City Creek Press Times and
Division Classroom Kit
Times Alive! Multiplication Software
City Creek Press, Inc.
1.800.585.6059
www.citycreek.com
Math facts . . . your child either loves
them or dreads them. In fact, I don’t
know many children who love them
other than my math-loving daughter.
However, I am here to tell you that
learning and grasping the multiplication skills that encompass all areas of
higher-level learning is possible with
the help of Times Alive!
I am a firm believer in the fact that
things will fall into place at just the
right times. This review is such the case.
You see, my 4th grader has been struggling to master her multiplication facts,
and I was searching the Internet for a
program to use. The very next day I
was offered the City Creek Press Times
and Division Classroom kit with Times
Alive! Multiplication Software, and I
couldn’t be happier with this set.
We received a big box of goodies to
help my 4th grader learn her multiplication facts. The package included:
The Times and Division Classroom
set is perfect for a homeschool setting
or traditional classroom. This kit includes stories, manipulative play pieces,
poster pictures, activity sheets, and music to help you teach.
Times Tables the Fun Way Book
for Kids - This is the main book of
the program and is also available as a
PDF download. The spiral-bound book
is printed in full color and includes
88 pages. This book teaches the zeros
through nines and includes pictures
and stories for each of the more diffi-
cult facts, 3’s, 4’s, 6’s, 7’s, and 8’s, while
helpful tricks are used to teach the rest
of the easier facts through 9. The spi-
ral binding helps keep the book flat for
easy teaching.
Times Tables the Fun Way Clue
Cards ($10.95) Two sets of these cards
are included, and they are intended to
be used after you have taught the story. Each full set includes forty-five 3 x
5/5 cards and includes the answers on
the back. For ease of use, the cards are
numbered on the bottom with the lesson numbers.
Times Tables the Fun Way Student
Workbook ($12.95) This student workbook is used after teaching the children
the stories to reinforce learning. The
workbook includes 60 pages of reproducible practice sheets, quizzes, activities, and pre-and post-tests to monitor
progress. Your student will need to
know the stories in the Times Book to
utilize the workbook pages.
Division Flash Cards ($10.95) After
mastering the times facts and stories,
you are ready to move on to division
facts. Once the students know the times
story, they can begin to guess who has
been left out with the 64 flash cards in
this set. The missing character is the
answer to the division fact. This set includes the reversals like 72 divided by 8
and 72 divided by 9.
Times Tables the Fun Way Teacher’s
Manual ($24.95) The teacher’s manual
includes everything you need to cover
lesson plans in a multisensory approach
to learning the 0-12 facts, double digits, and simple division problems. It is
122 pages long and includes 12 games
for extra practice and a card pack with
game cards and grading templates.
Times Tables the Fun Way Posters
($44.95) A 15-poster set that represents
each story in the Book for Kids. The
13x20 posters are perfect for the visual
learner and enhance retention.
Songs to Remember the Times
Tables ($17.95) Help kids remember
math facts even more with the help of
15 fabulous theme songs that correlate
with the stories found in the Times
Table Book. Each story is represented,
and you will be tapping your feet and
singing along with these catchy lyrics.
Times Tables the Fun Way Magnetic Story Board ($28.95) This is a
magnetic math board that is color-cod-ed with the characters from the story.
It includes over 75 magnetic pieces to
give hands-on fun while re-creating the
fact stories.
Times Tables the Fun Way Audio
Book on CD ($12.95) An audio book
that has separate tracks for each chapter. This works as a great travel aid as
students can work independently while
reading and memorizing the Times
Book for Kids.
Times Tables the Fun Way Activity
Book ($11.95) An economical black-and-white version of The Times Tables
the Fun Way stories that let students
have their own take-home copy of
the color edition. These books are 98
pages of fun activities and are not sold
separately.
The Times Alive! Software CD is a
fun, engaging, supplementary math
program, founded by former Sylvan
Learning Center owner Judy Liautaud,
that has been “Helping Kids Get a Kick
Out of Learning since 1992.” Times
Alive! is an interactive game that uses
stories, songs, and quizzes to help teach
children multiplication facts from zeros through the nines times tables. By
viewing short animated video clips
with catchy lyrics, my students were eager for math all day. It retails for $44.95
for a physical CD or $48.95 for a download. PC and Mac versions are both
available.
Some features of the program in-
clude:
• the ability for the student to read
along while they hear the storyteller
• fun and lively game animation that
makes the number characters come
alive on screen
• Each story is followed by a music
video and a catchy song that you will
find yourself singing throughout the
day.
• Interactive games and quizzes keep
the student engaged while testing
recall.
• Helpful progress reports track the
dates that lessons are completed,
quizzes taken, and time using the
program.
