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I think it's extremely helpful to get to the point where you don't need to count on fingers or struggle to recall answers. But depending on if there is a learning challenge it might not be possible. I don't think I'd give up at this point, just find ways to work on it without emphasizing speed or putting on pressure. Like have him work on math fact problems for just a couple min. per day (not timed), then move onto more "fun" or interesting math.

Search around a bit, there's been quite a few threads here on variations of this theme. The quick summary is if he discovers patterns within the multiplication tables himself, he'll probably remember them forever. Filling out a multiplication table is a cool one to see things like how 9s multiplied progress.