Right Brain Math:an EZ way to learn numbers

I attended the CMC South Math Convention last week in Palm Springs. Even though most of the math teachers attending taught high school, many of them bought the EZ Times Table book and Right Brain Math DVD. They said many of their students still haven’t mastered the times tables, and they loved the revolutionary and fun approach.

I also was guest teacher at several senior classes at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara last week and the students loved Right Brain Math. Their many comments included:

“Ingenious. Very Amazing and useful.”  -James Mazaliano

“I found this very entertaining and fun!! It was confusing at the beginning but once you get the hang of it … it’s a piece of cake!!”    -Claudia Godinez

“I like this because I always struggle with math so this really helped.”           -Alba Vargas

“This is easier, less frustrating way to learn math times tables and I wish I would have had this when I was younger because it would have helped my math skills a lot.” -Tara Crawford.

“It seems more fun and more interesting. Math has a whole new name to me.” –Ulises Retiquin

“I think it is a way easier way to learn math. Anyone could do it. I’ll probably use it from now on.”  –Jose Carachure

I AM SLIGHTLY SURPRISED THAT RIGHT BRAIN MATH IS USEFUL FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12^TH GRADE. Curriculum Review magazine recommends it for K-4th grade and remedial 4-7th grade, but there are current negotiations to teach it through Adult Ed. Many adults could use fun math too! 

  (from article in Curriculum Review magazine, September 08 issue, see article)
“The words “math” and “fun” don’t often make the same sentence. But, in this case, a new book does make math fun! EZTimes Table by Thomas Biesanz (available September 2008, Growth-ink Publishing, ISBN#  978-0-9799636-1-2). this new book is a revolutionary visual and auditory introduction to math - a welcome resource in a time when U.S. math scores are falling behind other countries.” 

  The article has many good things to say about the book, and says about the videos and DVD: “You’ll quickly see how passionate author Thomas Biesanz (aka MisterNumbers) is about math!” Read article

Videos at: http://youtube.com/user/MisterNumbers
http://RightBrainMath.com/experience.htm 

Two short videos are on the EXPERIENCE IT NOW page. The first video will start automatically after a few seconds and teaches the basic Threes multiplication table on a tic-tac-toe square in a fun way. The second video teaches the basic Sevens multiplication table using the same tic-tac-toe square and the same numbers 1-9 but backwards. See the videos!
And watch all of Mister Numbers videos about Right Brain Math on Youtube

The new toll free number for Right Brain Math is now I-888-DIG MATH (1-888 344-6284). For those “in the know”, the last part of the number is the Sixes pattern.
6 2 8 4
6 2 8 4
6 12 18 24

The revised Right Brain Math website is up with lots of new info. It is also much easier to view and navigate. It is done with CSS so it is easier to see on your new Apple iphone.
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There is also a toll free number for orders and schools to call: 866-931-3289. That should change next week to 888-DIG-MATH.

Check out the new Magic Blackboard videos on Youtube. Great videos and great teaching tool.

  EZ Times Table teaches by playing with fun patterns. Traditional math instruction relies mainly on rote memory work. Many kids get turned off to math. The USA math results are falling behind other countries. EZ Times Table is a revolutionary visual and auditory introduction to math. Kids only need to count to ten and know that 2, 4, 6, 8, and 0 are the even numbers to create for themselves the whole times table. Kids as young as kindergarten enjoy making the EZ Times Table (see MisterNumbers on Youtube). Students generate a structure for numbers, based on the Ones and Twos, that makes sense to a child’s brain.

 This right-brain approach presents instructions, additional information for parents/teachers, and a full 8.5″ x11″ table for each step, detailing the result with playful graphics on the side. Employing the EZ Times Table, the book then shows how to use it to teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, factors, squares, place value, prime numbers, and more.

  EZ Times Table continues the pattern play. It uses a Tic-Tac-Toe square to create the 3’s and 7’s. It invites kids to use pattern play to create the 2’s, 4’s, 6’s, 8’s, and 9’s, and ends with instructions to create a 20 x 20 multiplication table simply from patterns. Free Instructional videos are available on Youtube by MisterNumbers and a DVD is available on the website. This approach effectively teaches math.  It promotes a crucial, positive attitude toward numbers. EZ Times Table also teaches pattern recognition, important in all learning, in a fun whimsical way.

The EZ Times Table book and DVD are useful to parents, teachers, and anyone who wants to help a kid have fun with math.

Please click here to visit the EZ Times Table page

The 80 page, perfect bound edition due out in September 08 is now available on my web page.

Check out the new YouTube videos by Mister Numbers (that’s the author Thomas Biesanz) with the magic blackboard

This is a revolutionary approach to teaching math with visual and auditory patterns where kids create the whole times table by playing with fun EZ patterns.

A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 which has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself.  According to Wikipedia, a formula for primes is a formula generating the prime numbers, exactly and without exception. No easily-computable such formula is known.

During an in-service for teachers at Franklin School in Santa Barbara, a teacher noticed that prime numbers show up on the EZ Times Line Table, a variation of the EZ Times Table. I had never noticed that, although it makes perfect sense since prime numbers are those without factors. The table visually shows all factors for the numbers 1-50. For prime numbers 2, 3, 5, and 7, only these numbers themselves show up as factors. Going beyond 7, looking for numbers that have only dots (no factors) reveals that 11, 13, 17, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, and 47 are prime numbers!  If we continue the Table, we will find more prime numbers in this VISUAL PATTERN solution to finding prime numbers (53, 59, 61, 67, 71, etc.).

The simple, visual patterns, including factors and prime numbers, of the EZ Times Table are powerful and obvious even to grade school students.

Great new video out on the Sevens. http://youtube.com/watch?v=PMctCuYNQNs
Kids put it to use. Any parent or teacher can use this pattern to teach. EZ Times Table retains all publishing rights in any form as copyright and patent pending. See my other videos at http://youtube.com/user/MisterNumbers

There are now 3 videos at http://youtube/user/MisterNumbers.  Four more in the editing stage. I am going to put up the empty sheet table with full explanation soon. Hope you are enjoying this as much as I am.  Kids show how fun and effective EZ Times Table is better than I can describe it!   Tom