I LOVE the nine lines. I work with students with mild to moderate learning disabilities, and I've seen the nine lines work like magic when nothing else does. It is such an efficient way to learn facts, especially for students who may not be automatic with addition facts, and therefore aren't successful with repeated addition or strategies like doubling. |
Any body care to share this method on the back end? I'm sure the method isn't that complicated but David Berg seems to have a stronghold on his content and took that video down. Wants to make as much money as he can instead of helping as many people as he can. |
For us it was just the songs (I had the CD in my car) but they absolutely helped my kids learn their times tables! |
I'm the OP -- I can report that I have almost entirely forgotten learning the 13x table!
But I didn't spend a lot of time maintaining what I learned. I do remember that 13x4=52 |
these videos were taken down....Any other links to describe this method? we have a 3ed grader struggling with multiplication / division right now! |
I have taken a lot of David Berg’s math teaching classes and have been a practitioner for over 10 years. The Nine Lines method of Visual Imagery is by far the best way to teach struggling children their math facts. If you teach dyslexic or neurodiverse students math then you need to know and use this system. It provides the child the math facts, missing factors, common factors, common multiples, and all the division facts, who’s then lead to fraction concepts.
I’ve used it and witnessed Mr. Berg using it and it really is phenomenal and empowering for the students. |
Ha, I am the OP. I remember writing this post in 2017. I have no recollection of all the x13 facts I said I had memorized back then, what, 7 years ago now? Zero retention. DD is all grown up and still not great at her math facts. |
Do you remember the method? Was this it? https://youtu.be/u_j4LVSBDl8?feature=shared |
And what did the visualization comprise of? |