The idea is to speed up recall of times tables so introduce a speed requirement. If they get it right they keep the cards, wrong and the dealer gets them.
Like 'Snap', each person deals a card and the learner shouts out the correct answer. Then shuffle the pack and split it into 2 piles - one for you and one for your child. Take a pack of playing cards and remove all the picture cards including the aces. They're fun and a great way to speed up multiplication tables. Despite being an educational technology geek, at home I also play some traditional maths games with the kids.
In this article I'll suggest a few 'kitchen table games' that will improve fluency with tables and help learners progress towards fast recall.Īs a parent I've always been concerned about keeping children at the screen for too long - that's why we designed Komodo around short periods of regular use. In last week's post I talked about how 'mastering times tables' means being able to recall them within one or two seconds and I explored how children climb this hurdle.
