Well, my third grader is working on memorizing his multiplication facts and I wanted some little activities other than drill sheets.
Below are some printables for practicing the math facts that we have made. My 12 year old daughter and I brainstormed themes for the different times tables and she is the designer/creator of these printables (she’s more artistic than I am). So this is her project this week and I will be adding on printables for the different tables (x3, x4, etc) as she completes them, insha Allah.
They can be made for file folder games or possibly compiled into one book for a lapbook.
These will eventually end up on the main TJ site, insha Allah.
x4 Tables – Shirts/Hangers
x8 Tables – Octopus (defaced)/Cave
x9 Tables – Open Book/Bookmark
Once they are all complete, I am planning on putting them in one book so they will be handy insha Allah.
If you are looking for other ideas for using them, other than just matching, you might try placing the unmounted pieces in a tic tac toe board or bingo and playing those games with them or get a board game template and make some sort of board game.
For the lapbook/file folders, I would also suggest varying the parts that are mounted, sometimes mount the answer, sometimes mount the question.
val james
January 20, 2009 at 7:22 am
Great ideas, wish the full set was posted, any chance of sending me numbers 2, 8, and 9 so I have a complete set? Thank you very much
talibiddeenjr
January 21, 2009 at 2:57 pm
My computer died last summer before I got a chance to finish them. I’ve got some who are working on memorization still so I hope to complete those soon and post them. Thanks for letting me know there is an interest, that might push me to finish them!
Evelyn Saenz
January 29, 2009 at 5:55 pm
What a wonderful way to practice multiplication facts. Your daughter is very artistic. Her simple designs create interest while keeping the focus on the task of matching the multiplication facts.
I have been working on a Unit Study on River Otters and one of the literary connections has the River Otters eating Hot Root Soup. I am hoping that you don’t mind that I have linked this blog to my River Otters Unit Study at http://www.squidoo.com/riverotters.
talibiddeenjr
January 31, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Yes, she is my “creative consultant!” She really has an eye for design and colors, which helps me a lot.
Don’t mind at all that you linked to it. Glad you find it helpful!
Shannon
February 3, 2009 at 4:37 pm
These are wonderful. I would like to make some of my own file folder games but as far as templates and such I can not figure out how to make my own and I would like to do it for free or as cheap as possible. Does anyone have any suggestion or can you share how you have made yours?
talibiddeenjr
February 4, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I’m happy that you like them. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
For those, I didn’t use templates, but just used clip art and coloring pages. My daughter colored the coloring pages in in Microsoft Paint.
Hope that’s helpful.
Dana
March 24, 2009 at 5:10 am
Wow! I love these! I was looking for some file folder games for my 3rd grade daughter and these will be perfect. Thanks – to you and your daughter!
jessica young
September 23, 2009 at 9:47 am
hello
my name is Jessica
i am 9 years old and i really like the math time tables{hands and mittens, t-shirt and hanger, soup bowl and spoon}
talibiddeenjr
October 2, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Hi Jessica,
Glad you like them. Thank you for writing and letting me know!
karen m
September 26, 2009 at 2:02 am
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful learning games. I greatly appreciate your talent and generosity–and my son is hanging over my shoulder, very much looking forward to playing these games. Hooray!
talibiddeenjr
October 2, 2009 at 2:38 pm
You’re welcome! Hoped your son enjoyed them!
Jennifer
December 9, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Hi, I just came upon your site well trying to find help making multiplication more fun for my daughter. Your games are very neat, by any chance do you have the 8&9 somewhere on the blog? Thank you for your help.
talibiddeenjr
December 10, 2010 at 7:06 am
No, I never got around to making them. I need to as I still have some that haven’t memorized them yet, so I hope to finish them in the near future.