Any recommendations for timestables CD's

[Psycho]

to help in learning them by rote?

Or any other methods?

Come on all you pushy mums.

Please help.

Right, I'm not a pushy mum (!) but I bought one of those huge card poster things, cut out each times table and then let DD read them, then tested her - worked well fo rus

Look for the patterns in the product eg. in the 4x tables the final digit goes 4, 8, 2,6,0,4,8,2,6,0. They all have a pattern except 7s.

sing-song when you do them too, or do a silly voice
that helped DD

LOL I am REALLY bored as it goes......
I'm meant to be doing my business plan.......

Yeah I thought Cd might have addictive catchy songs for them.
there is one in bright minds just wanted any recommendations first.

As long as you give plenty of practise in applying the knowledge. It's all well and good knowing a catchy song but do you then have to sing the whole thing to retrieve the answer?

I was thinking certain 'lines' would just come back to you IYSWIM?

no differnt to learning to say it by rote surely? You eventually don't have to say the whole thing to retrieve one answer?

OK let's test it.

What is the third line of the national anthem?

This will only work if you are british of course.

have you looked at www.teachingtables.co.uk, kids in school enjoy it.

Ok, I didn't know and had to sing it through.

BUT that's not the same is it? If you'd said, 'God save the...what??' I'd say 'queen'.

Which is more like 3X4 is what??

you know the line and give the last word.

isn't that how it works?

In case you're worried DS doe understand the concept, just needs to be quicker and know it without working it out each time now.

There's a video called "Fun Times Tables" with a catchy song - often turns up on Ebay.

Also try this book

ELC do a cd called Times Table Challenge. It consists of two CD's - the first sets the times tables to music and the kids learn them by joining in. The second one is the challenge where they are asked random times tables questions.

It helped my ds no end when he was in Y2.

And it only costs £2 iirc.

hth
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