5 Tips for Fast Math

1. Make sure your child understands the concept

• Use Manipulatives ( beans, blocks, pennies) to help build the problems
• Use manipulative to solve the problems
• Solve the problem without manipulative

2. Do a pretest and see what your child already knows.

3. Practice the facts:

• Create flashcards 
• http://www.aplusmath.com/flashcards/Flashcard_Creator.html
• Play games with dice: 
• Use a timer and 2 die, roll the dice and answer out loud. See how many problems can be solved in 1 minute or 2 minutes. Keep a chart and track progress.
• http://www.enasco.com/math/Math+Manipulatives/Dice/
• Play computer games
• Computer math practice:
• http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html

4. Create worksheets

• Math Worksheet creator:
• http://www.math-worksheets-generator.com/
• http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/

• Practice writing the answer
• Review errors, demonstrate patterns

5. Practice times facts with pencil and paper

• Horizontal
• Vertical