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

My wife homeschooled our 3 children through elementary school over 14 years. When our oldest son was so frustrated with not remembering his times tables despite flash cards and other math games, my wife was shown this book. She reviewed the stories on a daily basis instead of reviewing flash cards. He was able to memorize his times tables consistently and enjoyed the stories. He even drew his own stories for the fives. When it was time to teach our daughters their times tables, she used the book with them and they enjoyed it too. They each had different learning styles. The book can be used by parents with students in any school setting to help practice times tables. My wife still suggest this book to other parents with children learning times tables. To address the one start reviews: any learning by elementary school students needs a certain amount of repetition and breaking the material down in manageable sized pieces. The material should still be presented a few stories at a time with time to practice in between. The visual pictures and auditory stories decrease the amount of repetition needed to master the skill and engages multiple learning styles. The pictures and stories make the repetition more fun and the students can gauge that they are making progress and not dread math. It was exactly what our frustrated math learner needed and prevented the same frustration for our other learners who followed.

I've now done this book with 3 kids (a boy and 2 girls), and it's so easy and, yes, FUN. One girl was here visiting and picked it up because of the colorful cover and asked me to go through the book with her. She's a 5th-grade ESL student struggling in math. She was blown away at how easy this was and surprised herself at how well it helped her remember her facts. Even my 5yodd (who is also attracted to the colorful pictures and stories) remembers some of the facts. All the pages are sturdy un-bendable, water-resistant extremely heavy cardstock. It comes as a spiral-bound book so that you can bend it back and show the big picture (trigger) on one page while you read the (short) story to them from the facing page. Each section has a little memory review and there is a pre/post test at the end to measure your progress. Also, as I stated before, the book is very colorful and fun to look at, so kids can't help picking it up and flipping through it. The student book is really the only thing you need (there are other bells and whistles, but they're not neccessary) and well worth the price. Kids can read through this on their own and at their own pace. Whether they're learning all the facts from the beginning or brushing up on just a few that they just cannot seem to remember, this book can do it. A table of contents at the beginning tell them exactly what page to turn to to learn which fact. It is SSOOOO important that kids learn their facts cold before going into higher maths. Standardized tests are timed and they cannot get bogged down and side-tracked with what the answer to 7x8 is. I wish something like this was available when I was a kid. BTW, for more really great (easy) trigger memory systems (not by this author) check out " Yo, Sacramento! (And All Those Other State Capitals You Don't Know): Memorize Them All (Forever) in 20 Minutes Without Trying " and " Yo, Millard Fillmore! (And All Those Other Presidents You Don't Know) " by Will Cleveland and Mark Alvarez. My 10yo learned all the States/Capitals and all Presidents/# effortlessly and in only 40min (total) per book.

There is no need to think twice about buying this book. It is a must have for ALL children. I struggled with learning my times tables as a child (and still can't remember some of them part of the time). IF only this book would have been written back then! I bought it for my 10 year old who is still very slow with his multiplication (relies on skip counting too much). The stories are so interesting and the cartoons are so cool that I can't even keep my five year old away from it! My 10 year old already has the few that we've gone over stuck in his mind. I know the price seems high, but it is so worth it! The book is made EXTREMELY nice and durable. It is spiral bound and the pages are heavy duty with a slick finish. It will last through many children. I actually have gone ahead and ordered the addition one for my 5 year old since he loved the multiplication one (and needs to learn addition first). Another GREAT book based on this same type of visual and associational learning (that's lots of fun) is Vocabulary Cartoons. They have one for elementary and one for high school. My 10 year old has learned tons of new vocabulary words through this book also. :-)

Love this! A practical and fun way to teach times tables! I only wish I had o had this as a child! Would have saved me so much time in detention for not knowing them!

Great book for teaching kids times-tables! I had this book when I was a kid and 15 years later I still remember the stories associated with each set of times tables! Haha. This book is great for kids who aren’t interested in math, it helps them remember the tables, gives them confidence and makes math fun! It will change their relationship with math early on before they get to the hard stuff. If they “hate math” they won’t have an open mind to learn.

Muy agradecida con la existencia de este libro. Realmente mi hija de 8 años pudo aprender las tablas de multiplicar de manera divertida y casi por si sola. Ha sido un milagro este libro para nosotros, pues ella estudia en un colegio bilingüe y las multiplicaciones se les hacia casi de terror. EN cuanto al envío fue más rápido de lo que pensamos y llego todo en excelentes condiciones. Recomiendo tambien comprar el libro de actividades. Parecen ambos libros a primera vista "infantiles" pero hay ciencia detras y FUNCIONA. Es ideal para niños que gustan de leer historias y dibujar y crear.... Con que todas las noches le lean a manera de cuento tan solo una historia de alguna multiplicacion, creanme que se notaran los avances. Doy como máximo como un mes conjuntamente con el libro de actividades y sus hijos aprenderas las tablas sin problemas y los padres sin estres.

Fun way to learn all ages

I love reading this book. Maths made interesting move in this book. A great way to learn tables. Nice demonstration with pictures and stories. Even if you know tables this is a worth reading to develop an insight that how things can be made interesting. Definitely recommend.