Patent ID: 7537454

Claim:
A motivational multisensory method utilized by a teacher to teach at least one student numerical multiplication utilizing the senses of vision, hearing and touch, said method comprising the steps of: presenting a graphic display fixed in a tangible medium to at least one student relating to a selected multiplier, said graphic display being in a predetermined organizational format and showing the selected multiplier, a plurality of different multiplicands arranged sequentially in a plurality of horizontal rows spaced from the showing of the multiplier and a resultant number associated with and positioned in close proximity to each of the multiplicands obtained by multiplying the selected multiplier times the multiplicands with which the resultant number is in close proximity, each said resultant number being enclosed within the boundary of a circle or other graphic symbol; instructing the at least one student to observe the graphic display, what the teacher will say about the graphic display, what the teacher will point to on the graphic display, and to form a mental picture of numbers and shapes of the graphic display; consecutively indicating on the graphic display the selected multiplier, a multiplicand and the resultant number obtained by multiplying the indicated multiplicand and the selected multiplier; while manually indicating the selected multiplier, the multiplicand and the resultant number, causing the at least one student to indicate by stamping a foot or other body movement observable by the teacher the selected multiplier, the multiplicand and the resultant number and reciting aloud with the at least one student the indicated selected multiplier times the indicated multiplicand and the indicated resultant number; providing said at least one student with a practice card or sheet showing the graphic display previously presented except that no resultant numbers are in the graphic symbols; and instructing the at least one student to identify the resultant numbers belonging in the graphic symbols.