Times Tables, the Key to Your Child's Success?

Irvine, CA- When did you lose interest in				ADHD, dyslexia and autism do well with my
math? Never had any? Maybe, but Eugenia				method,ï¿½ Francis says.
Francis knows exactly when it started to
happen to her son. The moment? The dread				Parents and teachers must ensure children
rite of passage all children face: the				learn the multiplication tables.
multiplication tables.				ï¿½Without them a child is doomed,ï¿½
				Francis states. A child who has not mastered
As her son struggled with endless drills,				the times tables has difficulty succeeding in
Francis realized there had to be a better				mathematics beyond the third grade.
way. Why not learn the tables in context of
one another and emphasize the commutative				A recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times
property (i.e. 4 x 6 is the same as 6 x 4) of				noted that failure to pass Algebra I was the
the multiplication tables? Francis drew a				ï¿½single biggest obstacle to high school
grid for tables 1-10 and discovered patterns				graduationï¿½ and that failure to master
for her son to decode. The mysteries of the				the multiplication tables was one of the main
times tables unfolded as a daily exploration				reasons. A survey of California Algebra I
of ï¿½magicï¿½ never discussed in his				teachers report that 30% of their students do
third-grade class. Their fridge eventually				not know the multiplication tables. It is
was papered with patterns that made the times				hardly surprising then that fifteen-year olds
tables intriguing. ï¿½Patterns made my son				in the U.S. rank near the bottom of
smile,ï¿½ Francis says. ï¿½He could see				industrialized nations in math skills.
the structure and knew he got it right.ï¿½
				ï¿½We have one of the highest high school
Ever the creative educator, Francis taught				dropout rates in the industrialized
college English. ï¿½Patterns whether in				world,ï¿½ Bill Gates stated. ï¿½If we
literature or math,ï¿½ she says,				keep the system as it is, millions of
ï¿½reveal the underlying structure. There				children will never get a chance to fulfill
is an inherent simplicity in them, an				their promise because of their Zip Code,
inherent beauty. Math should engage your				their skin color or their parentsï¿½
childï¿½s imagination.ï¿½				income. That is offensive to our
				values.ï¿½
At the kitchen table, Francis applied her
skills to math. Why not learn the tables in				Teachers must innovate and bring the magic of
order of difficulty? Tables 2, 4, 6 and 8				math into the classroom. Parents must do
are easy to learn as they end in some				their part. ï¿½Parents have a huge
combination of 2-4-6-8-0. Tables for odd				influence over a third or fourth
numbers also have distinct patterns. Why not				grader,ï¿½ Francis states. ï¿½By high
a more creative approach? Thus was born				school it may be too late. Why not take the
Teach Your Child the Multiplication Tables,				opportunity that teaching the multiplication
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				multiplication tables is essential to your
Patterns appeal to children. Learning to				childï¿½s future.ï¿½
recognize patterns teaches analytical skills.
A review in California Homeschool News				Francis published her innovative workbook to
stated: ï¿½My daughter thinks itï¿½s				help other families. ï¿½If more of us
lots of fun. Sheï¿½s already had quite a				would do for other peopleï¿½s children
few ï¿½ah-ha moments as she recognizes and				what we do for our own, the world would be a
predicts the various patterns.ï¿½				better place.
Patterns enhance recall. ï¿½Children with

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Times Tables, the Key to Your Child's Success?