This little gadget, is plastic with a string. As the child does the math problem in his head, he must wrap the string around each correct answer. This teaches the child the math facts using a different strategy. Because the child is using his hands and his mind to learn the facts, he s using his brain in a different way to learn the tables. You can time how long it takes to complete one wrap-up, and the shorter the time the better the reward the child can earn.
Kids can have races with wrap-ups too.
The faster they complete the wrap-up the better they know the math facts. Another simple, but effective strategy is the timed test. These can be purchased at any educational store, or your child s school will provide one to you for free that you can duplicate. This test will present 100 multiplication problems on one sheet. Usually one test will present 100 problems, in random order of the ones, twos, threes, fours etc up through the twelves.