Overview
Times tables are not 100 random facts. They are a handful of patterns - and once a child sees them, the hard facts stop being hard.
Times Tables Rescue is a picture-led Grade 3 workbook for children ages 8-9 who are learning, or struggling with, multiplication and division facts from 0 to 10. Instead of drilling a chart, it teaches the patterns that connect the facts, so a child who forgets 9 x 6 can rebuild it in seconds: ten sixes, take away one six.
START WITH A MAP, NOT A TEST
The book opens with a short "Where Am I Stuck?" check. Each part matches one unit, so you can see at a glance which units your child can skim and which need every page. No time wasted re-teaching facts they already know.
ONE IDEA PER LESSON, FOUR SMALL STEPS
Each of the 24 lessons fits on two pages:
- Learn It: Digit the harbor seal explains one idea, then solves one example in four small steps, with a picture for every step.
- Practice & Check: practice problems, then Quick Check questions that test understanding, not just answers, plus Challenge Star problems for kids who want more.
At about 15 minutes a day, one lesson a day finishes the book in about five weeks.
WHAT YOUR CHILD WILL LEARN
- Unit 1: Equal groups, skip counting, arrays and the turn-around rule
- Unit 2: The easy facts - times 2, 10, 5, 1 and 0
- Unit 3: Pattern facts - times 4 (double-double), times 3 (double plus one), times 9 (ten take one) and breaking facts apart
- Unit 4: The tricky facts - times 6, 8 and 7, plus square numbers
- Unit 5: Dividing by sharing and by grouping, fact families, and the rules for 1 and 0
- Unit 6: Missing numbers, multiplication and division word problems, and two-step problems
By the end of Unit 3, only six new facts are left to learn.
MISTAKES ARE PART OF THE STORY
In the seaside town of Seabright Bay, twins Ada and Rafi help Grandpa Tomas count the prizes for the Big Fish Festival. Rafi is quick but sometimes rushes, so every unit ends with a Fix the Mistake puzzle where your child spots and corrects his error. These target the slips children make most often, like adding instead of multiplying and turning division around.
ALSO INSIDE
- 6 Game Time pages: a dice game, fact wheels, code-breaker jokes, a number trail and a market-day puzzle
- My Harbor Map and a My Fact Tracker grid to color as facts are mastered
- A Dear Grown-Up guide explaining where to start and the three most common mistakes
- A 40-question Final Test and a Certificate of Rescue to celebrate
- A complete answer key for every activity
Perfect for parents, homeschoolers, tutors and classroom teachers. Buyers may photocopy pages for the children in their own home or classroom.
This item is Non-Returnable
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798182986762
- ISBN-10: 9798182986762
- Publisher: Neoo Books
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.41 pounds
- Page Count: 72
- Reading Level: Ages 8-9
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