Many letters received from both parents and teachers ask for help in teaching students their multiplication facts. Oh, it would be so nice if we could have a formula to follow.
Studies show, however, that children learn in different ways .
Associates and contributors in the Teachers' Lounge discussions have responded to these many letters suggesting a variety of methods. Somewhere in the suggestions will be one that works for the student you are helping. My plan is to have him memorize it like I did at that age. He can write them over and over and still does not comprehend them. I am not a teacher by profession, but having a child in grade four and trying to teach him ways to memorize his multiplication tables is proving difficult.