Why is TURN the Tables motivating?
TURN the Tables is motivating because students are successful from the beginning of the program through to the end of the program. Students are never confronted with multiplying problems with which they have not had prior practice. Each section (i.e. The 2s, The 3s) includes multi-digit problems...

How is the methodology used in TURN the Tables different than traditional ways to teach the multiplication facts?
TURN the Tables gives students an explicit strategy and tools which incorporates multiple senses to master the multiplication facts. Students do not progress to the next set of facts until they have mastered the facts cumulatively. The most common way that the multiplication facts are taught is...

Why is relying on counting to get the answers detrimental?
The primary reason why counting to get the answers is detrimental is because it does not give students the tools it takes to master the facts and get a good conceptual understanding of the association between adding and subtracting. Children need an opportunity to attain a good conceptual...

What makes Add to Subtract and TURN the Tables multisensory methods?
The senses of sight, hearing and touch plus rhythm and rhyme are used to help create associations to the math facts. By using multiple senses simultaneously it gives children numerous pathways to the brain to recall the math facts. Research has proven that the more we incorporate our senses into...

What are the benefits of learning the addition and subtraction facts from Ways That Work?
Children learn the adding and subtracting facts through the sums to 9 and the related subtracting facts by using their brain rather than simply relying on counting methods. Children are given explicit strategies to learn and retain the adding and subtracting facts. The methodology incorporates a...

What will my child lose by not taking The Addition and Subtraction Facts 10-18 class?
Your child will not have the opportunity to learn the tools to commit the remainder of the adding and subtracting facts to memory. More likely than not, he/she will go back to counting. Because he/she will not have the tools to master the remaining facts they will be confronted with many math...

I do not have time at home to reinforce the Add to Subtract method. Is it worth the time and financial commitment to continue with the second class of the program?
Yes. I do my best to attend to students' strengths and challenges individually. For every two-hour class your child attends he/she will be exposed to various ways to master the facts. Now that your child has been learning the Add to Subtract method for the past 9 weeks, he/she will be able to...

Why is it important to master the math facts and stop counting?
Ask any parent of a student in fourth grade and above how their child is doing math. If the parent says that their child is struggling in math it is most likely because they never mastered the addition, subtraction and multiplication facts. MATH BECOMES EXTREMELY CHALLENGING WHEN STUDENTS DO NOT...

Why shouldn't I let my child learn the remaining facts at school rather than take The Addition and Subtraction Facts 10-18 class?
Unfortunately, most schools put little emphasis on teaching students methods to master the basic math facts. They are depending on parents to teach the math facts. Most teachers and parents instruct kids to count if they do not know the answer. Children do not learn the math facts by counting....

Why should I continue having my child learn the Ways That Work method rather than let him/her go back to counting?
Most children learn to count by the time they are 5 years old. It is important for children to learn to count and understand the relationship between numbers and quantities. When kids begin learning the operations of addition and subtraction they must learn the concept of putting numbers...

Why should I enroll my child in The Addition & Subtraction Facts 10-18 class to complete the two-class addition and subtraction program?
At the end of The Facts to 9 class your child is less than half way through the addition and subtraction program. Many students do not fully comprehend how adding and subtracting are related until after they have been in The Facts 10-18 class for some time. Throughout The Facts 10-18 class I will...