Teaching of multiplication tables.....

[KTeePee]

I was thinking of posting this in the AIBU section but....

Anyway, dd's school (in common with most I believe) doesn't teach times tables by rote like in the good old days.... I can understand that they want the children to understand the meaning of what they are working out, rather than learning it parrot fashion, BUT why does the teacher then set tests where they have literally two or three seconds per "sum". I can't see dd getting any better at these tests unless she does go off and learn them by rote (she generally know them but has to think for a couple of seconds for some of them...)

And AIBU to get annoyed that it seems to be down to me as her mother to spend the time teaching her them by rote? It just seems that the school wants the children to learn them this way but won't spend the time in class doing this, perhaps because it is not the "pc" way to teach these days

A teacher at my school was discussing this recently. She said there is a trick where you can use your fingers to help teach them. I know you can use your fingers when working out the 9 times table but I wasn't aware of any other times table that could be done that way.

DD is doing really well with her 3 and 4 timestable. I don't know how she is learning them she just seems to be picking it up by practicing.