Times Tables Stick

Unleash Maths Mastery with Tables Stick! Turning times tables into interactive, strategy-based learning that builds confidence and sticks for life! #TimesTables

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🧮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

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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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@TownPrimary @TheRoseLearning Fabulous ❤️

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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

[Sarah Farrell @SarahFarrellKS2]

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

[Jo Austen @mathswithin10]

Same slide I'd picked to share....too fast @mradamkohlbeck! This from @sparkeyparkes - it's very important for teachers to think about whether a game enhances learning or whether it's just gamification of quiz-style questions

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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

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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

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Here’s the Pod description by Jon…

#TimesTables #MathsCPD #MathsMastery #PrimaryMaths

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Thrilled to chat all things times tables with the fabulous Jon Cripwell.

You can listen to the podcast here 👇🤩

Spotify: https://t.co/fjp9sBzqNS

[Tom Manners @Mannermatics]

**New blog**

https://t.co/jE43EoY9Jk

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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

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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

[The Science Hub East Herts Essex Beds & MK @ScienceHubHEB]

1 week to go! Primary STEM conference
Talks, Workshops, Exhibition, Networking, Prizes
Sponsored by @goodfuture_fdn and @Findel pH Science
21st October @Brentwood_Sch
https://t.co/F8Ipw1kxHN

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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

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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

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🧮 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

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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

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