My 9 year old son is really struggling with multiplication in school. He is in 3rd grade and has been diagnosed as learning disabled with sound system disorder. We have tried using flash cards, but with no luck. He has mastered 2, 5, and 10, but has failed 4. Of course, the other tables will be coming up in the next few weeks. The level of difficulty is also raised, because the kids are tested over all of the tables that they have learned, not just the individual tables by themselves. Any suggestions that you may have would be greatly appreciated. Trying to memorize flash card has been tried 3 times now and does not seem to make a difference. There is a slight improvement in his score, but not enough to pass. He is averaging about 45%, must score 80% to pass. Test usually consists of 40 problems that must be completed in 2 minutes. Thanks in advance.
2006-11-26 20:41:59 · 4 answers · asked by scarlettohara1861 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
I had a terrible time learning the multiplication tables. I finally made a tape of myself singing them in a song I made up. It helped that I made the song and funny sounds for the music while in the bathtub. Reading the tables while singing the song would help.
My mother still has the tape.
2006-11-27 07:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Visual images may help. Try grouping things that he likes to teach him, on a daily basis, the multiplication table.
2006-11-26 20:52:18 · answer #2 · answered by Drewid 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to make him write them down repeatedly everyday
2006-11-26 20:46:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get him to chant them out loud repeatedly. Do it with him. Make it into a song if you have to.
2006-11-26 20:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by little_jo_uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋