subject: Times Tables Are Easier For Children To Learn On The Go Than When Sitting Still [print this page] Surely children have to sit still when learning the times tables. Surely movement is to do with playing and sport.
Well yes, and now you'll see why movement is great for learning times tables. The first thing to highlight is that children love moving about. This is what they want to do.
The problem with times tables is that it is mostly learned by sitting still with children trying to get the number work into their heads, whilst at the same time doing something that is not natural to them .i.e. being still.
Children learning the times tables whilst being motionless is therefore not the best method of learning the times tables, particularly as there is a superior technique.
Moving generates emotions in both adults and children and when you move it alters the way you feel.
When you are talking about children the emotion created by moving is happiness and when children are happy they are keener to do things
If you could find a way of bringing movement into learning times tables, this will improve your children's motivation.
So, in what way can you bring movement to learning times tables?
There is something that you can do which I'll tell you now.
We can forget the usual way that children are taught by cramming and rote learning.
Here is an example with the three times table: 1x3 is 3, 2x3 is 6, 3x3 is 9, right up to 12x3 is 36.
What a boring way to learn. To learn the tables children need a method that makes them fun to learn and easy to remember. The method that does this is based on what the Memory Champions do to remember vast amounts of information.
The Champs make images of the things they want to remember and link these images with locations.
Times tables are easy for children to learn when they do this using real images and real locations.
In this case, the images can be created for the numbers themselves. These images can be placed in various locations within the home.
More difficult times tables can be put in more unusual places within the home.
Often in places that will cause children to laugh. This makes the tables more fun to learn and they are therefore more memorable.
So in the process of moving around the home and having a look at the times tables, your child is having fun. This makes learning much easier too.
Remember, motion creates emotion. If you use this principle linking movement and having fun to maths, then the end result is instant learning of the times tables.
The fantastic thing is that other maths subjects can also be learned in this fun way.
by: Tony Lazar
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