times tables

If you’re a certain age… you probably learned your math times tables by rote.  Good old repetition.  But how do your kids learn today? And is it ‘getting into their heads’ as best it can? What a lot of schools (and parents) are doing today is using the mnemonic trick of a multibandz time table wristband. Each band runs through a times table and the child simply refers to that every time they want the answer. When it’s all sunk in, they move up to the next band. Because it’s a reward, young children strive to learn the table and move up. They love collecting the bands and they love trying to remember their times tables. Our orders from schools are increasing dramatically because they’ve found that the system works. Continue reading →

You have to hand it to many schools - they work hard with little money to come up with really inventive ways to get the message out there. The Southern Autistic School is a great example of how hand bands or wristbands help them raise awareness for their fundraising needs and the issues of the kids they teach. They use handbands as a way of interacting with their community in a fun and positive message way. Wangkat Jungka Remote Community School takes its maths really seriously - they see it as fundamental to the grounding of their kids for later life. Everything in maths stems from a base knowledge of things like the timetables so they use our Multibandz product to further remind kids of the maths lessons. They use the thin rubber wristband idea to keep the kids engaged with maths. Gentle Nature takes the task of protecting animals very seriously Continue reading →