- Use materials (buttons, coins etc) to show the facts
- Draw the fact. Use a variety of different materials to make it fun. E.g. chalk, water on paint brushes, sand trays etc.
- Encourage children to record the results in their own way.
- Record the fact as an equation. If it helps, write it out more than one time.
- Get them to ‘prove it to you’.
- Image it. Create a picture of it in their mind. Get them to talk about their image.
- Make it competitive. Challenge them to beat their own time.
- Use songs or make up rhymes to support learning facts.
- Have strategies to help. Use what they already know.
e.g. If you know 6 + 6 = 12, then 6 + 7 = 13
4 x 8 is tricky. But if 2 x 8 = 16, we double it. 16+16=32
6 x 8 is tricky, but 5 x 8 = 40 plus 1 x 8 = 8, so 40 + 8 = 48
AS CHILDREN PROGRESS THROUGH THE NUMERACY STAGES, INSTANT RECALL OF THE BASIC FACTS IS ESSENTIAL AND CAN ONLY BE LEARNT THROUGH PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. |
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