Times Tables Tricks – For Visual and Hands-On Learners

By Lidia Stanton

Lidia has written a number of very successful books including 200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons and Tricky Spellings in Cartoons for Children

This guide follows a similar format and is for learners of all ages who:

• have tried (without success) rote learning methods based on repetition of whole multiplication facts
• enjoy active learning through discovery and experience
• have gaps in their times tables knowledge
• need fast and foolproof strategies to recall times tables in formal assessments, particularly timed ones
• may have a specifc learning diffculty (SpLD), such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and ADD/ADHD

The book works by:

• helping over-learn secure reference points in the times tables, from which more tricky facts can be worked out.
• validating alternative methods for learning times tables. Rote learning does not work for everyone. Using fngers is not a sign of cheating. For those who are self-conscious, the book’s preferred (but not exclusive) way of using fngers is gentle tapping on the table (instead of raising hands) to avoid attracting attention to oneself.
• offering multisensory instruction methods that help counteract the effects of weak sequential working memory
  and poor long-term memory for number facts.

Download sample pages here.

Pub: 2019