One day, after learning skip counting, the little one suddenly asks me about multiplication. I don't exactly remember the details of how that came about, all I know is that it did.
So we started with Zero and the little one found that really fun and funny. Who wouldn't right. Any number multiplied to 0 is zero. 1x0, 2x0, 3x0, 4x0... Then we did 1,000 x 0, and it still equal to 0. Even asked him 1,000,000.00x0, it's still equal to 0. The little one just kept laughing, and laughing, and laughing.
Then we did 1s. That one was just as easy. Any number multiplied by 1 is the same number. 1x1=1, 1x2=2, 1x3=3, 1x4=4... so we got to 1x100 he said 100. I asked 1x763, he said 763. I asked 1x5,326 and he said 5,326. So he easily got the concept.
Last thing we did for the day is 2s. Since he knew skip counting by 2 really well, I was hoping he could get this one just as easily. Took a little explaining, and told him its just skip counting by 2, and some paper and pen, but he got it eventually.
To help him along, I also created these bookmarks so he can have a chart or a guide or something to help him as we keep learning his multiplication.
If you are interested in this Multiplication Bookmark, you can get it thru etsy or tpt.
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