17/01/2012

Hi David,

These plates really do work! Using them at lunch, the children are keen to engage one another with multiplication problems. I will also be using them as a classroom resource, collecting groups of objects on the appropriate multiplication plate for younger children; using as a testing tool for older children where they can teach their partner using the dots around the edge and the table in the centre if they get the answer wrong. Great for classroom and dining hall at school.

Well done and thank you!

Jacqui F

From a Teacher, Reception 

26/1/2012 

Dear David

My school has been using 'The Multiples' times-table plates for a number of weeks now.
The initial response was fabulous, but what I find even more impressive is that the children remain
delighted with the plates and their characters! The children associate each character with a times-table,
making it so much easier for them to recall each set of tables. 

What a clever social learning skill ! I am amazed it has not been done before. These plates and characters
have brought times-tables to life. Gone are the tedious rote learning sessions. Those are now replaced with a natural, free flowing discussion about numbers and their properties. The most useful detail on the plates is the visual build up of the times-tables around the edge of each plate. This means that even children as young as four are starting to not only visualise the tables, but learn some too.

These plates work for a range of ages at each table because they introduce even the trickiest tables in a 
manner that is fun and by no means intimidating. The children seem to thrive on being able to learn something for themselves, and to have the opportunity to test and teach one another.

What an ingenious learning tool...and the children don't even realise they are learning!

Des