Learning the multiplication table by heart is essential. No matter what fashion of math education the schools are following, we parents ought to make sure that our children learn the 100 multiplication facts by heart. This is very likely best achieved at home. It’s not that difficult. When you consider certain patterns and the easier numbers, the facts are reduced from 100 to 21. I remember how effortlessly my 7 and 8 year-olds learned 150 random Pokemon names within a week! Wouldn’t the motivation be even greater for critical math facts? Please see this demonstrated in the following video: