Rhymes n times

I used this with 3 L.D. students. They enjoyed some of the activities but I was not that impressed with the retention. They had a difficult time remembering the rhymes. I am currently trying another program which is more visual in nature. I believe it is from a company called City Creek (I am at home and I can check at school if you would like more info.) Most of my students are stronger in the visual modality rather than auditory. Pictures are the key!!!!!! I may be premature in my assessment, but I think I would recommend this program over the other because of the visual emphasis it has. I spoke with the creator of the Ryhmes and Times and I am positive they would stand behind their guarantee, so you really are not out any money if you decide you aren’t pleased. I think your student would improve but I think you may get what you want a little more quickly with the other program. I am continually looking for the mose effecient way to learn.

I think any focused efforts are bound to bring at least improvement, so it’s a pretty safe guarantee — and it could be fun. The more visual option is Times Tables the Fun Way (www.citycreek.com)— and the option for using hands-on and language to develop the concepts is Tools for the TImes Tables — get there through http://www.resourceroom.net/Math/1timestables.asp where there’s online times tables practice too.

I’ve used “Times Tables the Fun Way” with a couple students. It works. I usually hold off trying it till I’m certain that the child really won’t make headway by memorizing the facts with regular repeated practice. For certain students, though, the visual route is really the best.

My current student, age 12, has worked to no avail with private tutors for 4 years in the efforts to memorize her multultiplication facts. She’s been learning them these last 3 weeks by using the above stories. She already has half of them memorized. This is a very visual kid who loves to draw so this method is perfect for her. I’ve been really pleased. In her case, learning them via rhymes would’ve been useless - she has great difficulty reading; she doesn’t hear rhymes.

I used this with 3 L.D. students. They enjoyed some of the activities but I was not that impressed with the retention. They had a difficult time remembering the rhymes. I am currently trying another program which is more visual in nature. I believe it is from a company called City Creek (I am at home and I can check at school if you would like more info.) Most of my students are stronger in the visual modality rather than auditory. Pictures are the key!!!!!! I may be premature in my assessment, but I think I would recommend this program over the other because of the visual emphasis it has. I spoke with the creator of the Ryhmes and Times and I am positive they would stand behind their guarantee, so you really are not out any money if you decide you aren’t pleased. I think your student would improve but I think you may get what you want a little more quickly with the other program. I am continually looking for the mose effecient way to learn.

I think any focused efforts are bound to bring at least improvement, so it’s a pretty safe guarantee — and it could be fun. The more visual option is Times Tables the Fun Way (www.citycreek.com)— and the option for using hands-on and language to develop the concepts is Tools for the TImes Tables — get there through http://www.resourceroom.net/Math/1timestables.asp where there’s online times tables practice too.

I’ve used “Times Tables the Fun Way” with a couple students. It works. I usually hold off trying it till I’m certain that the child really won’t make headway by memorizing the facts with regular repeated practice. For certain students, though, the visual route is really the best.

My current student, age 12, has worked to no avail with private tutors for 4 years in the efforts to memorize her multultiplication facts. She’s been learning them these last 3 weeks by using the above stories. She already has half of them memorized. This is a very visual kid who loves to draw so this method is perfect for her. I’ve been really pleased. In her case, learning them via rhymes would’ve been useless - she has great difficulty reading; she doesn’t hear rhymes.