Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Multiplication Tables

Two books in the 'Back to Basics' series,  'Multiplication Tables', Ann has written cover multiplication tables.



Let’s dip inside and have a look at what makes these two books so special.

Ann has taken the thinking-teachers' approach to helping children become masters of their multiplication tables and starts by giving them a vocabulary with which they can describe the strategies that they might use to work out an unknown fact.
 
In the second book, Ann shows how to use tallies to work out one of those troublesome multiplication facts:





With games and ‘beat the calculator’ activities, these books are full of bright new ideas for helping children over the multiplication tables hurdle. For more information, visit www.pascalpress.com.au/back-to-basics/

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