🎲 Everyday Activities
- Skip counting challenges – Count in 2s, 3s, 5s, or 10s while walking, jumping, or climbing stairs.
- Cooking & baking – Double or halve recipes to apply multiplication in real life.
- Shopping games – Estimate totals by multiplying prices (e.g., “If apples cost 30p each, how much for 4?”).
- Times Table Hunt – Write facts on sticky notes and hide them around the house; children find and answer them.
- Car journeys – Quick-fire “times table battles”: parent vs. child, one table at a time.
🎶 Songs & Rhymes
- Use YouTube channels like Jack Hartmann, Numberock, or BBC SuperMovers to sing along to multiplication songs.
- Encourage children to create their own chant or rap for tricky facts.
🧩 Games & Hands-On Fun
- Multiplication bingo – Call out products or questions and mark off the answers.
- Card games – Flip two cards and multiply (e.g., 7 × 8 = ?).
- Lego building – Create arrays (e.g., 3 rows of 4 = 12).
- Dice games – Roll two dice and multiply the numbers.
🕒 Short, Consistent Practice
- Aim for 5–10 minutes a day, not long sessions.
- Focus on one times table at a time until secure, then mix them up.
- Celebrate effort as well as accuracy — keep it positive and game-like!