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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid (rising 4th grader) is struggling with recall of their times tables. They've learned them, and have tricks for remembering specific equations, but I'd say still about half of their multiplication tables require them to stop and either count or use a memory device to get to the correct answer.

I personally did not have my times tables down cold until 5th when I was a kid, so this seemed like no big deal to me, but my kid gets frustrated and says most other kids have faster recall and it means that problem sets and assignments take her a lot longer. She gets the right answer, but spends more time, and this is a source of frustration for her.

I wonder if there are any truly fun ways to work on this over the summer? Something we could do for 5 minutes a day or that she could do on her own maybe a few times a week? I don't want it to feel like just drilling the tables or doing sprints because I want her to get a true break over the summer (she has really earned it, she worked so hard this year) but I also don't want to set her up to feel this same frustrating, maybe increased, next year.

Would love specific recommendations for games or programs that could make this fun and not be a huge time commitment.[/quote][/quote]

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