Square Numbers | Multiplication in Movement! Part 2

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🔢 Are you looking for a FUN way to memorize the times tables?

This course will provide children with tools which they will WANT to use repeatedly to practice multiplication. Through hands-on activities and movement, they will integrate the process of memorizing the times tables in their heads, hearts and hands!

👓 This is a SELF-PACED class with NO live meetings. Your learner will be engaged through a variety of activities. You will receive ten video lessons of approximately 30 minutes and accompanying printouts to work with during or after class. Advance at your own pace.

🌟 "Multiplication in Movement" brings math to life! 🤸‍♀️ The goal of this course is to help young students establish a deeper understanding of the times tables and the patterns found in them. They will work with geometry, square numbers and measuring area. Students will follow the story of TIMMY ✖ TIMES and SIR 🟧 SQUARE. Storytelling helps children comprehend fundamental math concepts while having fun.

🤹 Each class, students will stand up and move to the rhythm of skip counting. They will chant, clap and stomp the times tables, and use a small ball/hacky sack to coordinate their motor skills. By involving their whole body, children feel invigorated and awake. The course offers a multisensory learning experience to help students understand math from different perspectives.

🌈 Students will learn strategies to memorize multiplication facts. They will link geometry and number patterns to the multiplication tables. They will also understand the concept of square numbers and squared units as applied to a floor plan. Discover the beauty behind numbers!

LEARNING GOALS

1. Deepen understanding of times tables and recognize patterns within them.
2. Master and memorize multiplication facts for the 6, 7, 8, and 9x tables.
3. Enhance physical coordination and balance through fun, kinesthetic activities.
4. Grasp the concept of square numbers and their application in measurement.
5. Spark curiosity and excitement about the world of numbers.

SYLLABUS

Lesson 1: What is a square number?
🔅 Understanding what is a square number
🔅 Measuring length and width (intro to square units)
🔅 Relating square numbers to the times tables
🔅 Practicing multiplication facts of square numbers
🔅 Identifying number patterns and sequences
🔅 Homework: Shape riddle

Lesson 2: Area in a floor plan
🔅 Applying the concept of square units to measure parts of a house
🔅 Using squared meters as a unit of measurement
🔅 Understanding area
🔅 Homework: Drills & complete the sentence

Lesson 3: Different perspectives
🔅 More patterns in numbers
🔅 Identifying number sequences

Lesson 4: The Number 6 in Nature, Geometry and Multiplication
🔅 Applying strategies to learn the 6x multiplication table
🔅 Geometry of hexagons
🔅 Recognizing multiples of 6
🔅 Coordinating rhythm and multiplication with kinesthetic learning
🔅 Homework: Bee hexagon maze

Lesson 5: Strategies for the Sevens
🔅 Applying strategies to learn the 7x multiplication table
🔅 Practicing with the number line and mental math to improve fluency
🔅 Coordinating rhythm and multiplication with kinesthetic learning

Lesson 6: Tricks for the Tricky Times Table (7x)
🔅 Practicing strategies for the 7x multiplication table
🔅 Recognizing multiples of 7
🔅 Appreciating the number 7 in art and nature
🔅 Homework: Practice your facts with a hexagon puzzle

Lesson 7: Multiplication Revealed in Geometry
🔅 Discovering the "sudoku seven trick"
🔅 Identifying number patterns and sequences
🔅 Revealing the geometry of seven in a hands-on activity
🔅 Coordinating rhythm and multiplication with kinesthetic learning
🔅 Homework: The magic circle

Lesson 8: Round and round with the 8's
🔅 Applying strategies to learn the 8x multiplication table
🔅 Recognizing multiples of 8
🔅 Identifying number patterns and sequences
🔅 Coordinating rhythm and multiplication with kinesthetic learning
🔅 Homework: Mountain board game to practice 8x

Lesson 9: Playing and Reviewing the 8x Table
🔅 Drilling the 8x table with a game
🔅 Coordinating rhythm and multiplication with kinesthetic learning
🔅 Homework: Geometry riddle

Lesson 10: Hands on the 9's
🔅 Practicing strategies for the 9x multiplication table
🔅 Coordinating rhythm and multiplication with kinesthetic learning 

REVIEWS FROM PARENTS

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My daughter absolutely adores all the WONDERSTAND classes she taken! Teacher Ms. Karin tells educational stories that make learning math truly fun and enjoyable. The movement and songs are very hands on letting her move before watching class. The added worksheets are so different from regular worksheets and very helpful to practice things learned.

PREREQUISITES

🖐 To join this class, students should be familiar with the concept of multiplication and have practiced the 0-5 times tables. They will need to have the provided printouts ready for class and some support to review their homework activities. Children who have taken "Multiplication in Movement! Part 1" will benefit from this course.

✳️SUGGESTED SEQUENCE FOR MATH CLASSES WITH MS. KARIN ✳️

1) The Story of the Four Operations
2) Multiplication in Movement! Part 1
3) The Story of Place Value
4) Multiplication in Movement! Part 2

👓 AGE: If your learner is not in the age range mentioned, they can still enroll.

⏰ LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE.

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