Fabulous Football Times Tables
Christopher Davies
Paperback
(Independently published, Oct. 29, 2019)
The perfect maths book for ALL primary aged football fans!! Learn and improve your times tables in a matter of weeks! Ideal for HOME SCHOOL LEARNING - reading, writing and MATHS all in one book! 'Fabulous Football Times Tables' is brightly illustrated and full of catchy, GOAL-SCORING, football rhymes to help make learning your times tables EASY, UNFORGETTABLE AND FUN! Recommended by teachers, pupils and parents. Each rhyme is written in 'story-style' which helps the reader learn and memorise the rhyme. Reading and repeating the rhymes aloud will help your child to learn their times tables more quickly and have fun at the same time! The book is full of bright colourful pictures of all the top teams and stars, which helps to make it even more exciting and memorable to read. Towards the back of the book there is section where the children can test out their new times tables skills, in the 'Premier League Penalty Shoot-Out' activity. Can they knock out the opposing team and progress to the Premier League? There are rhymes (and stunning full colour photos ) for Messi, Ronaldo and all the top Premier League teams: Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Manchester United and Arsenal. There are rhymes about Manchester City's 2019 Premier League title win, Liverpool's incredible comeback against Barcelona in the Champions League, Chelsea's 2019 Europa League win and Manchester United's promising young team. There is a rhyme about England's all-star national team that hopes to challenge in Euro 2021. Will football finally be coming home?! There are also rhymes about England's brilliant Lionesses and a historical one about England's fabulous World Cup win in 1966! It's a real 'match-winner' for all football fans! In the back of the book the children can test their times table knowledge in exciting timed activities linked to the FA Cup and Champions League. These activities are designed to celebrate the progress the children have made and will definitely help them to develop faster recall of their times facts, and will also help them to grow in confidence! The book has been developed by Christopher Davies, a primary teacher with over 25 years experience of teaching maths. The rhymes will help your child to learn their times tables using a fun, more informal method. Reading the rhymes together (with a parent, grand parent, teacher or sibling) will definitely add to the learning experience. Chris gives details of how to maximise the learning potential of the rhymes in a short section at the front of the book. This book is the third in the successful, 'Times Table Time and Rhyme' maths series. The series has proved very popular with students, parents and teachers and is currently being used in HOMES and SCHOOLS across the UK. 'Fabulous Football Times Tables' is a 'Premier League' read for all football fans! Every child deserves a little 'Messi-Magic' to help them with those tricky times tables!