Latest Update on Efforts to Learn Multiplication Facts

Well, we’ve not been as dedicated at practicing our multiplication as we had been in the beginning. Yet, would you believe that my soon to be 4th grader who has always struggled with memorizing his multiplication facts is REMEMBERING them? Lol We’ve only made it about half way through all the Memorize in Minutes story cards and he has most of those nailed down. It’s really pretty cool and he’s delighted and shocked every time he remembers one of those facts that just a few weeks ago made him want to pull his hair out!

He officially starts his school year on August 17th and our goal is to have ALL his facts up to 12x12 memorized before that date. Memorize in Minutes only goes up to 9x9, but 10’s and 11’s are something he already knows well, and I’m going to be writing my own multiplication stories for the 12 facts! Lol I’ll be sure to share them here when I do for anyone else using this book.

We had been practicing every night at bedtime, just before devotions… but we’ve been staying up too late and not getting to either one! I’m a loser! I told him tonight that we were going to do devotions during the daytime tomorrow. We’re going to try and fit this in while his 2 year old cousin, (whom I watch during the day) is napping. Hopefully it will work!

So that’s devotions anyway… what about math? Our only issue with practicing during the day is that his sister who is starting 2nd grade knows all her multiplication facts and is not all that good about listening when I ask her to keep quiet. She tends to want to blurt out the answer which really frustrates her older brother. So… we usually try to study math when she’s either asleep or otherwise occupied! Lol It’s really much easier to do math when dad’s home!

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