Parents & Teachers ๐ฉโ๐ซ
How to get the most out of this site โ in ten minutes a day, without tears.
Progress tracker
Everything your child plays on this browser is recorded here โ no accounts, no sign-ups.
Mastery by table
Green = 90%+ correct with at least 10 tries. Yellow = practising. Grey = not tried yet.
Facts that need work
Seven ways to use this site well
- 1Watch first, then play. Start each new table with its video episode. Children who can picture "3 groups of 4" rarely forget the answer.
- 2Little and often beats long and rare. Ten minutes a day (one video or one game round) is far better than an hour on Sunday.
- 3One table at a time. In the Race, untick everything except the table you are learning plus one you already know. Add more as confidence grows.
- 4Celebrate speed after accuracy. The Race rewards fast answers, but only switch it on once your child is getting most answers right in the Puzzles.
- 5Say it out loud. Turn on the Voice button in the video player and have your child repeat each line. Hearing, seeing and saying together builds strong memory.
- 6Use the tricks. Every episode ends with a memory trick (doubling, the 9s finger trick, "just add a zero"). Ask your child to teach the trick back to you โ teaching is the best test.
- 7Print for screen-free days. A worksheet at the kitchen table, timed with a kitchen timer, makes a great Friday challenge.
Which table should we learn next?
Don't go 1, 2, 3, 4โฆ Go from easiest to hardest. Each step reuses what came before.
Because 7 ร 8 is the same as 8 ร 7, by the time you reach the 7s there are only a handful of genuinely new facts to learn (7 ร 7, 7 ร 8, 8 ร 8). Point this out โ it's a huge confidence boost.
Memory tricks for every table
| Table | Trick | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ร 1 | The number stays the same. | 1 ร 8 = 8 |
| ร 2 | Double it. All answers are even. | 2 ร 7 = 7 + 7 = 14 |
| ร 3 | Double it, then add one more. | 3 ร 6: 12 + 6 = 18 |
| ร 4 | Double, then double again. | 4 ร 7: 14 โ 28 |
| ร 5 | Ends in 5 or 0. Half of the ร10 answer. | 5 ร 8 = 80 รท 2 = 40 |
| ร 6 | ร5, then add one more group. | 6 ร 7 = 35 + 7 = 42 |
| ร 7 | Rhymes: "5, 6, 7, 8 โ 56 = 7 ร 8". Only 7 ร 7 and 7 ร 8 are truly new by this stage. | 7 ร 7 = 49 |
| ร 8 | Double, double, double. | 8 ร 6: 12 โ 24 โ 48 |
| ร 9 | Finger trick: fold down finger N; tens on the left, ones on the right. Digits always add to 9. | 9 ร 7 = 63 (6 + 3 = 9) |
| ร 10 | Add a zero. | 10 ร 9 = 90 |
๐ A 10-minute daily routine
- 2 min โ Watch this week's episode (or replay it on Fast).
- 3 min โ Math Puzzles until three hearts are gone.
- 3 min โ One Times Table Race on this week's table.
- 2 min โ Check the progress tracker together and pick one "fact that needs work" to say out loud five times.
๐ซ In the classroom
- Project a video episode on the whiteboard and have the class chant the skip-count strip.
- Bingo works brilliantly in pairs: one child reads the caller, the other finds the answer.
- Print a class set of worksheets in one go โ each "New sheet" click gives different problems, so neighbours can't copy.
- The blank chart makes a good end-of-unit assessment; time it and file it.
Questions grown-ups ask
What comes after the times tables?
Division! Our sister site Fun with Division works the same way โ games, videos, worksheets and prizes โ and every division fact is a times-table fact backwards.
Does the site collect any data or need an account?
No. Scores and progress are saved only in this browser (localStorage). Clearing your browser data, or pressing "Reset progress" above, wipes it. Nothing is sent anywhere.
My child guesses quickly instead of thinking. What should I do?
Switch from the Race to the Puzzles for a while โ wrong answers cost a heart, which slows guessing down. Turning the sound on also helps: the "wrong" buzz is a gentle nudge.
What age is this for?
Roughly 6 to 12. Younger children usually start with the 1, 2, 5 and 10 videos and Easy Bingo; older children go straight to the Race with the 6โ9 preset.
Does it work on a phone or tablet?
Yes โ every page adapts to small screens, and all the games work with taps. The worksheet generator is best printed from a computer.
The voice narration doesn't work.
Narration uses your browser's built-in speech (no downloads). It's supported in Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox on most devices; a few older browsers don't include voices.