INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPLICATION CHAPTER
How can I practice to multiply while relaxed with joy and creativity? How can art, music, and movement help? How can the arts help me to visualize the multiplication table? This question especially is for the adults too: how can we developed and use fundamental practice videos and materials for our community by our community?
TOPIC:
This chapter on multiplication is hands-on multiplication activities. Try these activities to become familiar with the multiplication table and build your number sense naturally. These are creative, meditative, rigorous activities, challenging, puzzling, and relaxing. With patience and repetition you will master the multiplication table and build your feeling and intuition for numbers and multiplication.
This chapter on multiplication is hands-on multiplication activities. Try these activities to become familiar with the multiplication table and build your number sense naturally. These are creative, meditative, rigorous activities, challenging, puzzling, and relaxing. With patience and repetition you will master the multiplication table and build your feeling and intuition for numbers and multiplication.
Model Steps:
1. Stretch multiplication table
Place products of numbers (1 to 10) on a number line from one to 100.
2. Daily products challenge
Say products on the multiplication table from lowest to highest.
3. Product Tree Art
Make multiplication art with different patterns and colors.
4. Practice with Skip Counting Songs
Joyfully practice skip counting with the songs from slow to fast
Suggested Links To Get Started:
1. Stretch multiplication table
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2. Daily products challenge
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3. Product Art
Click Here for our multiply art series 1-4.
4. Practice with Skip Counting Songs
Click Here.
Have fun practicing to skip count with our songs from slow to fast. Be patient. This is challenging.
Questions:
1. Do you like to multiply?
2. Do you like math and multiplication?
3. Did you ever quick-draw master and memorize the multiplication table?
4. Do you still have fuzzy spots? Is it all fuzzy?
5. If you do know your multiplication table well, do you think you can skip count with our songs?
6. Can you name the products on the multiplication table by groups of 10 from lowest to highest, like 40, 42, 45, 48, 49?
Can you clearly say and visualize: “12 is 4 -3’s coming from 9, 3 -3’s, or 12 is 3 -4’s coming from 8, 2 -4’s”?
12 is also 2 -6’s, coming from 6, 1 -6.
How about: “48 is 6 -8’s coming from 40, 5 -8’s, or 48 is 8 -6’s, coming from 42, 7 -6’s”?
These activities are good for everyone to improve your number sense.
Work with family, neighbors, and friends.
People who "don't like" math will find fun creative things they can do and practice to get better. People who are "good at" math will find challenging new ways to see numbers.
1. Stretch multiplication table
Place products of numbers (1 to 10) on a number line from one to 100.
2. Daily products challenge
Say products on the multiplication table from lowest to highest.
3. Product Tree Art
Make multiplication art with different patterns and colors.
4. Practice with Skip Counting Songs
Joyfully practice skip counting with the songs from slow to fast
Suggested Links To Get Started:
1. Stretch multiplication table
Click Here
2. Daily products challenge
Click Here
3. Product Art
Click Here for our multiply art series 1-4.
4. Practice with Skip Counting Songs
Click Here.
Have fun practicing to skip count with our songs from slow to fast. Be patient. This is challenging.
Questions:
1. Do you like to multiply?
2. Do you like math and multiplication?
3. Did you ever quick-draw master and memorize the multiplication table?
4. Do you still have fuzzy spots? Is it all fuzzy?
5. If you do know your multiplication table well, do you think you can skip count with our songs?
6. Can you name the products on the multiplication table by groups of 10 from lowest to highest, like 40, 42, 45, 48, 49?
Can you clearly say and visualize: “12 is 4 -3’s coming from 9, 3 -3’s, or 12 is 3 -4’s coming from 8, 2 -4’s”?
12 is also 2 -6’s, coming from 6, 1 -6.
How about: “48 is 6 -8’s coming from 40, 5 -8’s, or 48 is 8 -6’s, coming from 42, 7 -6’s”?
These activities are good for everyone to improve your number sense.
Work with family, neighbors, and friends.
People who "don't like" math will find fun creative things they can do and practice to get better. People who are "good at" math will find challenging new ways to see numbers.