Makes the hard job of memorization much easier!
These songs teach most of the multiplication facts. "*" Means say that word
fast.
NOTE: YOUR CHILDREN MAY KNOW DIFFERENT SONGS. ADAPT THE MULTIPLICATION TABLES TO THOSE
SONGS.
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily merrily life is
but a dream.
3 times 3 is 9, 3 times 4 is 12, 3 times 5 is 15, 3 times 6 is *18.
3 time 7 is 21, 3 time 8 is *24, 3 times 9 is 27, 3 times 10 is 30.
Lightly row, lightly row, o'r the glassy waves we go. Sing and float. Sing and float, in
our little boat.
4 times 4’s, 16, 4 times 5 is 20 4 times 6’s 24 4 x 7’s 28.
Let the winds and waters be, always in our melody. Sing and float, sing and float, in our
little boat.
4 x 8 is 32, 4 x 9 is 36. 4 x 10 40 4 x 11’s 44.
The farmer in the dell. The farmer in the dell. Hi, ho the dairio, the farmer in the dell.
5 x 5 is *25, 5 x 6 is *30, 5x 7 is 35, and 5 x 8 is *40.
5 x 9 is *45 5x 10 is *50, 5x 11's 55, and 5 x 12 is *60.
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb it's fleece was
white as snow.
6x 6 is 36, 6x 7's 42. 6x 8 is 48. and 6 x 9's 54.
Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman. Once there was a snowman, tall, tall, tall.
7 x 3 is 21 7 x 4 is 28. 7 x 5 is 35 7x 6 is 30
In the sun he melted, melted, melted. In the sun he melted. Small, small, small
7 x 7 is 49 7x8 is 56 7 x 9 is 63. 7x 10 is 70.
This old man, he played one, he played knick-knack on my thumb,
8 x 8's 64 8 x 9 is 72,
with a knick-knack, pattie-whack, give the dog a bone. This old man came rolling home.
8 x 10 is 80. 8 x 11 is 88.
(Stairs and Stripes Forever)
Be kind to your web-Footed friends. For a duck may be somebody's mother.
9 x 9's 81. And 9 x 10 is 90.
You may think that this is the end. But it goes on and on my friend!
9 x 11 is 99. and 9 x 12 is One-O-eight. You may think that this is the end, and it is!
(10 times and 11 times are easy)
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider
out.
12 x 4 is always 48. 12 ti-imes 5 is 60, every time.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. and the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout
again.
12 x 6 is always seventy-two. And 12 x 7 is always eighty-four.
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Revised: June 21, 2005.