MULTIPLICATION MASTER
Memorizing multiplication facts will greatly impact your child’s ability and speed when completing more advanced mathematics and this post provides some of the greatest resources to help your child get there.
In this post you’ll find:
Links to awesome skip counting songs for numbers 2-12
A free printable to make a laminated multiplication fact package
A link and free download to make multiplication flowers
A link to multiplication lapbook
And a ‘handy’ trick to master the 9 times table
Your child will become a MULTIPLICATION MASTER in no time! Let’s do this…
Skip Counting Songs
Skip counting is an extremely valuable tool for children to learn multiplication with. If they can’t remember the fact, they can skip count their way to the answer.
There are a ton of fun songs on YouTube to help your child learn each set and I’ve linked one of each for you here! My favorites ones are those that are done to classic nursery rhymes. The songs are so familiar already so we’ll profit off of that, and just build onto those already carved pathways. Music is a wonderful tool to learn with.
Just click the number you want below and it will take you to the video.
Count by 2’s – By: Mr. Teach
Count by 3’s – By: Mr. Teach
Count by 4’s – By: Mr. Teach
Count by 5’s – By: Mr. Teach
Count by 6’s – By: Mr. Teach
Count by 7’s – By: Planning Playtime
Count by 8’s – By: Have Fun Teaching
Count by 9’s – By: Hopscotch Songs
Count by 10’s – By: Tiny Tunes (my kids love Tiny Tune’s graphics)
Count by 11’s – By: Tiny Tunes
Count by 12’s – By: Tiny Tunes!
Minimal prep. Efficient. Re-usable.
These would be great in the classroom, homeschool, or perhaps you’re just a parent who is looking for an easy, effective way to help your child master their multiplication facts to help them do better at school.
Mastering these facts can requires ALOT of repetition for some children. Printing out consumable drills is so costly and wasteful. Ink is so expensive! Laminating allows for constant repetition without the waste of disposable sheets. Though I always prefer good old paper and a pencil… for this application, dry erase is the perfect choice. The spaces are large enough that using a fat marker – works – and it provides that daily drilling that is so effective at cementing all those equations into their little minds.
Printing the Packet
I printed one fact family per sheet, then placed two sheets back to back and laminated them together. I chose to do it this way because I wanted it to look crisp and clear. I didn’t want any of the facts from the opposite side showing through.
Once laminated, hole punch a corner and fasten with whatever you have. I would have preferred using a carabiner, or key ring, but temporarily will be using a hair elastic because I didn’t have either of those around… It works.
How to Use the Packets:
Start off by practicing one of the fun skip counting songs and then time your child for 5-10 minutes to see how many facts they can complete in the packet.
Mark where the child finished, and the next day see if they can beat their record.
The packet has 2 sets of facts. The first set goes in order. The second set randomizes the questions.
Once they start to show improvement and mastery with the first packet, start to change the order of the sheets to challenge them further.
Once your student has mastered the ordered facts, start drilling with the pages that have randomized facts.
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There are tons of other great options out there to help flood your child with multiplication facts and provide them with the tools to succeed. Let me share some of the other great ones with you now…
Multiplication Flowers
Click either of the above pictures to download the simple flower template that I used for our multiplication flowers. You can color and fill it in yourself.
You can get a free printable from The Homeschooling Hub. This printable has all the writing done for you.
This is such a fun, beautiful way to practice. Maybe you have an extra artsy child who would love this idea.
Multiplication Lapbook from Homeschoolshare.com
This website has a ton of great resources that we have used over the years and it’s all free! Click on the website title above or click on the resource picture below to visit.
“These mini-books and printable pages are included in the Multiplication Facts Lapbook:
- The One Family Accordion Book
- The Two Family Slider
- The Three Family Flap Book
- The Four Family Window Book
- The Five Family Petal Books
- The Six Family File Folders
- The Seven Family Cards and Pocket
- The Eight Family Flap Book
- The Nine Family Fan Book
- Skip Counting Chart
- Take Two! Game Cards & Pocket”
I did this lapbook with my son when he was learning his times tables. Lot’s of good old cutting and pasting! Good times.
There is a great little video on PBS Parents You Tube Channel I’ve linked just below that demonstrates how your child can use their 10 fingers to find any answer to the nine’s time table! It’s so cool. My daughter uses it all the time.
I hope these ideas help your child become Multiplication MASTERS. And I hope I saved you time too Mom or Dad 💙.
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