CE1 maths exercises: multiplication tables
The novelty of the year: discovering the tables of 2, 3, 4 and 5 — not all ten at once.
A table is better learned in this order: counting by 2s, then by 5s, then by 3s and 4s. The child then sees that a table is just repeated addition; the results to memorise come afterwards. This approach avoids rote recitation, which collapses as soon as the question order changes.
The PDF workbook gives a first contact: four multiplications to calculate and a problem about packets of sweets. The rest of the calculation is practised on screen, around 100: tens, comparing, even and odd, additions, subtractions, doubles and halves, complements — then time, money, measurements, shapes and problems.
For CE1 multiplication tables to print, each table also has its own on-screen workbook: 2, 3, 4, 5, each from 1 to 10, plus a workbook on the meaning of multiplication and one on mental calculation, gathered on the big CE1 workbook. Two minutes a day on a single table is better than half an hour on all four.