Times Tables the Fun Way: Book for Kids: A Picture Method of Learning the Multiplication Facts

Times Tables the Fun Way: Book for Kids: A Picture Method of Learning the Multiplication Facts
by Judy Liautaud, Dave Rodriguez

Times Tables the Fun Way: Book for Kids: A Picture Method of Learning the Multiplication Facts
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Author: Dave Rodriguez, Judy Liautaud
Illustrator: Val Chadwick Bagley
Edition: Spiral-bound
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-04
ISBN: 1883841437
Number of pages: 88
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: City Creek Press, Incorporated

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Book Review: Some Pro's and Con's
Summary: 3 Stars

We bought this book a little over a month ago. I was really impressed at how quickly my son was learning his times facts. He can associate the stories in the book to the times facts w/ answers fairly quickly. After we had gone through all the stories, I made up a worksheet with just the title of each story (15 stories total)and had him handwrite the times facts and the answers. He did this wonderfully! I was jumping for joy.

HOWEVER, (the reason for the 3 stars), when my son was given just the times fact (no story), for example, 7x6 on a flash card, a blank sheet of paper, or orally he could not associate the times fact to the story! But if I did it the other way around (if I gave him the story first) he was able to recall the times fact and the answer, no fail! This was so frustrating! When given just the 7x6 etc, he acts like he's never seen those numbers before. This was unexpected.

Now, I am trying to come up w/ new ways to help him. But at the same time trying to incorporate what he's learned so far in some other way.


Summary of Times Tables the Fun Way: Book for Kids: A Picture Method of Learning the Multiplication Facts

Memorization of the multiplication facts is fun and easy with this colorful and clever book of cartoons and stories. Children learn to associate the numbers with the characters in the story. To teach 4x4, the story tells about Bart who loves to go hang gliding and can't wait until he turns 16 so he can get his driver's license and drive his 4 by 4. Children easily remember once the story is learned. The caption below the story says: Remember: you have to be 16 to drive a 4x4.

There are cartoons and stories for all the difficult facts, ie. the 3's, 4's, 6's, 7's, and 8's. Tricks are are used to teach the easier ones ie. 1's, 2's, 5's, and 9's. Kids love the stories and will never forget "You have to be 16 to drive a 4 by 4, (4x4). Over 500,000 copies have been sold to schools in the US since 1992.

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