Help with memorizing multiplication tables.

For me it is down right memorizing - reading every day again and again and again.  And, then my mom would go as I do something - what is 7*8,  just randomly.  

DD5 goes to Kumon, not math though, but i did see the books there and it is repetition - nothing else.  

Agreed, memorization and repitition.

Does she know the 'simple' ones? Her 1x, 2x, 10x? Has anyone showed her the trick with multiplying by 9 using your hands? I'll try to explain it but I'm sure if you youtube it that it will be there. Hold out both hands in front of you showing 10 fingers. For 9x7 for example start at the far left (your left hand pinky) and count over 7 fingers and put that finger down (your right index finger). You have 6 fingers to the left of the bent finger, and 3 fingers to the right of the bent finger. 6-3. 9x7=63   It's quick and easy, and a little trick to help until they are just ingrained in her head.

Work with the flashcards but just a few at a time. One night work on 6x2, 6x3 and 6x4 until she remembers. Next day repeat those and if she has them down add 6x5 6x6 etc. 

Oldest dd remembers her teacher telling her "6 joined 8 at the 48 club". 

Maybe see if your library has a cd called Multiplication Rock. It is a cd full of songs to remember multiplication. We bought that for DD. If you find my pinterest I am pretty sure I have a couple things pinned on how to help teach/remember times tables. DD had a really hard time so I saved the info for my younger 2. 

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Originally Posted by skimommy 

Yes, she has the easier ones memorized.  She has trouble with 6x-9x.

 

We'll keep working on it.

we are working on the harder ones too, daily.  she'll get it, just like dd will cause we're good mama's and keep at it!  LOL  

I'd get these comments, too, from DD's teacher. DD would breeze through her flash cards so I really couldn't see the problem. I talked to DD's teacher. It turned out DD was slow when writing her multiplication answers. Well, DUH!, DD is dyslexic, of course she is going to slow when writing!

We attacked multiplication from both sides. We did the easy ones first - 1x, 2x, 10x, 5x. Once those were fast, we covered the cool 9xs and 11xs. All those cover about half the table. Remember 2x6 is also 6x2 so you've got a lot of the 4x, 6x, 7x, and 8x out of the way. We related 3x, 6x, and 9x together. 2x and 4x relate. These all make the 12x easy, easy, easy.

Since writing was an issue, I made DD write out the times tables in the table form - a lot. I found this was a great because that is when DD would see the relationships.

In the end, the only ones that absolutely need to be memorized are 6x7, 7x8, 8x8. Once you have got those, all the other ones are easy.

just keep repeating them. My oldest does not retain math facts it's part of learning issues as he has gotten older it has gotten easier but he is not fast nor will he ever be.