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Planet Primary. NESS - school support and maths resources. General Teaching Ideas. Www.cheekymonkeyresources.co.uk/cmrmaths.html. Early Multiplication Skills. Multiplication idea bank. * lots of activities for beginning multiplication > I am going to introduce multiplication; any advice on how -- > a good, easy way? > kali, 11/08/00 Use oodles of manipulatives. Use them over and over and over again. It is impossible to do too much work with math manipulatives when you are introducing multiplication! 1) Egg carton math. By the way, I always told my students to think of the X in a multiplication problem as meaning "groups of. " Using the egg carton, then, they would only use 3 compartments, and they would put 4 items in each of those 3 compartments, counting as they go.

Then you could say, "4 x 3. " 2) Turn multiplication problems into rectangles. The more expensive but more effective way to make rectangles is with Cuisenaire rods. I wanted so badly for my students to each have a set of "Cuisenaire rods" to use at home that we made our own 2D version. The next thing I did was to make a multiplication table for each child, also using centimeter graph paper. Enough!! Count Us In Games. Numberlines. ICT & Web Tools. ICTmagic. Adrian Bruce's Educational Teaching Resources-Reading Games-Math Games-Educational Software-Motivational Posters-Line Symmetry-Readers Theater-Art Lessons-Science Lessons- Temperature - Maths Mathematics Resources from TopicBox.net - free teacher resources for every UK primary school teaching topic. Fun Kids Online Math Games.

"Sheppard offers everything from early math to pre-algebra. The lessons include interactive activities to practice concepts. Students can shoot fruit, pop balloons, and even play math man (the math version of pac man!). Fractions, place value, money, and basic operations are some of the areas that are covered. Check it out at " --Shannon Jakeman , sjakeman.blogspot.com "Online math games, like the ones that you'll find for free at Sheppard Software, provide a valuable opportunity for children to learn a great deal while they're having fun.

The games at Sheppard Software are well written, interactive and very fun to play. It can be very difficult for parents to find productive and worthwhile activities for children on the Internet; however fun online math games do offer a wonderful alternative. This free section of Sheppard Software was written for children. Sheppard Software offers a couple of cute games for the youngest math students. Www.mathsticks.com | Making Maths Stick.