12 cheap and easy summer math options for keeping up your child’s math skills over the summer.
Free & Printable Times Tables Test (Multiplication Facts from 1×1 up to 10×10)
How well does your child know the multiplication facts? Use this quick, printable, and free times tables test to find out. Bonus: the detailed answer key will help you interpret the assessment results so you can help your child master all the math facts!
3 Fun (and Free!) Printable Multiplication Facts Games
Multiplication facts practice doesn’t have to mean just flash cards and worksheets. Your kids will love playing these free printable multiplication facts games. All of them are classic children’s games –but with a multiplication fact twist.
How to Use a Multiplication Array to Help Your Child Master the Times Tables
What multiplication arrays are, why they’re so helpful for teaching the concept of multiplication, and how to use a multiplication array to help your child master the times tables. Includes a free printable multiplication array that you can use to model multiplication problems from 1×1 up to 10×10.
Multiplication Strategies That Will Help Your Child Master the Times Tables
Multiplication strategies make it faster and easier for kids to learn the times tables. Learn tried-and-true multiplication strategies (as well as the best order for teaching the multiplication facts) that will help your kids master multiplication.
Free Printable Multiplication Table (Completed and Blank)
Print out your own free printable multiplication table. I’ve included both a completed and a blank table so that your child can complete the blank table and practice all the multiplication facts from 1×1 up to 10×10. What is the …
The Mental Addition Game That’s Really a Multiplication Game (Race to 100, Advanced Version)
Knowing how to add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number mentally is essential for mastering the times tables. Use this scripted lesson and fun game to teach your child this important mental addition skill and get her ready to memorize …
10 Mental Math Tricks All Homeschool Parents Should Know
See if you know these 10 mental math tricks that will help you teach homeschool mental math with confidence!
Do I Really Have to Finish the Math Book?
Three little-known facts to help you decide whether to finish your homeschool math curriculum, plus four options for handling those extra lessons.
Race to 100: Place-Value Game for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade
This fun, simple place-value game will give your kindergartner, first grader, or second grader lots of practice at using place-value to solve simple mental math problems. All you need is a deck of cards!