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Math Facts In 10 Min. A Day

Teacher’s comments after only 8 weeks of use:  

“The teachers seem to like the Rapid Recall programs we have given them and are beginning to see some results. ” Alma Gutierrez—Principal            

 “I have students completing one minute drills that I didn’t think could.  This is surprising me!”  Candi Voyles—Grade 1

Three and one half years ago, our youngest daughter, Joanna, was struggling socially, academically, and relationally.  After 14 months on Little Giant Steps program she had improved in all academic areas; 2 grade levels math and more than 5 grade levels in Word Recognition and Reading Comprehension.  She now has been off the LGS program for two years, and last week we had her evaluated again to fine tune her brain for rapid decision making needed for her hobby—scuba diving & underwater rescue.  During these past 2 years she has gained more than 3 and ½ grade levels in math and maxed out reading comprehension.  Joanna is rapidly finishing high school with the most dramatic improvement in math. Her brain is still sharp!

Last night I was talking with a former elementary school principal who left her profession for the time being, while she enjoys raising her family.  She was talking about teaching her children with Little Giant Steps core math program called, Rapid Recall System.  She has followed the evolution of this program that offers a multi-sensory approach based on the neurodevelopmental approach.  In fact, this program was designed by a teacher with over 30 years experience and is also a very experience neuro-educational specialist, Jan Bedell.

What this former principal likes most was the fact that in 10 minutes a day, her children are showing exceptional progress.  Yes, just 10 minutes a day!  (14 minutes for multiplication)  As I noted, this is a program based on the neurodevelopmental approach. That means it works at a root level with the brain.  We know from years of experience, the brain learns best when stimulated with short intense bursts of information that are fun!  We always leave the student wanting more.  The program allows a great deal of flexibility for both the instructor and student, but is done frequently during the day. (At least twice.)  There are auditory, visual and tactility components of the program, which helps to develop efficient and permanent neuro-pathways that increase the ability to improve input as well as output of information. The students academic scores go up because in a short amount of time they have permanent rapid recall of math fact skills.  Skills they will use the rest of their lives.

Here’s another mother who has weighed in on Rapid Recall System:

“My daughter had a very difficult time ’getting’ her math facts. We tried a lot of different approaches but nothing worked. Still searching, we tried the Rapid Recall System. Somehow, she began to know her facts before we studied them! I am so impressed and thankful for Rapid Recall. I recommend it to everyone with elementary students!”    – S. Phillips, Houston, Texas

P.S.  Good news for School Systems!  We now have adapted the Rapid Recall System to be integrated into the classrooms as an easy-to-use math supplement that will help bring all students up to grade level with their math facts. Our research program done in a school during the 2008-2009 school term showed a dramatic increase of mastery for those students using Rapid Recall as opposed to the other three control groups using just their math curriculum.

 ”I am happy to say that due to all the help you gave us,  our son has transitioned very smoothly into the classroom environment. He continues to excel in math - he has a 98% average in Saxon 54. His language arts skills are also coming along smoothly. His attention span continues to improve – although he still struggles to stay on task. He got very good feedback from his teachers and I feel like we have the tools to continue on this journey toward being all that God made him to be. We so appreciate all that you taught us and I recommend you and your products often!! Thank you so much!                      ~  D.B.

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Here’s a note from a teacher who wanted to comment about her experience with mastery of math facts.  There is some debate in the educational community as to whether learning math facts is as important as, or needed as much as understanding the underlying math concepts. Here’s how she weighs in on the subject.  By the way… we agree with her..CJ

I am sorry that I had to miss last night’s webinar, but I already listened to it tonight.  I wanted to make a comment about David’s experience with the administrator with whom he spoke at length:  I agree with her comment that conceptual understanding of math is very important, because it is, after all, the end goal of math education, ie, to be able to use math in daily life (which is simulated in word problems in text books).  However, in my teaching I have found that children that have a “rapid recall” of all math facts have a greater self confidence in tackling math concepts.  Moreover, they are not bogged down with struggling with math facts while trying to picture in their minds the problem at hand.  Also, if they have a rapid recollection that adding and multiplication of whole numbers INCREASE the amount and subtraction and division DECREASE the amount they are working with, then the concept of the math operation needed to solve the problem will come a little easier.  I am tutoring a 7th grader right now who is still counting on her fingers when doing computations, and this has to be remedied, because her accuracy is hindered.  (In math if the answer is not completely right, then it is completely wrong.)  In many ways, knowing the math facts so quickly and accurately is the foundation of math education.