I never knew you were supposed to memorize them!!! I just assumed the other kids were really good at math! I ended up having to do my mad minutes with a small group and a para where we got more time… my mom was never notified! Public school for the win!
I was literally ready to ditch flashcards tomorrow for this method and then this popped up on my feed. I feel this has made me more sure than ever that I will never look back. Thank you
It works because its spacial/visual + kinesthetic My first grade teacher had us doing that in our big chief tablets and by the winter she was teaching me and a couple of others in the class long division
Has anyone done this before and recorded the amount of time-ish it took you to memorize these? Not looking for a shortcut, just curious about average estimates though it will vary.
All the students are doing daily is writing the facts. There really is no magic in it really, just hard work. Asian students memorize their facts as a foundation to their math education as opposed to spending time building up to the memorization. So, yeah- you are right: no magic at all, just plain hard brain work.
This is the old-fashioned way to memorize the multiplication tables that I was taught in Europe in the late 80s during communism regime. It is very simple, effective, and the only thing that works. Anything else they teach now just adds to the confusion and the child still does not know math facts. I never studied "Common Core" while in school, it is a misconception that former communist countries studied it. We used a lot of memorization in school including memorizing long poetry to recite in front of the whole class. None of this is done today which may be one of the reason kids have no attention span and are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. We studied some math concepts from the American "Common Core" in higher math after we were fluent in basic elementary school arithmetics and multiplication/division. Actually in my country it was a requirement to know by hearth the whole multiplication tables up to 10, otherwise the school would hold you to repeat second grade. Multiplication and division are still studied today in parallel in 2nd grade, but I do not know if they hold children back today to repeat the grade if they are not fluent. The teachers would ask you math facts in a random way to see if you actually know the facts, or you just memorized them in chronological order and only know how to recite them from the beginning to end. The goal was to know the facts, and this writing method works great as a beginning. The next step is the parent to orally quiz their child all the facts from one multiplication table in a random order, and when the child if fluent they move to the next table. Once all tables are covered, the parent orally quizzes random facts from all 10 tables. This is at-home preparation we used to do every night in 2nd grade while my mom was making dinner, so we went to school the next day prepared and we felt confident that we know the facts if the teacher called on us to examine us.
I think it works so well because you can see what goes before and what comes after. You can see the pattern. With flash cards, there's no point of reference, no context. Everything is just isolated separarately on a card.
It’s truly debilitating if you never learned it as a child. You may be excellent in other subjects but if you don’t know your basic math fundamentals you will be unable to get ahead.
I really feel this. I'm very interested in computer science and attempting to pursue it, but before I can start that, I had to backtrack to try and fill in gaps in my math education. Insane that I didn't even know what fact families were or that I didn't know them till now!
I have always let kids choose what they wanted to work on for this. I set the big goal (like memorize your math facts). They set their mini-goal and then work on it. I suggest things if they don't know where to start or what to work on next.
Also, do you have a suggestion for how many times to do this or how many facts/fact families to go through per day? I'm not really sure where to begin, I only know my doubles (I believe that's the right term) by heart and also unsure if this alone should be sufficient enough to get these memorized or if I should utilize other memorization drills/methods as well. Is there also a recommended time frame to practice before stopping? (15 mins, 20, etc.) Or is that just determined by whenever you finish going through the set goal one time, like do 2-5 facts/fact families then [end] there? Sorry for all the questions, currently juggling a few things so I'm trying to allot a schedule for my studying to make sure I get my practice in daily. Thanks, and thank you for your very insightful video!
I think it's good to practice for as long as you can focus, and as often as you like. It's better to practice at least daily. Three times a day would give the fastest results, I'd think, and more often than that would risk burn-out. If you are a kid who has had a lot of trouble memorizing math facts, you might want to look into Math U See's program that is specifically for older students who need help memorizing math facts. There are nice little tips and tricks at each level for memorizing addition and subtraction. Math U See also has free drill sheets that are organized by level, so you could print those and work your way up through the levels. www.mathusee.com/e-learning/worksheets/
@@highenergyhomeschool5158 Thank you so much for all of the great advice and resources. I'm going to try my hand at the three-times a day approach for as long as I can. It's been a long time since I've tried to work on memorization, but I'll do my best and work on this! Thanks again!
I only have my kids go to the 12's, so up to say, 2x12, then start over at 2x0. If they stop wanting to copy the 1's and 0's it's fine, after a while those are drilled in pretty well.
I have never used this in real-life practice for memorizing fact families. It's totally possible, though. I usually have the kids make triangles of fact families, and then just practice touching the points on the triangle and repeating the fact families to themselves. Kids seem to really like doing this, even to really like making the triangles themselves. Have you seen someone do this before? I can probably find a link that explains it if you haven't seen it.
I recommend when you check their work, you help them make mental note of the fact families So if its 7+3=10 and the child wrote that down together you both say “and 3+7=10, 10-7=3, 10-3=7”. Because really its that simple and should not make the child write even more, and I think they will memorize quickly. This can be done with multiplication and division
Do they have to verbalize like you're doing in the video as they write them down? Also how much time do you recommend this should take. I understand each child could be different, but what is a good target time each day?
I think doing this would be more valuable for my son to do, than all those extra worksheets. I'm going to start him on doing math facts, starting with addition & subtraction from 1,2s,3s,and so on. We are going to start the math u see alpha and he already knows the concept of 1s and 10s. I just showed him yesterday that when you get to 90, and add 10 more ,we add a new line to the left (think 3 underlines, 1 for the hundreds, 1for the 10s,1 for the 1s). Sept4th He coudltn count past 12. He can count to 100 (with a little help and we still use a chart) using the 1-100 chart. So I'm currently having him do worksheets where he fills in the missing #, to help with him memorizing it mentally. I let him use the number line,as well as the 1-100 chart as s guide incase he forgets. I'm hoping as he gets better at filling in the blank spaces, he can do it 100% mentally, eventually. So that's one skill I'm teaching him (memorizing 1-100). The second one will be the math facts, which I have not started yet. But I did already introduce him to using blocks and manipulatives to add,single & double digit numbers up to 100. I'm going to focus more on continuing to have him mentally memorize counting 1-100, and focus on starting him on those math facts but will be using the manipulatives,on the side for an added suppliment so hes not just memorizing the math facts but also seeing how the numbere get put together taken away,visually. He has trouble sitting still and keeping his hands from touching stuff. At first he had more trouble wantingvto run back to his toys constantly so hed have something in his hands. So this is why the manipulatives really help. It provides a visual but also, keeps his hands busy in a productive way. He hates writing letters but doesnt mind writing numbers as much as letters (hes behind in reading but loves math). Another youtuber said for reading skills she had her son literally copy sentences and entire short stories from books into a notebook,and he learneecto read much faster that way (in addition to whateverclese they did) So if this is true, I can beleive writing math facts would help the child learn them faster in the same way! I'm not going to make my son copy whoel sentences or stories to help him with his reading ,yet. It would be too much for him to handle just yet. But for the math facts starting with single digits, I think he won't mind this at all. 😊
Sounds like you are working hard for your child's success. That's great. I use a lot of play-based activities with younger children and I'd probably save this particular technique until 2nd-3rd grade, depending on the child. In K-1st grade I used a hundreds chart that they copied and we talked about. If you do a search for "hundreds chart activities" I think you'll find more fun ideas for that. I used educational DVDs and TV shows a lot with my kids when they were younger and it was so easy and enjoyable. Team Umizoomi is a great show and they learned so much about math concepts, counting, number sense, etc. I am amazed at how much math they all learned from those shows. Rock N Learn DVDs on money and telling time were great, too. Just playing regular old board games together helps a lot with math, too. Our library has a ton of board games to borrow so we can try them out for free.
Oh, I forgot to add, I don't use a lot of worksheets at all. When I was a kid, I LOVED to do worksheets, but my kids all HATE worksheets, so I find other ways to teach things when I can.
Still homeschooling, still doing great with it. Still using Sonlight. Just busy. I accidentally nuked my HEH website right after my father passed away and since then we've moved and had one thing after another to deal with and I keep putting HEH on the backburner. Homeschooling takes up enough time to be a full time job for me because my kids are in a lot of extracurricular activities, plus we do our regular schooling. And, I work part time in a demanding field.
@@highenergyhomeschool5158 I understand. It's why I don't have the channel I always wanted to make. Lol. My dad passed about 5 years ago and I know that is hard. We've moved twice since then. I was just curious. A lot of my favorite channels have stopped uploading for various reasons. I hope things calm down soon.
After you teach the kid what to do, they can do the whole sheet on their own from start to finish. At first, yes, you might have to model exactly what you want the child to do. You want them to understand what they are memorizing.
The end of third grade is when children should generally have all their math facts memorized. If you start trying to do multi-step mathematics before children have their math facts memorized, expect them to get bogged down and frustrated. I had to proceed into the depths of math with one of my kids, let her get bogged down, then go back to memorizing after she realized that I was right and she really did need to memorize her math facts. Before that, she just didn't agree with me that it was necessary, and it was a battle I decided to fight with a long-term strategy. Some kids have to see for themselves and I believe in giving children room to make mistakes and learn from them...better to do that while they're young and have time to fix it. Remember that it's flexible, so if the child can only do a little bit a day, that's fine. There's no need to push for the whole page filled each day.
@@highenergyhomeschool5158 thank you very much. I’m having trouble with my six year old and was unsure if I was starting too young because she seems so disinterested. I definitely see the value and want her to memorize them I just was wondering if I was starting too young.
Ok, I am a bit dyslexic lol. I folded the paper and did part one where you wrote the math facts. Is the child then suppose to copy what I wrote 3 times where it is folded? Thanks!
It's very open-ended so you can use it however it works best for your child. If your child hates writing, then sure, maybe use each column to just copy what you wrote one time. You might still have a lot of blank space on the paper. Or, the child could fill up the whole paper if they're capable of more. You could fold the paper in half "hamburger" style to make two areas of columns if a whole paper is too much for your child.
@@highenergyhomeschool5158 Thanks! What are your thoughts on common core? My daughter has been literally making herself sick over the math. So I am homeschooling now
I feel SO stupid and idiotic right now. I’m behind and in the 6th grade. I never memorized my “math facts” like the multiplication table, addition, and subtraction. I feel like personally with this stuff I feel behind and like I’m never going to succeed in life. For me to lean this it might take 3 months, I’m not joking and I’m 12!! I’m never going that be successful :
You're not stupid. You just didn't learn this yet. You can do it if you practice just a little bit each day. Three months is no time at all, and 12 is still very young. You have plenty of time. Some kids will take a year or more to learn their math facts, and that's totally ok. You can be successful being the best you that you can be. Everybody doesn't have to be good at the same things, or like to do the same things. There are lots of fantastic jobs that don't involve a lot of math. Be a good friend to yourself and tell yourself good, encouraging things.
