Roxy Roller Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 My DC all need to work on their math facts. I am thinking about putting together a boot camp for the summer. Do I need to go back to flashcards? We were so burnt out on flashcards when we were doing Abeka. The youngers need to work on their addition/subtraction facts, and I would really like all of them to learn their multiplication facts up to the 15s. Until now, I have only required up to the 12s, but they are not automatic - they still use their fingers to skip count up. What do I need to look at to facilitate this? I have Calculadder, and we have used it, but I have not seen much improvement. I have wondered about putting together some kind of dictation of the facts on a digital recorder, that will go slow enough that they can write out the facts like 8x1=8, 8x2=16 etc., as they are listening. Any other thoughts would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skissugar Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 we have enjoyed using the wrap ups with the "wrap up rap" cd :).. if you have more than one kid (and wrap up set) learning the same thing you can have them race to see who can finish the wrap up key they are working on first :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Roller Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 we have enjoyed using the wrap ups with the "wrap up rap" cd :).. if you have more than one kid (and wrap up set) learning the same thing you can have them race to see who can finish the wrap up key they are working on first :) Thank you for this! Now that you mention the wrap-ups, I seem to remember someone posting about them on a thread not too long ago. I will have to look into them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skissugar Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 rainbow resource (and im sure other places as well) sells a kit has the wrap up, the cd and a book to learn the facts... you can buy the wrap ups seperatly as well.. the book has pages to copy and might help what your trying to do as well.... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sew happily ever after Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 have you considered games as review instead of drill sheets? right start has a whole book of games and a card deck, and i'm sure there are many free ones online. also we use math drills and rocket math on my ipod touch. it's fun and the games are customizable to some extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSMom Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 How about adding in a little computer fun? Sites like: http://www.classbraingames.com/2010/02/math-magician-games-2/ will have your child race against the clock or computer... Always a motivator for my children, since I limit their screen time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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