Learning Multiplication Tables the Charlotte Mason Way

Simply Charlotte Mason Homeschooling

Sonya Shafer

Education, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, How To

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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We've received many questions about math tables and how to teach them with the Charlotte Mason Method. Richele Baburina joins Sonya to answer your questions. // MENTIONED Step-by-step guide to multiplication tables the CM way https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/charlotte-mason-multiplication-tables/ Mathematics: An Instrument for Living Teaching book https://simplycharlottemason.com/store/mathematics-an-instrument-for-living-teaching/ The Charlotte Mason Elementary Arithmetic Series https://simplycharlottemason.com/store/the-charlotte-mason-elementary-arithmetic-series/ // FOLLOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplycharlottemason/ Facebook News: https://www.facebook.com/SimplyCM SCM Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1445273695729787/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/simplycm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimplyCM SCM Forum: https://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ Subscribe Listen to the audio version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/learning-multiplication-tables-the-charlotte-mason-way/#audio Read the blog post version of the podcast https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/learning-multiplication-tables-the-charlotte-mason-way/ Upcoming Events https://simplycharlottemason.com/events-speaking/ Contact Us https://simplycharlottemason.com/contact/ Tags: #CharlotteMason #homeschool #homeschoolmath

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0:00.0	Today we want to answer some questions that we have been given about multiplication tables,
0:05.0	learning them in a Charlotte Mason way, when to move on and when to stay until the child has learned
0:11.1	them completely, all of those wonderful questions that so many of us ask as we work with
0:16.5	our child day to day in that mountainous land of mathematics.
0:27.6	Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast.
0:29.6	I'm Sonia Schaefer.
0:30.6	As we talk about these questions we have with learning the tables and when to move on,
0:35.6	we've called in the expert.
0:43.9	Rochelle Baburina. Thanks so much for joining us, Michelle. Thanks for having me. I'm not sure, like, I'm one of the few people may be so excited to talk about multiplication tables.
0:49.3	Yeah, that's right. That's right. So talk about them. Okay. Yeah. We need to know how our children should go about learning them in a Charlotte Mason way. And then the details about when do you move on and when do you stay on the same table. Those are the big questions we're wondering about. Where do you want to start?
1:09.6	All right. Well, you know what? I'm going to start with a quote because I think that this
1:13.6	one quote by Irene Stevens, who is the math and science lecturer at Charlotte Mason's
1:19.6	Teaching College, which meant she basically was teaching the teachers how to teach math.
1:26.6	Yes. And so I'm going to start with a quote by her because I think that that kind of lays out the direction that we're going to go in today.
1:33.3	Good.
1:34.3	So she says there is no royal road to the multiplication table.
1:38.3	It must be learned by heart.
1:41.3	This is a fact which faces every teacher of elementary arithmetic and which each
1:47.0	must prepare for in the best way possible. This lays out a few things. One, there is no
1:53.6	Royal Road, which means it's not something simple and easy for every student. It must be learned by heart. This answers the question,
2:03.5	kind of did Charlotte Mason want her students learning the multiplication tables by heart? The answer
2:10.5	is yes. And I would say that that is because it is such a great tool in each child's toolkit that they get to carry with them throughout
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