TimesTables

On this page I will attempt to put down a list of the best tables practice games and ideas that I can find on the Internet.

If your child is finding times tables difficult to learn then there is a fair chance that I will have given them some "tables cards" to help them learn. A set of cards contains the numbers 1 to 10 and the answers for a particular times table. Children can use these in many ways:

For these examples I am assuming that the children are trying to learn their 7 times table. The method is the same for each table.

1) Children can learn to say their times tables in order by picking up number 1 then 7, 2 then 14, 3 then 21 etc... whilst saying their table out loud. Often the fact that they are physically picking up a number can help them remember them.

2) The numbers 1- 10 can be laid in a straight line... but jumbled up. Children match the numbers 1 to 10 with the correct answer card.

3) A very good fun way of learning tables is by playing the pairs game with 2 people. Lay the cards face down in 5 rows. Take it in turns to pick 2 cards, which should be a pair eg 5 and 35 (5 X 7 =35). If you get a pair then you keep the cards. If you don;t get a pair then the cards should be returned back into the place they were chosen from. The winner is the player with the most pairs after all the cards have been picked.

The following websites have proved useful to me in the past.


 * NEW***** Manga High's [|Sundae Times Game]

[|The Table Clouds Game]

[|Teaching Tables]- We use this in school... its very good. It can be downloaded for £10 + VAT... but many of the games can be played for free straight from this site. Table Mountain and Time Table are the most useful resources here.

[|Division Divers-] Very useful game for teaching the associated division facts.

[|Woodlands Junior School-] This page has lots of links to different tables websites to try. Have fun trying them out!!!