When you are doing drills to memorize, explain to the child that the goal is The goal of the drilling is to memorize a particular multiplication table, and the drilling should only be done after the child understands the CONCEPT of multiplication. Please see the video below to fully understand the method. The teacher both POINTS to the problem (visual) and SAYS it out loud (auditory). The teacher points to various problems, MOVING his/her hand up/down the table, and the student can do the same movement. The way this is done provides a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic cue for the student. Seeing the structure of the table makes the task somewhat easier, because it reminds the children of the skip-counting pattern. Random drilling with flashcards or games is saved for later, after the student has mastered the table using this structured drill. Then the table is also practiced 'backwards', again, with the complete table written in the correct order in front of the student, but the first multiplicands missing.
The teacher will point to the problems in a random fashion. This means that the student sees the structure of the particular multiplication table written in front of him, just without the answers.
This method of drilling is NOT initially random, but structured. Menu How to memorize multiplication tables using a structured drill
