My son needs math help!!!!!

: If you speak with his teacher and she agrees, my students who do not know their multiplication facts are given small cards with those facts on them when they do their division. Some children are not ready to learn their multiplication facts in the third grade. Indeed, I have a very few 5th graders who are still working on this task. The small cards make it possible for them to move on to division without having every fact memorized yet.You could also try going to www.funbrain.com. There are some math games there that my students enjoy and seem to help them review their math facts.My son is dyslexic and is recieveing help for his reading and it has
: become very clear that he also has trouble with his math. If
: anyone has any advise on what to get or where to go to get help
: with this, please let me know. He is trying to memorize his
: multipacation facts (the old fashioned way) and he has some but I
: would love to know if there is a program out there that could help
: him, his teacher is now ready to move on to division and I know he
: is really going to be lost. He is is third grade and I need help
: immediately!!!!!!! I appreciate it.

: You could also try going to www.funbrain.com. There are some math
: games there that my students enjoy and seem to help them review
: their math facts.: My son is dyslexic and is recieveing help for his reading and it hasThank you so much for the advice Sara. I will try to convince his teacher to do that for him. She is of the old school and has some pretty rigid ways of doing things and its not always in my sons best interest even though she means well she is not well informed about his condition. Your idea makes total sense to me. We can still work on memorizing them but until then what does it really matter if he has his cards to look back on. Thanks for the suggestion and if you have any more, I am very interested in knowing everything I can. Thanks for putting me on to the website too. Liz

I am assuming your son needs help with math facts, rather than concepts?There’s a book called “Times Tables the Fun Way” that uses visual imagery to teach the math facts. Most LD kids can learn the multiplication facts quickly using this method. The tutoring kit (which includes a consumable workbook) is about $44, but the book alone is often enough. This approach offers a quick fix to learning the multiplication facts — it does not deal with concepts at all! — and children eventually develop their own mental shortcuts and can drop the imagery later. Website is http://www.citycreek.com.We have just started using a software program called “The Quarter Mile” which has gotten good reviews from homeschoolers. I think it is going to work for us. The K-9 version has something like 3,000 topics for math drill. The program stores the 5 best times of the child for each topic, and the child races to beat his own time. For multiplication, you can choose to just work on the “2’s”, for example, or choose to work on 0 through 9. The program measures time in extremely small increments, so it doesn’t take much of an improvement for a child to beat his old record. Also, the program keeps an average of the 5 best times — this average can only improve, as bad runs are not included — so there is always an incentive to improve one’s average. Website is http://www.Hendersonedsoft.com/Mary: Thank you so much for the advice Sara. I will try to convince his
: teacher to do that for him. She is of the old school and has some
: pretty rigid ways of doing things and its not always in my sons
: best interest even though she means well she is not well informed
: about his condition. Your idea makes total sense to me. We can
: still work on memorizing them but until then what does it really
: matter if he has his cards to look back on. Thanks for the
: suggestion and if you have any more, I am very interested in
: knowing everything I can. Thanks for putting me on to the website
: too. Liz

Correct website for Quarter Mile Math programs is http://www.thequartermile.com/