Below is the insight graphic from Youtube on MisterNumbers Right-Brained Math videos showing over a quarter million views. All the videos are rated 5 star, many are animated, and all focus on visual and auditory patterns to learn the times tables.
Where Mister Number videos are viewed
Only 41% of the views are in the United States, and half of the top 10 countries are not even English speaking countries. Words can confuse kids, but pictures or a video SHOW them. Note that the average age of viewers is 40, which suggests that many viewers are teachers and parents, which means each viewer may be teaching Right Brain Math to 1-200 kids. There will be several new videos on the Youtube site soon. Check it out.
As Mister Numbers (Tom Biesanz), I made a 90 minute presentation last weekend (Nov 6, 2009) at California’s biggest math teachers convention (California Math Council Convention South in Palm Springs). The capacity crowd of teachers rated the material outstanding (6 on a 1-6 scale) and here are some of their comments:
“This was a “WOW!” moment for me. Excellent class- wish I learned this 20 years ago”.
“Excellent! I came looking for something to enrich my thinking. I got it!”
“Fun. Innovative”.
“I think the patterns are great, nice for students to start noticing patterns visually”
“Great concept to teach”.
“Exciting stuff – Kids need this!”
“Fascinating, it will really help my kids in understanding number relationships and times tables, inside and out.”
“Great. Very interesting. I liked all the patterns.”
“Very Practical”
“Very exciting. I want to play with the number wheel”
“EZ Times Tables are Interesting. Great Tables.”
“Good demonstration of the right brain math.”
“I loved it! I will use it this week.”
“This was amazing! I’m definitely taking it back to use. I wish it was longer!” p.s. It was a 90 minute presentation)
Mister Numbers teachings are available to you for only $17.95 on his website. That includes the book, hour DVD, and 8 extra worksheets beyond those in the book. And there are 3 more free worksheets to download from his website: MisterNumbers.com
Encyclopedia.com (winner of 2009 CODiE Best Online Reference Service) shows 4 videos under the search of “multiplication”. The video Math Times Tables for 3, 6, 9 multiplication from MisterNumbers is one of the four videos. Clicking on the video opens up a page with an article (below) and two more videos. This results in HALF (3 of 6) the videos on Encyclopedia.com feature MisterNumbers. Great for teachers and students. Here is the article from Encyclopedia.com with the embedded videos:
“Math multiplication table tricks using patterns on Tic-Tac-Toe Squares for the Threes, Sixes, and Nines. MisterNumbers math tricks will rock you as you learn multiplication for the 3 6 and 9 times tables in this video and the Sevens, Fours, and even the whole times table on other videos. This is fun for homeschool math or in a classroom. Teachers and parents will find this lesson for math times tables fun for students and for the Teacher. See other Mister-Numbers videos to see right brain ways to learn the multiplication times tables using overviews, math patterns, and visual puzzles. http://RightBrainMath.com http://RightBrainMath.com Math times table created from fun patterns as a way to learn multiplication tables for Threes, Sixes, and Nines. This video also teaches place value. This video has the student create worksheets where they can learn the times tables. This is useful for teaching math in a classroom, at home, as part of homeschool or as fun homework. Right Brain Math can teach Elementary Students. Curriculum Review magazine calls it a revolutionary approach to introducing math. It is also very effective for remedial math for students who have fallen behind in math. Learning the multiplication tables are crucial for a student taking algebra. The Right Brain approach has helped many kids who have a negative attitude about math or numbers. http://RightBrainMath.com Right Brain Math is an easy, effective, visual method of teaching multiplication as well as addition, subtraction, or division. It also helps students learn factors. Because it uses visual and auditory patterns as a teaching strategies, it appeals to many learning styles because it emphasizes patterns and puzzles and overviews. Kids see the big picture of the multiplication tables first, and then understand how the individual factors relate to each other. http://RightBrainMath.com”
Encyclopedia.com then embeds these two Mister Numbers videos on the Threes and Sevens.
See the article and videos on MisterNumbers on Encyclopedia.com Use these free videos using a right brain approach to math to learn the Threes, Sixes, Sevens, and Nines in a fun way. See other MisterNumbers videos here. Enjoy. -Mister Numbers
I was reading Betty Edwards, who wrote “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”. Students “trick” the left brain to give up control by copying a drawing upside down. The right brain can then draw all the lines and details. There is an “AHA!” when the student turns the drawing upside right and suddenly sees, all at once, the whole picture. The same thing happens to students who play with patterns on the tic-tac-toe square, number wheel, or EZ Times Table, and suddenly see the times table revealed! They are getting the picture without having to figure it out.
Playing with number patterns creates this special way of seeing, which includes “the ability to see a whole field while at the same time perceiving parts within the field in relationship to each other as well as to the whole.” There is an ownership and attitude shift that happens when kids see the patterns in numbers and the whole structure of the times table in their own way. There is a beauty and awe that makes math friendly and the times tables easier to learn. The whole brain engages in the learning process, but the passion is re-kindled every time the student sees new patterns.
I make a statement in one of my videos about Albert Einstein, a famous mathematican, being a “flaming right-brainer.” Yes, Einstein is known for his Physics. But it is also true that a google search for “Einstein” and “Mathematics” yields about 3,960,000 hits. Almost 4 million hits should establish Einstein as a famous mathematician (maybe not a great one). Math and Physics work together. Einstein often thought in pictures and played with equations in his mind for weeks. Continue Reading »
I wanted to share my latest short animated video that I am really excited about. I think it is going to help many kids and parents and teachers. A comment on it already is “I think Mr. Numbers has come up with a great way for kids to learn math. I think it will give kids the support they need to figure it out themselves instead of just trying to memorizing tons of facts.”
I’d love to hear what you think about it. Pass it on to anybody who might enjoy it or be helped by it.
This powerful animated video combines the Number Circles with a table to show the patterns where kids can create the times tables in fun ways. Click here to see the video. Continue Reading »
I have two new videos creating the Threes, Sixes and Nines from animated patterns on Tic-Tac-Toe squares. The first video is 4 minutes with directions. It is described in the previous post.
Share this with kids, parents and teachers. I believe these videos can help many, many kids learn the times tables in a fun way and promotes a positive attitude about math. I made this video with fun animation and amazing techniques showing how kids can create the Threes, Sixes, and Nines on Tic-Toe-Toe squares. There is also my video on the Sevens on Tic-Tac-Toe squares, with over 15 thousand views. The Threes and Sevens add up to ten to they follow the same patterns by my Rule of Tens, but backwards. See EZ Times Table book to see how this works. Continue Reading »
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An easy, visual way to learn multiplication and division by playing with patterns, and making friends with numbers.
