The memorization of the tables in multiplication. The various charts give the possibility of repetition, which helps to fix these in the memory of the child. Materials:
1. The Montessori Multiplication Finger Working Charts 5
2. 1 box of multiplication equation slips.
3. 1 empty box (optional)
4. 1 box of answer tiles (optional)
5. A paper, pencil & eraser
6. 1 tray (optional)
Presentation 3: Multiplication Chart 5 - The Blank Multiplication Chart also called "The Bingo Chart"
1. Take out all of the tiles and place them in numerical order. If there is more than one of the same tile, place it on top of the other to make a stack. These should also be placed in lines of units, teens, 20’s, 30’s, etc…
2. Take an equation slip from the box and read it e.g. 4 x 6 = ?
3. Read and write down the equation on a piece of paper.
4. Place your right index finger on the blue 4 and your left index finger on the red 6.
5. As in Presentation 1, run your fingers to meet. Hold the spot with your left index finger and using your right hand, place the correct answer tile on the spot.
6. Write down the answer on the piece of paper 4 x 6 = 24 and show your child tocheck answer using the Control Chart 1 or Multiplication Finger Chart 3.
7. Invite your child to try.
Video Demonstration:
Pictorial Demonstration:
2. Take an equation slip from the box and read it e.g. 4 x 6 = ?
3. Read and write down the equation on a piece of paper.
4. Place your right index finger on the blue 4 (denoted by the pencil)
your left index finger on the red 6 (denoted by the pencil)
5. As in Presentation 1, run your fingers to meet. Hold the spot with your left index finger and using your right hand, place the correct answer tile on the spot.
6. Write down the answer on the piece of paper 4 x 6 = 24 and show your child to check answer using the Control Chart 1 or Multiplication Finger Chart 3.
The memorization of the tables in multiplication. The various charts give the possibility of repetition, which helps to fix these in the memory of the child. Materials:
1. The Montessori Multiplication Finger Working Chart 4
2. 1 box of multiplication equation slips.
3. 1 empty box (optional)
4. A paper, pencil & eraser
5. 1 tray (optional)
The memorization of the tables in multiplication. The various charts give the possibility of repetition, which helps to fix these in the memory of the child. Materials:
1. The Montessori Multiplication Finger Working Charts 3
2. 1 box of multiplication equation slips.
3. 1 empty box
4. A paper, pencil & eraser
5. 1 tray
Presentation 1: Multiplication Chart 3 - Finger chart with all the products from 1-10
1. Choose an equation slip from the box, read and write it on the piece of paper, e.g. 5 x 4 = ?
2. Place your right index finger on the blue 5 at the top of the board.
3. Place your left index finger on the red 4 on the side of the board.
4. Run your right finger down and your left finger to the right until the two fingers meet.
5. Say, “5 x 4 is 20.”
6. Write the answer on the piece of paper and read it.
7. Place the used equation slip into the empty box.
8. Choose another equation slip from the slip box and repeat in similar manner from step 1-7.
1. Choose an equation slip from the box, read and write it on the piece of paper, e.g. 5 x 4 = ?
2. Place your right index finger on the blue 5 at the top of the board.
3. Place your left index finger on the red 4 on the side of the board.
4. Run your right finger down and your left finger to the right until the two fingers meet.
5. Say, “5 x 4 is 20.”
6. Write the answer on the piece of paper and read it.
Additional Information: J tried this on 28 May 2016 (7Y2M23D). At first, he did the equations for 2 time table and 3 time tables and got all the answers correct. We then went on to 4 time table, and I taught him to check the answer on the chart only if he got the answer wrong. Thereafter, he didn't bother to try the equation, going to check the chart for the correct answer straight away. He said that it was fun. References:
The memorization of the tables in multiplication. The various charts give the possibility of repetition, which helps to fix these in the memory of the child. Materials:
1. The Montessori Multiplication Charts 3, 4, 5
2. 1 box of multiplication equation slips.
3. 1 empty box
4. A paper, pencil & eraser
5. 1 tray
Presentation 1: Multiplication Chart 3 - Finger chart with all the products from 1-10
1. Choose an equation slip from the box, read and write it on the piece of paper, e.g. 5 x 4 = ?
2. Place your right index finger on the blue 5 at the top of the board.
3. Place your left index finger on the red 4 on the side of the board.
4. Run your right finger down and your left finger to the right until the two fingers meet.
5. Say, “5 x 4 is 20.”
6. Write the answer on the piece of paper and read it.
7. Place the used equation slip into the empty box.
8. Choose another equation slip from the slip box and repeat in similar manner from step 1-7.
Presentation 3: Multiplication Chart 5 - Blank Multiplication Chart also called "The Bingo Chart"
1. Take out all of the tiles and place them in numerical order. If there is more than one of the same tile, place it on top of the other to make a stack. These should also be placed in lines of units, teens, 20’s, 30’s, etc…
2. Take an equation slip from the box and read it e.g. 4 x 6 = ?
3. Read and write down the equation on a piece of paper.
4. Place your right index finger on the blue 4 and your left index finger on the red 6.
5. As in Presentation 1, run your fingers to meet. Hold the spot with your left index finger and using your right hand, place the correct answer tile on the spot.
6. Write down the answer on the piece of paper 4 x 6 = 24 and show your child tocheck answer using the Control Chart 1 or Multiplication Finger Chart 3.
6. Invite your child to try.
Video Demonstration:
Pictorial Demonstration:
2. Take an equation slip from the box and read it e.g. 4 x 6 = ?
3. Read and write down the equation on a piece of paper.
4. Place your right index finger on the blue 4 (denoted by the pencil)
your left index finger on the red 6 (denoted by the pencil)
5. As in Presentation 1, run your fingers to meet. Hold the spot with your left index finger and using your right hand, place the correct answer tile on the spot.
6. Write down the answer on the piece of paper 4 x 6 = 24 and show your child to check answer using the Control Chart 1 or Multiplication Finger Chart 3.
This small multiplication board is an excellent way to reinforce multiplication facts to 9 x 9
The child looks at a multiplication equation, thinks of the answer, then checks by lifting up the cube
The board can be used in the same way as the Pythagoras board
Our multiplication machine puts fun math practice right at kids' fingertips
Self-directing machine is totally self-checking--great for independent, skill-building practice
Great for teaching and reinforcing multiplication with numbers 1-9
For ages 6-11 years
The child can quiz himself and learn the multiplication tables.
It engages the child, instead of the child having to sit down and just memorizing facts.
Helps keep the attention of the child. Kids love spending the time pressing the buttons.
It is great for kids to learn, however, you still have to motivate your child to use it :-)
Daddy FECS, Mommy FECS and Po Po went there armed with our video cam and camera to give him our full support :-) He made some mistakes, but he passed :-)
Ingredients: 1. 2 large beetroot
2. 4 apples peeled and cut
3. 4 oranges peeled and cut
4. 4 pears cut
5. 4 kiwi peeled and cut
6. 200g spinach
7. 200g kale
Directions: Just juice them in a juicer, pour into glass and serve :-)
Additional Information:
My mum is here to visit us and stay with us for 3 months :-) So I have fulfilled my dream of juicing for my mum today using our favorite Hurom juicer :-) My mum said pa didn't get to try it. He couldn't chew much then, so this will be very good - a vitamin bomb that he could chew. Whey didn't I thought of it them... A few years ago, we had our old Phillips juicer, that was not efficient at all - using lots of fruits and only produced a little juice. It had stayed as a white elephant in our cabinet for years. Sigh... if only I have gotten to know Hurom juicer earlier and we have managed to do that for him...
I got the glasses from HW Hjørnet for 10 DKK each.
The reason why J could speak Mandarin today was because I spoke Mandarin to him from Day 1 as a baby right as we returned from the hospital. With a will as an iron steel, I disciplined myself to speak zero Danish to him. It was sheer hard work. I stuck to Mandarin, even in front of Danish parents. But thankfully I had his kindergarten's support. They think likewise that for J to speak like a native Dane, it is best that I don't speak Danish to him. Why should I speak Danish to him, that will only corrupt his accent? Daddy FECS can speak the Danish part. It was also only when he turned two years old that I introduced English. This was the only strategy for Mandarin to have a fighting chance to be a language that is alive in him.
I guess the new baby may not have this fighting chance. I have been worried that once J has a sibling, the Mandarin will be gone, for him and for the baby, as I have seen so many siblings speaking just Danish to each other, and they never get quite gotten fluent in their mother tongue. When I told J that when baby is born, he should speak to her in Mandarin, he said he will only speak to her in Danish. So I am worried that I am going down the same path as many Chinese parents in Denmark. What strategy should I adopt now, now that the dynamic of the family is changing? I haven't quite a clue.
Then I found the answer by coincidence by God's grace.
My mum is here. She just arrived today, and unknowingly, it has already made such a great benefit to J's Mandarin. He has been speaking Mandarin the whole day to her and to me. They could communicate comfortably in Mandarin without any struggles, looking back, it was due to the sheer determination of giving Mandarin a fighting chance. Mandarin is alive language with J. With my mum's here, it just gets better. So for the whole day, the baby in the tummy has just been listening to Mandarin. So hopefully J will speak Mandarin to baby, as a natural consequence as he speaks to my mum in Mandarin.
So perhaps when the baby is born, with my mum being here, it will give it a chance for Mandarin to take root and remain a live language in our cross-cultural family. It is not an easy task to keep three alive languages - Danish, English and Mandarin at a high level. The road ahead is tough, but I will do what I can to keep them all at a high level. It is highly ambitious, and it has already cost my work career. One of the main reason why I went part-time, forgoing the career and the salary, braving against society's norm and ridicule, is to give these languages a chance to flourish in our family. The road ahead no doubt will be tougher with a new add on... I hope I have the same energy, as it was when J was a baby...
