How To Teach P1 Multiplication

[buds]

As promised, here's more...


Listen 'N' Learn Times Tables
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This is a unique and challenging game that encourages children to listen
attentively and match different multiplication puzzles corresponding pictures and learn tables 1 to 12.

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This box contained :
*4 colourful playboards (both sides) for 4 players
*1 audio CD >Track 1 : Tables 1 to 12 >Track 2 : Multiplication Game
*60 counters - 15 each of four colours

The objective is to identify and match answers of different multiplication
sums with the help of the corresponding sounds and pictures.

Child is to place a counter each time a new sum and sound is heard
on the audio CD. The first player to finish his/her counters in the correct
place is the winner. 5 seconds are allotted between sums on the tracks..
so if you feel this is insufficient for younger players, you can always push
the pause button between sums.

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[amylqf]

well, buds. Thanks for sharing. That’s a lot of effort you did for you child.

[buds]

You're welcome, amylqf.

Yes, it is a lot of work and
work is still in progress.
My DD1 is an average learner.
She is not the sort to grasp on
to concepts easily without fully
understanding them, especially
for Math. So, yah... i gotta work
harder to motivate her. It is also
great that she has a fantastic teacher
this year who truly inspires and motivates
her to keep improving without giving her so
much stress. I am very thankful for that.

[buds]

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Maths is a very structured subject and also can be very abstract,
difficult to relate to in real life. The structure in Maths is useful in
that it is possible to spot patterns in the numbers and also to
sequence the learning that is to build step-wise through related
areas.

For example, counting is the foundation of number work and it is
impossible to move on to addition and subtraction before counting
and the knowledge of numbers are clear in a child's mind.

The advantage of Maths is that step-wise building can make learning
easy. The disadvantage is that the processes in Maths like multiplication,
do not readily translate into what happens in real life. For the
understanding of what a bus is in real life, an image of a bus comes
into the mind when the word is said. For many young children, the
image of 3X2 may not be as clear as to when it is presented like this.

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Moving from concrete to abstract
This means from learning using real-life objects and progressing on to
using number symbols. To cement the meanings of symbols, the real-
life representations can be left attached to numbers for a time, as sums
are completed or counting aids used like the number line.

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Isolating concepts
This refers to helping a child to understand better by making the idea
clear in the child's mind. This means that though interest in the subject
is of huge importance for motivation and concentration, interest material
should not be allowed to confuse a learner. For example, some books for
early learners fail because they allow supposed interest material to clutter
a page and obscure the principle that needs to be taught.

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Using a toy grasshopper or kangaroo, one can use it to hop along the
pebble-numbered line to make it more interesting. You may ask, \"How
many hops to get to 8?\" If you have the 100-square board/template, you
may ask the child to colour the numbers the grasshopper or kangaroo has
landed on...

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For readings and tips on more multiplication ideas, the neighbourhood
library would have this book entitled :- Help Your Child Learn the Times
Table For Your 5-7 Year Old Child (Parents' essentials) by Ken Adams.

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[buds]

Tables Songs Playtime


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Received some queries on the above.
I chanced upon it at Popular, came in
a plastic transparent box. Less than
$20 thereabouts... after discount.

[buds]

The Montessori Method has specific materials

to teach specific topics in Mathematics. Below
is the Multiplication Board used in Montessori
Mathematics.

Wooden boards that comes with 9 wooden
skittles, a set of number cards 1-10, 2 sets
of beads. Provides concrete experience of
Multiplication tables and division. \t

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[Mama Leong]

Mayb u can try this method. If learning 2 time table, u write the number 1 to 20. Then highlight 2, 4, 6, 8 etc while teaching him to memorise. Visual + audio can help them to retain better.

[cnimed]

Wow, I’m boggled by the amount of resources out there. For us, it was a natural transition from addition. My kid started with skip-counting on his own for fun. He started with the easiest - 10, then skip-counting by 2 (ie. 2,4, 6, 8 etc). I left him to his own exploration and he went on to other numbers, but usually only up to 5 sets or so.


After a few months of this, I began to challenge him to move up to 10 sets, and to ask him - how many sets of 2/3/4/5 are there in xyz ? After that, I showed him how he could keep track of the sets with his fingers as he skip-count, and (very impt for my little fella) how this can be applied in everyday life.

Throughout this I didn’t use the term "multiply" and I didn’t introduce him to the symbol. They were simply games in the shower stall or in the car. When I finally showed him the symbol recently, I think it took a bit of mental adjustment and getting used to.

[buds]

Oh... but there's more, deminc.


DD1 is really just an average girl who
is the kind who can't get it with only 1
go... much to my exasperation at times,
so it just means i hafta to inspire her in
other ways i can.

[metz]

Hi Buds,


I really like your huge array of learning resources. Have you ever considered lending your used resources for a fee? If you do, let me know. I'll be your first customer.