Addition and Times Tables the Fun Way
The Best Path to Math Facts Fluency. Easy, Effective, and Super Fun
- Math lessons with stories and songs kids don’t forget.
- Instant success for kids with dyslexia, ADHD, autism
- Award winning story method makes the answers stick
- Story based programs for multiplication, division, addition and subtraction
How We Make Math Fun
Memorizing the math facts is a must for success, yet many students struggle. It isn’t because these kids don’t have brain power. Raw number strings are meaningless for many of us. The secret is putting a story to the fact. Times Tables and Addition the Fun Way uses stories with a punchline which is the answer to the fact. After struggling, the student learns the story and the light bulb goes off. When kids feel success they have fun and are eager for the next math lesson.
In 1992 City Creek Press revolutionized math lessons by creating the colorful and engaging stories for teaching times tables with Times Tables the Fun Way.
Our math lessons for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division make learning the math facts fun and easy. When nothing else has helped in the past, kids with dyslexia and kids with ADHD and other learning differences are finding success learning times tables with our story-based methods because when the story clicks—the fact sticks. Learning Times Tables the Fun Way solidifies the multiplication tables so future math lessons on fractions, ratios, division, or algebra are more easily conquered.
I have been an undying fan of your books and have used them extensively over my career first as a teacher and then a principal, I am proud to say that literally hundreds of students who struggled with memorizing their facts have found great success using your method, especially many Special Needs students for many of them can relate to the visuals.
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Online Times Alive
Use any PC or MAC to logon and learn Times Tables the Fun Way with our award winning program. Teaches all the 0s-9s with movies, music videos, games, and quizzes. Keeps track of student’s scores, progress, and dates of completion, and time elapsed during quizzes. Access from any computer at home or school. Great for independent learning.
Get the Times Alive App
Learn the 0s-9s Times Tables with Stories and Songs
Free Times Alive Lite version at the Apple Ap store includes free scorable times tables quiz plus Lessons 1-3 with in-app purchase option to teach all the times tables 0s-9s. Studies show our picture, story, and song program out performs most methods for effectiveness and retention of the multiplication facts. Times Alive includes animated cartoons, stories, songs, quizzes, and interactive games. It keeps track of student progress showing completed lessons, test scores, and time for completion. Available for android at Google Play store.
Times Alive App for iPhone and Android
Times Alive App for iPad
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See the Impact
“I have been an undying fan of your books and have used them extensively over my career first as a teacher and then a principal, I am proud to say that literally hundreds of students who struggled with memorizing their facts have found great success using your method, especially many Special Needs students for many of them can relate to the visuals.”
“Judy, you don’t know me, but you have helped me in a clearly miraculous way to lessen the struggle of learning that has plagued my entire life. Specifically about math. I am 22 years old and still remember the stories and times tables I learned from your book in third grade.”
“I have a class of 8 Guatemalan 3rd graders who were really. They bombed the pre test. We used your program on iPads. Today four of them were given certificates for scoring 100% on the post test. The rest of the group decided to work hard because they wanted to make 100% also. To accomplish this with these students is one of the best things to happen my life.”
“I seriously love this book. I taught 2 kids their times tables without it (painful process), then I discovered this on my third time around with kiddos #3. She’s actually looks forward to math and LOVES the silly stories. They really stick in her head! So thankful!”
“I have to tell you what your book did for our family. My kids are now 27 & 29 and both kids struggled with math. My 27 year old daughter was introduced to this book by a teacher and it changed everything. She has always had a fantastic imagination and when she could put stories to numbers, she finally was able to do multiplication. Today she is a Special Education teacher and still talks about this book.”
“I first used Times Alive when I taught 3rd grade. I am now retired and purchasing your on- line version for my own granddaughter. The other day I saw students I taught and guess what one of the things they remembered from my classroom! You got Times Alive. They are now doctors, mangers of a health care business and a leading real-estate agent! Thanks for a wonderful product.”
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