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Thanks for the heads up on Timez Attack...we downloaded it today and DS was totally into it. His only issue is that he is not into the massive time pressure thing....his fingers sometimes don't keep up with his brain and when you are "battling" the ogre, you have only so much time to get the answer out - so he would bumble at the keyboard trying to find the right number to key in and sometimes ran out of time and after so many wrong answers, they make you start all the way back at the beginning in some areas. He enjoyed it - I just wish that it wasn't so focused on the time thing of spitting the answer out so quickly.

www.multiplication.com is a great site for learning multiplication facts without time pressures.

The other thing we did at first with Timez Attack was *we* typed in the answers quickly for DD as soon as she told us the answer. With us typing there was less of a lag between figuring out the answer and actually inputting it into the game. We didn't have to do it long, though, before she was able to start typing it in herself.

We also have a Math Shark, which is a portable, fairly enjoyable way to practice math facts. Time is only an issue insofar as it keeps track of how long it takes you to complete each round and then you can try to beat your times. It works for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (and can be used with decimals, too).