My DD is a bit younger (just turned 8) but also struggled with multiplication. I had her do Big Brainz over the summer (multiplication video game--check it out) and she passed it. Since she isn't doing it at school (except very advanced multiplication with a calculator for her "enriched math") she is forgetting her facts. Some kids have a hard time memorizing them and retaining them, even very gifted kids. My younger kid is much better at retaining multiplication facts, for whatever reason, but he has a harder time recalling addition/subtraction facts than DD. If you can do intensive drill with her facts and that is the main problem this year, she will probably be Ok.
