In addition to standard cramming, there are also creative ways to memorize examples.
We know one way we are used to remembering the multiplication table – to memorize it. And, in my opinion, this is the simplest and really working method. However, it is not suitable for all guys. Therefore, creative adults came up with a lot of other non-standard methods to put the table of the sage Pythagoras into the heads of modern clever men and women.
And, of course, they are all filled with playful tricks.
For example, I really like this one.
Make rectangular cards with your child from cardboard. On one side of them, write examples, 5 × 8 or 6 × 7, and on the other – the answer, that is, the product of two factors. You can think of a lot of options for playing with such cards. Here are two that I played with my child. Lay out the cards with the square product facing up. Close your eyes and point your finger at the map. Name all the ways that are in the table, with whose help you can get the written answer. Whoever calls correctly earns a prize. I am sure that if a mathematics teacher uses a similar game in his lesson, the students will quickly master the new task. You can do the opposite, put the cards up with examples and immediately name the answer.
In the second version of the game, the participants receive 7 cards each, spread them out in a fan and, in turn, pulling out card after card from the opponent, check their knowledge.
At the stage of getting to know the multiplication table, a gadget helped my son. He installed mathematical Tetris on his tablet and played it with pleasure. So in just a few days he learned the table for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Since he wanted to complete each level with the maximum number of points, he passed them many times, which subsequently led to rote memorization.
Many sources suggest teaching the table using songs and poems. This idea did not work for me. It turns out that you are not only learning a table, but also a poem. Extra work. Although this method has a lot of supporters. So, “six seven – forty two, an owl flew to us, five five – twenty five, we want to eat again” and so on.
This is the most advanced level. Suitable only for active parents with a developed right hemisphere and for those who do not mind spending their own time creating creative tasks for their child, so that he not only has fun, but also practices the multiplication table. This is a great method for motivating children to learn the creation of Pythagoras. Take 5-7 examples as a basis and use them to draw a treasure map or hide clue notes. Let the correct decision be the number of steps, the number of drawers pulled out, sips of water drunk, etc.
You can even organize funny starts in the yard or in the classroom, where the teams will not only fight among themselves in strength, agility and endurance, but at the same time perform arithmetic operations. For example, the blue team must only push 5×9 times. The guys divide the resulting number among themselves and do push-ups. Or jump in bags of 3×9 steps or jump on a 6×7 jump rope. Here, as the organizers, the imagination will unfold.
Memo for parents
1. Reinforce the material anytime, anywhere, whether you go to the movies or to workout. Change places with your child. Let him test your knowledge of the spreadsheet, not the other way around.
2. Stimulate his interest with various interesting facts about the table, such as where it came from and what secrets it keeps. In a column of 9, all the sums of two-digit numbers are equal to nine, 9×9 = 81, which means 8 + 1 = 9 or 3×9 = 27, which means 2 + 7 = 9.
3. The multiplication table can be hung over the child’s bed or garlands from the examples can be hung in the apartment. The laws of visual memory will work here.