5 Tips for Fast Math

Make sure your child understands the concept

1. Use Manipulatives ( beans, blocks, pennies) to help build the problems

2. Use manipulative to solve the problems

3. Solve the problem without manipulative

Do a pretest and see what your child already knows.

Practice the facts:

1. Create flashcards

   1. http://www.aplusmath.com/flashcards/Flashcard_Creator.html

2. Play games with dice

3. Use a timer and 2 die, roll the dice and answer out loud. See how many problems can be solved in 1 minute or 2 minutes. Keep a chart and track progress.

4. Play computer games

5. Computer math practice:

Create worksheets

1. Math Worksheet creator:

2. http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/

3. Practice writing the answer

4. Review errors, demonstrate patterns

Practice times facts with pencil and paper

1. Horizontal

2. Vertical