~ Jackie Benterou, Fourth Grade Chiloquin Elementary School, Chiloquin, Oregon

I think the little book (TURN the Tables) with Matt is really cool!

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~ Delores Keizer, Teacher/Tutor, Sussex, New Jersey

I just wanted to send you a note to thank you for developing TURN the Tables and tell you how excited I am to be using your materials. I am working with a 4th grade boy who has been struggling to master the times tables. Two minutes after I started working with him using your materials he looked up at me and smiled and said in an excited tone, "I can do this!" I am so thrilled to have found this. So thank you, thank you, for developing this material! The multisensory approach is such a plus!!

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~ Mary Santilli, Former Special Education Math Teacher, Trumbull, Connecticut

TURN the Tables is a great program for learners needing visual strategies to comprehend multiplication.

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~ Jill Stowell Learning Disabilities Specialist Director of Stowell Learning Center, Diamond Bar, California

Our first clinic student to try Turn the Tables was SO excited to be multiplying with the "big numbers" in the one's worksheets. He felt really great about it and didn't want math time to stop. (He always wants math time to stop!) Great job!

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~ Dr. Joan Smith, Director Melvin-Smith Learning Center, Monterey, California

TURN the Tables activates the whole brain for learning and retaining multiplication facts. By using visual memory, spatial orientation, language association, auditory memory stimulation and rehearsal exercises, this program anchors the multiplication facts for automatic access! Melvin-Smith Learning Center uses TURN the Tables to establish long term recall of multiplication facts and improve math performance.

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~ Parent of Second Grader at Silva Valley Elementary School

In learning it isn't where you start, it's where you finish that matters! We watched and encouraged our children to learn to walk and eventually run. At first they were unsteady and fell down. With our help they succeeded and today they run without effort. Your children are taking their first math steps. Learning math parallels learning to walk. We need to provide encouragement and tools to help them succeed. Ways That Work provides the helping hand they need to guide them to success! The program allows students to receive immediate feedback which fuels their motivation to learn. Stop watching your children stumble through math when they are capable of running! Give them all of the tools they need to steady themselves by participating in the the two-class addition and subtraction program.

Math is a journey. The more prepared you are for the journey, the more enjoyable the journey becomes. Ways That Work is the math preparation necessary for your child's academic journey. All preparation requires effort. This program provides tools for your children to make their math efforts successful. If you walk in a circle each day with hope of reaching the mountain summit, you will never reach the summit. Likewise, if you use ineffective methods to teach your children math, they will not achieve their true potential. Give your children the academic preparation to make their journey enjoyable. Allow them to be fully prepared by participating in both classes of the addition and subtraction program from Ways That Work. You wouldn't bring only half of what you needed on a journey! Remember, in learning, it isn't where you start, it's where you finish that matters! This is the key, finishing! So, stay on the journey and complete the addition and subtraction program.

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~ Todd Smith, 3rd Grade Teacher, Holy Trinity School, El Dorado Hills, CA

I believe! After observing your first demonstration in my classroom and seeing how enthused my kids were to successfully recall 'The 3s,' I knew that your method of learning multiplication facts was a much more efficient method than any of my past attempts. Results from the 100-problem pre/post assessment (Time: 8 minutes or less) of multiplication facts (1-12) indicated that only 3 o f my students scored 80% or higher. I used this same assessment as a post-assessment six weeks later, however I have much different results.

I used TURN the Tables intensively for a period of 6 weeks with my third grade class of 34 students, beginning in late February. I spent roughly 40-50 minutes a day for the first two weeks. After my students recognized the familiar pattern in this multi-sensory approach, I spent approximately 15 minutes introducing new facts and allowing 20 minutes for students to work independently for a total of 35 minutes. The time remaining from our usual 50 minutes was used to cover new materials. At the end of each week, I used the corresponding multiplication fact assessment (included in the curriculum binder) with my class to determine proficiency levels. In all but one exception, a minimum of 80% of my students scored 80% or higher on each fact assessment (50 problems in 4 minutes). The exception was 'The 8s' test, in which case 70% of my students scored 80% or higher on their assessment.

At the end of the sixth week, I gave the 100-problem pre/post assessment test (Time: 8 minutes or less) to my students. Of my 34 students, 82% scored 80 or better. The following week I gave the same assessment and 88% scored 80 or better. I reviewed multiplication using TURN the Tables twice weekly for the remaining 7 weeks of school, a total of 10-15 minutes per week. Each week I gave the 100-problem pre/post assessment test and recorded similar results. By the end of the year, 20 of my students were consistently scoring 95% or better on their 100-problem pre/post-assessment test and 32 students out of the 34 scored 72 or better.

Given the fundamental need for students' ability to recall multiplication facts, I truly believe that your curriculum establishes a firm foundation for long-term memory of the material. I was once a skeptic and am now a converted believer.

Thank you.

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