~ Terri Freyermuth, Learning Disability Teacher, Stowell Learning Center, Diamond Bar, California

TURN the Tables is terrific! My students quickly learned the multiplication facts using this multisensory product. They were so proud to be doing multi-digit multiplication upon their first encounter with the times tables. I am impressed by how easily they visualized the answers and completed their work independently. La Deaux has written the manual in such easy-to-understand, simple-to-follow directions that anybody can quickly learn how to teach it without taking a lengthy, costly workshop to learn the technique.

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~ Maryian Milsom, B.A. Tutor, Dyslexia Remediation Specialist, Toronto, Canada

Because TURN the Tables is a whole brain experience, integration of the multiplication facts is painless. Strengthened by some kinesthetic movement, learners activate auditory skills, visual skills, memory, and association while the facts become enduringly imprinted. Thoughtful reinforecements included with the kit are worksheets tailored for each multiplication fact. Matt Matics greets them with his helpful hints on every page.

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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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~ Jill Stowell, M.S. Stowell Learning Centers, Inc. Author, 'At Wits' End,, a parent's guide to ending the struggle, tears and turmoil of learning disabilities.

Chris La Deaux's math programs are beautifully done and completely on-target. We recently started with Add to Subtract and love the way the program helps students to get vivid mental pictures of how numbers fit together to create the math facts.

Add to Subtract is a fun and complete program for memorizing addition and subtraction facts and getting lots of well-sequenced practice with adding and subtracting. It provides a critical piece that many students struggle with in a format that can easily fit into traditional classrooms, tutoring centers and homeschool lessons. Well done.

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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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~ Joan Smith EDU, Therapeutic Director Licensed Educational Psychologist and Speech Pathologist Author, 'You Don't Have to BE Dyslexic,' 'Learning Victories,' and 'The Calming Kitchen'

I have had the opportunity to review the Add to Subtract program which you have completed and continue to be very impressed with your incredible ability to bring clarity to our educational system. As you know, I am a strong believer in using all the senses to input information into our children's memory storage. Add to Subtract does exactly that with the use of manipulatives materials, visual association and considerable practice opportunities. We know that frequency in exposure to materials and receiving information through multiple senses increases the likelihood of retention of information.

Since the basic understanding of numerals is the foundation for all future math skills it is essential that this primary concept becomes automatic. Add to Subtract provides that foundation. The program also insists on the consistent practice and review which activates brain cell storage. All of this experience with the initial numeric concepts creates a genuine understanding which will serve the student well through advanced math. It is especially encouraging to young (and remedial) students to feel that they are able to do advanced problems. When students can add multiple number (without having to worry about regrouping or carrying) they are emboldened with success. Those pages brought a smile to my face as I know how critical it is for students to feel that they are especially skilled in an area. This experience will convince them that they are particularly talented and cement a life-long confidence in their math efforts.

Add to Subtract is an important addition for teachers to use as they address the early development of math concepts and for special education teachers to use to resolve learning confusion for children with disabilities. Thank you for this important contribution to our teaching resources. I hope every school makes this available for their elementary educators to relieve the problem of math confusion in our school system.

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