Multisensory Matters

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Ideas for Teachers using

Turn Tables

Class teachers can use the pairs game, as an interactive group activity in teams of four.

The individual game can be used as a personalised learning activity to work on the times tables of the student’s choice.

Set up a peer mentoring session, perhaps in a weekly registration slot to help weaker students improve.

One-to-One tutors use the individual game to coach students through their weak areas.

Sencos/Intervention leaders set up a times tables support course for students who need it.

Teaching assistants use in small group activities to help students visualise what is meant by times tables.

Maths department set up a weekly use of cards at key stage three and allow students to chart their progress.

Key stage two teachers use the individual game for a peer-coaching activity.

Teaching assistants use the cards as flash cards to reinforce prior learning.

Numeracy co-ordinators teach other staff how to use cards as part of numeracy across the currciculum.

Adult maths teachers use the cards as an alternative way to establish understanding of a concept which students may fear.

For more info on any of these suggestions please email me.

Association of Teachers of Maths Review

Tips for Parents using

Turn Tables

Play the individual game about twice per week with your son/daughter to help them understand and realise the importance of times tables.

Encourage siblings to play the pairs game together to reinforce their learning and allow them

Magnet the cards your son or daughter are working on to the fridge and encourage then to play before they raid it!

If you are happy with the game then show the box to your child’s teacher to help establish a common approach to your child’s learning.

Do not let your son or daughter finish primary school without understanding times tables. If its too late for that then make it an absolute priority in years seven and eight.

When playing the games with them never say “I was /am no good at times tables!”.

Reward them for their progress.

Remember they need not learn “off by heart” as long as they can work out the answer.

For more info on any of these suggestions please email me.

Welcome to Multisensory Matters,

Home of Times Table Resources with a Multisensory Twist!

Does your child need extra help with learning times tables?
How can a Multisensory approach help?

Many people, cannot learn things “parrot fashion” because their brain simply does not work like that. It is widely recognised that using several sensory channels, as pathways to the brain, is a successful way to learn.

As a secondary maths teacher and tutor of students with specific learning difficulties, I have helped hundreds of people to overcome their times tables issues. I invented the Turn Tables cards in 2006 and have now decided to share the idea, because they have been so successful.

Turn Tables card games are different to many other multiplication resources:

They use the eyes, the visual channel, to see the multiplication diagram, giving students a concrete idea to hold on to;

They use the voice to say the multiplication fact, so using the auditory channel to hear the students own representation of the multiplication fact; and

They use the kinaesthetic channel to touch and turn the cards, giving students tactile memories of the process.

Turn Tables is a simple deck of cards, colour coded for each times table. It offers a selection of games to play at home or at school to help people of all ages better understand times tables.

Association of Teachers of Maths Review Families Magazine Review

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