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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 27/07/2014 11:01

Has anyone got an inspiring Hmm :o idea / resource for securing / improving / reinforcing times tables knowledge in a very unmotivated and resistant child who has so far managed to avoid learning them properly, and will be going into Year 4 in September? She knows the easy ones and the "trophy" ones (she can tell you 7x7=49, but not what 4x7 is, without sitting for ages and doing 4+4+4+4).

She can bluff her way through, but her lack of tables knowledge means her homework (which assumes secure knowledge of all the tables as a prerequisite now) is taking ages and making her frustrated and grumpy, and they do a lot of tests at school, which she often gets a lower grade in despite getting most questions correct, because she doesn't finish because not having automatic recall of her tables means she takes three times as long on some questions).

She is very stroppy and resistant to old fashioned drilling or testing on her tables for more than about 30 seconds, so wondering if there is a more interesting resource she might use over the summer to drum them in before she starts year 4...

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MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 28/07/2014 08:50

Thanks Hakulut ... will ponder that... she isn't very "stuff" motivated, but does like to have spending money, might work... although she has preferred to go without than do things I've offered to pay her for in the past (tidying mostly...)

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KnittedJimmyChoos · 29/07/2014 17:23

i feel your and her pain.

poor thing. i hate maths!

ednakenneth · 08/08/2014 18:59

Try mister maths. Com. Found it on you tube. It was a god send. Brilliant way of showing things and explaining. My daughter grasped it within 10 mins. It's American but it works. Visual conception and having a pattern. If I could draw it here I would. Try it out I thought it was brilliant. Good luck.

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