Math Facts

Bingo.

And be consistent, with LOTS of practice, ex. do this "x" amount of times (5, 10, ??) everyday.  You don't have to do this at the same time, but consistency helps a lot.  It will come along with much practice, practice, practice.

Good luck.

I was just thinking of making charts on the way home from the store. He is only on addition right now, this latest test had random addition facts with answers ranging from 7 - 17. It is labeled sums of 11 review facts but it has problems like 7 + 9, 3 + 9, 4 + 9. So maybe a chart that shows all the products of 9 + x ? And next weeks test is sums of 12.

So Fresh So Clean I agree with you and that is why I have not piled on any extra work into this at home as he has kept up fine to this point. But if I understand correctly I think they (teachers) are wanting them to recall the facts quickly. The only way I can think to explain it to my son so he will understand is to compare it to when he is reading. He  no longer has to stop and sound out very many words because he has learned the basics of how the letters go together to make words. So now that is what we need to do with math, put those facts into memory so he can just look at them and recall the answer without having to think it through for so long.

So far I found some fun stuff to try like put the math problems on one index card and answer on another and play memory. Also the same concept but put them on the twister game board and add as you play . Also teach him how to play a family version of black jack - he loves playing cards. We played uno last night and had him add up any cards left in his hand. He is begging to play that again tonight.

cool I will check that out!

Never heard of that - I'll have to look it up!

Thanks, Saxon Math is the curriculum they use in his school. I will check it out.

We tried this Friday night and likes it! The badges hooked him in .

Bookmarked - good stuff!

Thanks again everyone. We've flipped the switch on and he is thinking numbers all the time now. You can see the wheels turning. He randomly started adding numbers to twelve at dinner last  night. Then his sister brought home a worksheet for homework that was #'s 1-10 to cut out and put on food from the pantry to play grocery store. My son was the cashier and worked for an hour adding up all the "groceries" that we brought to him to check out. My daughter had to count out the pennies and "stock the shelves" to keep the numbers in order. A really fun way to practice!

I'm really glad I posted here!

I like this one too, just had him take his first placement quiz.

And he was really proud to show me his practice test from school today - he finished all the problems in time!

Hey for math facts. Robert Fulghum learned everything he needed to know in kindergarten. I had to wait until I finished freshman calculus. You could work in some derivative and integral tables pretty soon. Give your son a head start.

TW