Not all children like the multiplication table. Meanwhile, you need to learn it, otherwise after a few years the child will inevitably have difficulties with calculations. In order for a younger student or preschooler to memorize the multiplication table, it is not at all necessary to force him to cram. Any material is easily remembered when a person understands it, and the learning process itself is interesting and exciting. The multiplication table in this sense is by no means an exception.
It is necessary
- - a computer with a text editor;
- - cards with numbers and signs of arithmetic operations;
- - a large number of small identical objects - matches, chips, cubes, animals.
Instructions
Step 1
Explain to your child what multiplication is. It is not necessary to give a mathematical definition to a preschooler or younger student, the teacher will do it. The student must understand that multiplication serves to avoid having to add the same number many times. Use homogeneous objects to explain. For example, put two pebbles in front of the child and ask what happens if you add two to the pebbles. And if you add two more? How many times did we take 2 subjects to make 6? Repeat this task with different objects and with a different number of them.
Step 2
Explain how multiplication examples are written and what each number means. For example, 4x5 means that 4 identical objects were taken 5 times. You can rearrange the factors and take four five items each. The result will be the same.
Step 3
Draw a square. This can be done on a piece of paper or on a computer. Make 11 stitches wide and 11 stitches high. The upper right cell remains empty, in the remaining cells of the upper line write the numbers from 1 to 10. Do the same in the leftmost column. Fill in the remaining lines and columns with your child. In the second column from the left, write the results of multiplying one by each subsequent number. The next column will contain the results of multiplication by 2, 3, etc. Thus, the number in each cell is the product of the numbers in the first row and the first column on the left.
Step 4
Offer your child several assignments. Ask him to find the result of multiplying 3 and 5, 7 and 6, etc. Do not forget to ask how the number 56 or 45 is obtained. The child will be happy to look for the desired results, especially there is a table made on a computer. When the baby learns to navigate well in the square, invite him to do exactly the same, but to multiply the numbers from 11 to 20, and then from 21 to 30 and beyond. If he understands the principle of multiplication, this task will not cause special difficulties for him. Ask him at the first moment to count on a calculator what needs to be written in each cell.
Step 5
The Pythagorean table may not always be at hand for a child. Explain to him what clues are. You can multiply by 9, for example, on your fingers. Invite your student to place their hands in front of them, palms down. Let him think of a number that needs to be multiplied by 9. For example, it will be the number 4. Count it on your fingers from left to right. It will turn out the index finger of the left hand. See how many fingers are left to the left of it and how many to the right on both hands. On the left are the middle, ring and little fingers, that is, three. On the right - 6. Accordingly, the product will be equal to 36.
Step 6
Learn a few counting rhymes. "Five five - twenty five" and "six six - thirty six", as well as other rhymed examples, will allow the child to navigate, if necessary. He knows for sure that if you take six apples six times, you get 36. Accordingly, 6x7 is 6 more apples. In the future, you can show your child ways to multiply quickly.
