid can do on their own or with a companion.

If you have read Tony Robbins’ Unlimited Power you will know that a person’s state of mind has a huge affect on their level of success. There is a lesson here for helping your children do their very best with maths and when they learn times tables.

One way of helping your children learn times tables and maths well is to help them associate numbers with positive things that they like. What can you do?

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Many people are aware of the anxiety that many people have with public speaking but are not aware of the discomfort that many adults and children have with maths related subjects such as the requirement to learn times tables.

This anxiety can result in forgetfulness and lower performance and confidence in school including when children learn times tables.

What can you as a parent do?

Your children can have more confidence in maths and learn times tables really well.Here is how!

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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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I set my friend a question for his son and told him to tell his son that had a ‘puzzle’ for him.

Straight away his son’s reaction was different and he attempted to work out the answer. The boy was motivated to solve the ‘puzzle’.

The question I set was taken from an exam paper on which it was called ‘a problem’.  There is not a huge difference between the words problem and puzzle in the dictionary but when people speak about those words they dislike problems and yet love puzzles just like my friend’s son did.

If you want your children to do more difficult maths questions at home then don’t call them problems instead call them ‘puzzles’.

Remember to choose your words wisely.  They have the power to affect the actions of your children.

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