The Write Lesson

Learning the times tables and committing them to long-term memory has a significant impact on freeing up working memory. When students haven’t memorized your times tables, they might need to calculate simple multiplications (like 7 x 8) each time they appear in a problem. This uses up working memory resources. But, if they've memorized the tables, retrieving the answer to 7 x 8 is almost instantaneous, using information stored in long-term memory! Whether it's for homeschooling, classrooms, or e