They're fun and a great way to speed up multiplication tables.

Despite being an educational technology geek, at home I also play some traditional maths games with the kids. In this article I'll suggest a few 'kitchen table games' that will improve fluency with tables and help learners progress towards fast recall.Īs a parent I've always been concerned about keeping children at the screen for too long - that's why we designed Komodo around short periods of regular use.

In last week's post I talked about how 'mastering times tables' means being able to recall them within one or two seconds and I explored how children climb this hurdle.