Update on Memorize in Minutes... Decision Made!

You may remember that I recently shared an interesting find for teaching children to memorize their times tables. My son has had a horrible time with this and making matters even worse, he hates to study anything having to do with numbers. I suspect he takes after me in that regard... math was never my best subject either.

I actually found Memorize in Minutes by accident... I was looking for math set to music, hoping I'd find something catchy to help specifically with memorizing 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's... but wasn't all that impressed with anything I ran across... then there was this.

I went ahead and ordered the book and will be introducing it to my son tomorrow once I've further familiarized myself with it's content. What I like about the book so far, is exactly what I expected to like... it has goofy drawings set to goofy rhymes, which help the multiplication facts and their answers stick in your child's brain. I'll let you know if it works for us! lol Fingers and toes are crossed so tight I'm starting to feel dizzy.

The only thing I see thus far that I don't love... I was hoping the flash cards were not part of the bound book. I'm not sure whether I should carefully pull them out and have them laminated or what? Seems like flashcards should be loose, but I really don't like removing pages from books. Sorta makes me cringe a little.

That's a small concern though and one I can totally live with should this system help my son tackle his multiplication monster. I'm really praying he can start 4th grade with the facts firmly planted in his head so we can then take on division without the level of anxiety he carried through 3rd grade. Poor guy!

Here's my original post on this resource, should you wish to check it out! Memorize in Minutes 

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