Comments on: Learning x8 Facts http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Janelle http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-2/#comment-1261 Janelle Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:48:29 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1261 I know the joy of homeschooling is not having to do traditional work pages. However, http://www.math-drills.com/ has been a huge help with the deaf kids I teach. They have lots of printable pages from addition to algebra (gulp!) and more. I like how you can print a page of just one operation (x8) but then they also have mixed pages. Hope it's helpful to someone! I know the joy of homeschooling is not having to do traditional work pages. However, http://www.math-drills.com/ has been a huge help with the deaf kids I teach. They have lots of printable pages from addition to algebra (gulp!) and more. I like how you can print a page of just one operation (x8) but then they also have mixed pages. Hope it’s helpful to someone!

]]> By: Melissa Telling http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-2/#comment-1246 Melissa Telling Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:08:30 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1246 I was thinking some more about this the other night because I have some who need more practice in this area too. I think one of the best ways to learn is just to put the information out where you can see it on a regular basis. Here are my ideas: putting the problems up on the walls of the stairway. Then they can practice the facts on their way up and down stairs- saying one fact on each step. (I actually did this and they are loving it. Anything that involves movement makes my kids happy. I put the 6X going up and the 7X going down. After a couple of trips up and down the stairs repeating the problems, my five year old said, "Oh, I get it. We're counting by sixes and sevens!") Putting a poster up in front of the toilet. (My kids seem to spend a lot of time there, so why not give them something to look at while they are sitting there.) Making placemats so they can practice the facts while they eat. There are also some good ideas here: http://www.resourceroom.net/Math/Jones_tables2.asp .-= Melissa Telling´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/amtell/736202/" rel="nofollow">History of Art Co-Op: Ancient Art</a> =-. I was thinking some more about this the other night because I have some who need more practice in this area too. I think one of the best ways to learn is just to put the information out where you can see it on a regular basis.

Here are my ideas: putting the problems up on the walls of the stairway. Then they can practice the facts on their way up and down stairs- saying one fact on each step. (I actually did this and they are loving it. Anything that involves movement makes my kids happy. I put the 6X going up and the 7X going down. After a couple of trips up and down the stairs repeating the problems, my five year old said, “Oh, I get it. We’re counting by sixes and sevens!”) Putting a poster up in front of the toilet. (My kids seem to spend a lot of time there, so why not give them something to look at while they are sitting there.) Making placemats so they can practice the facts while they eat.

There are also some good ideas here: http://www.resourceroom.net/Math/Jones_tables2.asp
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]]> By: *Kris* http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 *Kris* Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:03:53 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1244 Yes, my 10 yo Ds is in the very same boat as Sprite, and he gets frustrated that it takes him so long to do some problems because he has to skip count to get the answer. I do see some facts naturally cementing themselves into his memory as he works with each set. Timez Attack helps but he has tired of playing it. Funny, he learned the 9's thing from Math U See so they have never been a problem for him. Ds#2 didn't get the pattern until he was skip counting and realized he just had to go up one in the tens place and down one in the units. That was how he had to discover it before he understood it. .-= *Kris*´s last blog ..<a href="http://scienceofrelations.blogspot.com/2009/10/westward-expansion-santa-fe-trail.html" rel="nofollow">Westward Expansion: Santa Fe Trail</a> =-. Yes, my 10 yo Ds is in the very same boat as Sprite, and he gets frustrated that it takes him so long to do some problems because he has to skip count to get the answer. I do see some facts naturally cementing themselves into his memory as he works with each set. Timez Attack helps but he has tired of playing it.

Funny, he learned the 9’s thing from Math U See so they have never been a problem for him. Ds#2 didn’t get the pattern until he was skip counting and realized he just had to go up one in the tens place and down one in the units. That was how he had to discover it before he understood it.
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]]> By: Angie @ Many Little Blessings http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Angie @ Many Little Blessings Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:55:36 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1243 Thanks so much for sharing that Sprite is having trouble with these -- my 4th grader just can't remember some of them -- particularly x6, x7, & x8. We'll have to try some of your ideas! .-= Angie @ Many Little Blessings´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManyLittleBlessings/~3/DqoIgszRYkA/7-quick-takes-october-23-2009-vol-19.html" rel="nofollow">7 Quick Takes: October 23, 2009 (Vol. 19)</a> =-. Thanks so much for sharing that Sprite is having trouble with these — my 4th grader just can’t remember some of them — particularly x6, x7, & x8. We’ll have to try some of your ideas!
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]]> By: Melissa Telling http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Melissa Telling Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:54:15 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1235 Jimmie, I've found that my children learn things a lot faster when I cut out the "unnecessary" information. For instance, when I teach them to read, I start out by only teaching the letter sounds because the names aren't "necessary" to start reading. For teaching the times tables, I've had great sucess just teaching skip counting. Then the child only has to memorize the answers, not the problems too. If they need to know the answer to four times four, they just count out the first four numbers of the fours. (I also don't have a problem with counting on fingers. I consider fingers to be cheap, handy manipulatives). With enough practice, they will start to memorize the problems too. My five year old daughter likes skip count as she runs in a circle. Jumping rope is another option. .-= Melissa Telling´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/amtell/736202/" rel="nofollow">History of Art Co-Op: Ancient Art</a> =-. Jimmie,
I’ve found that my children learn things a lot faster when I cut out the “unnecessary” information. For instance, when I teach them to read, I start out by only teaching the letter sounds because the names aren’t “necessary” to start reading.

For teaching the times tables, I’ve had great sucess just teaching skip counting. Then the child only has to memorize the answers, not the problems too. If they need to know the answer to four times four, they just count out the first four numbers of the fours. (I also don’t have a problem with counting on fingers. I consider fingers to be cheap, handy manipulatives). With enough practice, they will start to memorize the problems too. My five year old daughter likes skip count as she runs in a circle. Jumping rope is another option.
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]]> By: Myra http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Myra Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:24:07 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1232 I homeschool my grandchildren. My grandson (who just turned 11 today) has the utmost difficulty with any memory work. Math facts of any kind are just about impossible to retain. What he might seem to have learned today will be a new concept in a couple of days. Yet, he is articulate, well-read, can do mental calculations in his own unique method, creative, and has great reasoning powers. I am a retired teacher of more than 30 years and he challenges me daily to find new/innovative ways to help him overcome this difficulty (as well as learning how to spell). I homeschool my grandchildren. My grandson (who just turned 11 today) has the utmost difficulty with any memory work. Math facts of any kind are just about impossible to retain. What he might seem to have learned today will be a new concept in a couple of days. Yet, he is articulate, well-read, can do mental calculations in his own unique method, creative, and has great reasoning powers. I am a retired teacher of more than 30 years and he challenges me daily to find new/innovative ways to help him overcome this difficulty (as well as learning how to spell).

]]> By: Ami http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Ami Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:18:16 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1229 Okay, this might sound hokey, but have you tried Schoolhouse Rocks (Multiplication Rocks)? You can probably watch them on Youtube. Elementary, My Dear (Two) Three is a Magic Number The Four-Legged Zoo Ready or Not, Here I Come (Five) I Got Six Lucky Seven Sampson Figure Eight Naughty Number Nine My Hero, Zero The Good Eleven Little Twelvetoes :-) Ami .-= Ami´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.walkingbytheway.com/blog/?p=534" rel="nofollow">P is for Pig</a> =-. Okay, this might sound hokey, but have you tried Schoolhouse Rocks (Multiplication Rocks)? You can probably watch them on Youtube.

Elementary, My Dear (Two)
Three is a Magic Number
The Four-Legged Zoo
Ready or Not, Here I Come (Five)
I Got Six
Lucky Seven Sampson
Figure Eight
Naughty Number Nine
My Hero, Zero
The Good Eleven
Little Twelvetoes

:-) Ami
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]]> By: Marsha http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Marsha Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:33:30 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1226 We use Quarter Mile Math for drilling. My boys learned the times tables from this Skip Count Kids Bible Heroes CD. (http://www.skipcountkid.com/bible_heroes.html) They still take a second to skip count in their heads, something I am hoping to remedy with Flash Cards and perhaps a required 20 minutes a day on the QMM. .-= Marsha´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.othersuchhappenings.com/2009/10/i-want-to-be-tree.html" rel="nofollow">I want to be a tree</a> =-. We use Quarter Mile Math for drilling.

My boys learned the times tables from this Skip Count Kids Bible Heroes CD. (http://www.skipcountkid.com/bible_heroes.html) They still take a second to skip count in their heads, something I am hoping to remedy with Flash Cards and perhaps a required 20 minutes a day on the QMM.
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]]> By: Lori http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Lori Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:00:40 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1224 We've just started using Timez Attack... tried the free version and she was pleading for me to buy it!! So I did, & then I had to MAKE her stop "playing" it!!! And her retention seems to be improving as well. Don't stress too much, it is FAR more important to understand the concept of multiplication, and HOW you do it, than just memorizing facts. (I've explained to my dd, that at this point, I just want her to memorize them to make other math operations quicker, and easier... so she doesn't have to sit there counting everything out!!) But yeah, try Timez Attack. (I even found an online coupon for $10 off, so we only paid $29.99, but worth every cent!!) We’ve just started using Timez Attack… tried the free version and she was pleading for me to buy it!! So I did, & then I had to MAKE her stop “playing” it!!! And her retention seems to be improving as well.
Don’t stress too much, it is FAR more important to understand the concept of multiplication, and HOW you do it, than just memorizing facts.
(I’ve explained to my dd, that at this point, I just want her to memorize them to make other math operations quicker, and easier… so she doesn’t have to sit there counting everything out!!)

But yeah, try Timez Attack. (I even found an online coupon for $10 off, so we only paid $29.99, but worth every cent!!)

]]> By: Evelyn Saenz http://jimmiescollage.com/2009/10/learning-x8-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Evelyn Saenz Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:12 +0000 http://jimmiescollage.com/?p=2081#comment-1222 I love the matchbox fold multiplication chart that Sprite made. Nothing seems to work better than having your child make an activity to get them to truly grasp the concept or memorize the facts. When my children were learning the times tables we found that playing Yahtzee helped with learning the times tables up to 6. We played the game 24 to learn all the combinations that add, subtract, multiply and divide related to the number 24. We also rolled two dice and multiplied the numbers. Multiplied the numbers on dominoes up to 12's. You also might find that learning to skip count will help. I have collected hundreds of ideas for skip counting on my www.squidoo.com/counting lens. I love the matchbox fold multiplication chart that Sprite made. Nothing seems to work better than having your child make an activity to get them to truly grasp the concept or memorize the facts.

When my children were learning the times tables we found that playing Yahtzee helped with learning the times tables up to 6.

We played the game 24 to learn all the combinations that add, subtract, multiply and divide related to the number 24.

We also rolled two dice and multiplied the numbers. Multiplied the numbers on dominoes up to 12’s.

You also might find that learning to skip count will help. I have collected hundreds of ideas for skip counting on my http://www.squidoo.com/counting lens.

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