Hi, veteran teacher here. Let me give some advice to anyone teaching their kids times tables: don't have your kid learn them in order from 1 to 12. Go from easiest to hardest: 1, 2, 10, 5, 11, 9, 3, then all the squares, then 4, 6, 8, 7, and 12. Trust me! Make sure you go back and review previously mastered ones, but focus the child's attention on one at a time, from easiest to hardest as I said. Point out that 4s are double of the 2s, and you can skip count by 4 by alternating counting by 2. In a similar way, 6s are double of the 3s. A lot of kids have trouble with 6 x 7=42 but can do 3 x 7=21...well it's just double. A lot of kids have difficulty with 7 x 8=56 (I remember I did), well just put the answer first and say "a-5,6,7,8" like you're a dance teacher or Lawrence Welk.

Hi, veteran teacher here. Let me give some advice to anyone teaching their kids times tables: don't have your kid learn them in order from 1 to 12. Go from easiest to hardest: 1, 2, 10, 5, 11, 9, 3, then all the squares, then 4, 6, 8, 7, and 12. Trust me! Make sure you go back and review previously mastered ones, but focus the child's attention on one at a time, from easiest to hardest as I said. Point out that 4s are double of the 2s, and you can skip count by 4 by alternating counting by 2. In a similar way, 6s are double of the 3s. A lot of kids have trouble with 6 x 7=32 but can do 3 x 7=21...well it's just double. A lot of kids have difficulty with 7 x 8=56 (I remember I did), well just put the answer first and say "a-5,6,7,8" like you're a dance teacher or Lawrence Welk.