a
Memory Story for 9 X 9
Two-Sided Flipchart
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doesn't tell you what it is. Let's start with what it is not.

Times Tales is not a typical "question and answer" type program. It
is a program that will give your child stories and visual images to
help him remember the facts. If you follow the directions as written,
the program will work! We suggest not getting bogged down trying
to "figure out" the system as you go through it. The goal is simply to
learn the stories. Just read and talk through the stories, being sure
to always keep the numbers in the correct order. By step 4
everything will start to make sense. This is not a "typical" approach,
but it is highly effective and a great deal of FUN!

6 Step Process:
Times Tales teaches the upper times tables through a simple six
step process. Students are first introduced to engaging story
characters/elements for each number. These characters always
remain consistent in all of the stories and in some way "make
sense". For example, the number nine is a "Tree House" because it
looks like a tree.

They then use the Memory Story Guide to work through the stories
in the flipchart. Our Memory Story Guide gives detailed guidelines
in talking through each story with discussion and questions that will
cement the necessary numbers into the child's mind. As you move
through each step of the program, the story elements are  
incrementally peeled away until only the math fact is remaining. The
final steps of the program are the assessment test and periodic
review. Our Practice Tests allow a fun and non-threatening
"warm-up" to timed drills by using the familiar story characters in
place of numbers. Once this test is mastered you give your child the
"regular" drill tests that are also included.

Division:
Our New Times Tales program  includes an additional section in
the flipchart for division. In these scenarios, an element is missing
from the original story and the student must determine what it is.
The beauty in this is that the child doesn't have to learn any more
stories! He also has the benefit of understanding how multiplication
and division work together. Although Time Tales  does not teach
the concept of division, it demonstrates the method by which
division is processed.
So how does it work, anyway?
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Read through the flipchart with your child,
introducing simple stories to go with each
picture. (No need to mention math at this
point.)
Go through the opposite side of the
flipchart (without the story text)  and have
your child tell the stories back to you.
Introduce the Memory Trigger flashcard.
At this point instead of saying "two
treehouses" you will say "nine times nine"
as you point to each character. Ask your
child to remember what is missing from the
story. He will recall the eight and one
apples. Say, "nine times nine is
eighty-one". At this point children often
become very excited, realizing that they
have unknowingly  memorized
multiplication facts.
When your child can successfully work
through all the Trigger Memory
flashcards, progress to regular flashcards.
As you hold up the 9 x 9 flashcard your
child will still picture the two treehouses
and the eight and one apples in their mind.
He will quickly answer with "eighty-one"!
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