Continuing on my theme of times table facts, here’s the inimitable James Tanton:
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“If our task is to memorize this table, please make it about mathematics — about thinking your way through a challenge, and what can I do to make my life easier.”
—James Tanton, Making Memorising Multiplication Facts (if one really must) a meaningful Life Skill Lesson
For Further Study
You may also enjoy my blog post series about working through the times tables, paying attention to mathematical relationships (and a bit of prealgebra) along the way.
Click the button to see the whole series. Scroll down to the first post to go through it in order.
Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math 