Times Tables Stick

🧮How can we teach times tables so they stick forever? I love using a counting stick to help children understand connections and lock facts into long-term memory👇 #TimesTables #StickyLearning #StrategyBasedApproach #MathsMastery

Loved working with the fabulous @DeltaSouthmere (part of @DeltaTrust_Org) last week on Times Tables Stick CPD. Key takeaways: • Build from secure landmark facts to derive new facts. • Focus on reasoning to strengthen connections. • Make relationships visible with manipulatives (e.g. ten frames, Numicon) • Take time to dig into tricky facts and link back to what children already know. #PrimaryMaths #MathsCPD #TimesTables #MathsMastery #TablesStick

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🧮 I hear this from teachers all the time… When children memorise times tables as lists of facts, many struggle to: 🔢 recall them out of sequence 🔢 apply them (fractions, division…) 🔢 retain them beyond the MTC Times tables stick when facts are connected and make sense💡 Anchor known facts first (1×, 5×, 10×) Build new facts from these Less re-teaching 😃 More confidence 💪 More success 🌟 #PrimaryMaths #MathsCPD #TimesTables

If anybody ever asks why children need to learn times tables, here's why! #edutwitter ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Such a privilege to be part of the fabulous #TDaPELondon on Saturday. Huge thanks to @mathswithin10 for a brilliant session on number sense and to @joncripwellmath for a fantastic exploration of what cognitive science means for primary maths. Thank you to everyone who came along to my Mastering Times Tables session - it was lovely to meet you all! Lovely to catch up with familiar faces and meet new ones across the day. High-vibes all round - thanks Kieran 🌟

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🧮 Loved working with staff last week on developing their understanding of a strategy-based, mastery approach to teaching times tables. So many lightbulb moments 💡✨ Top teacher takeaways: 🔹 Teach small groups of connected facts, instead of long lists 🔹 Use manipulatives to make the connections visible 🔹 Use known landmark facts to unlock unknown ones 🔹 Celebrate small frequent steps of success #PrimaryMaths #TimesTables #MathsMastery #NumberSense #TeacherCPD #MathsConfidence

Do times tables matter beyond the Year 4 MTC? It’s a question Jon Cripwell asked me during our recent podcast chat - and it’s a great one. Here’s why I believe times tables matter beyond the check: 🌱 They unlock later maths: division, fractions, ratio, scaling, algebra. 🧠 They reduce cognitive overload, freeing working memory for reasoning and problem-solving. 💡 They build number sense: connections, commutativity, and deriving new facts. 💪 They boost confidence, curiosity and resilience across maths and beyond. The MTC is a checkpoint - fluency in multiplication sets children up for long-term success. #TimesTables #Y4MTC #PrimaryMaths

Here’s the Pod description by Jon… #TimesTables #MathsCPD #MathsMastery #PrimaryMaths

Thrilled to chat all things times tables with the fabulous Jon Cripwell. You can listen to the podcast here 👇🤩 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Am6Ve…

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A fabulous day yesterday at the Primary STEM Conference in Brentwood, Essex! Loved meeting so many passionate educators and exploring explicit, strategy-based mastery teaching of times tables to build number sense alongside times table fluency and reasoning 🔢✨ Thank you @science_hub_HEBM for inviting me 🤩 #TimesTables #PrimaryMaths #PrimarySTEM #MathsCPD #TablesStick #MathsMastery

Heading south again! 🚗 This time for the Primary STEM Conference tomorrow, organised by the @ScienceHubHEB Excited to be exhibiting and running a workshop – From memorisation to mastery: teaching times tables with connections 🧮 If you’re attending and fancy exploring a strategy-based approach to teaching times tables, come and say hi! 👋 #PrimarySTEM #MathsEducation #MathsMastery #TimesTables #TeacherCPD #TablesStick

1 week to go! Primary STEM conference Talks, Workshops, Exhibition, Networking, Prizes Sponsored by @goodfuture_fdn and @Findel pH Science 21st October @Brentwood_Sch bit.ly/primarystem

What an uplifting and inspiring day at #MathsConf39 in London yesterday - I loved sharing ‘Mastering Times Tables - A Strategy-Based Approach’ and having so many great conversations with brilliant, passionate educators 💙✨ It’s always a privilege to connect, share and learn together. #MathsConf39 #MathsEducation #MathsMastery #TimesTables #MathsCPD #MathsCommunity

London bound! Woooohooo! 🙌🎉 Super excited to be running a Mastering Times Tables workshop at the #MathsConf39 conference in London tomorrow - see you there 🤩🧮 #MathsCPD #PrimaryMaths

🧮 Looking to make your times tables teaching even better this year? 👀 Take a peek at Tables Stick - a strategy-based mastery approach, key classroom resource (think bespoke counting stick - no post-its needed!) and practical, evidence-informed CPD. ✅ Explicit teaching & structured practice ✅ Small, frequent steps of success ✅ Connects new to known facts ✅ Builds fluency through understanding ✅ Supports reasoning & maths talk #MathsMastery #TimesTables #PrimaryMaths #MathsCPD

Always a privilege to be invited to share Times Tables Stick with a room full of passionate, fabulous educators. Thank you to Milton School for sharing these lovely words after tonight’s Times Tables Stick CPD: ‘Staff training tonight on the amazing @tablesstick to help our pupils improve their times tables knowledge! Great training and great resources! We can't wait to use these in classes.’ Thanks everyone! I loved working with you all 🤩 - happy times table teaching #MathsMastery #TimesTablesCPD #TimesTableFluency #NumberSense

Very excited (like only a teacher could be 😆) - about my newly sprayed Numicon baseboard 🧡🧮 Guess what I’m teaching?! 😆 #Numicon #PrimaryMaths #Decimals