Originally Posted by CCN
Originally Posted by KatieMama
He can multiply and divide by skip-counting, but he has yet to memorize his multiplication tables.

My two kids were the same. I think memorization is very dry and doesn't have the same appeal as calculating wink

At DS8's 3rd grade parent/teacher conferences, the teacher commented that "obviously he has his math facts down". I explained to the teacher that I don't think he does, but he can add in his head very quickly. Whatever works at this point is fine by me. smile