Follow along Amanda Bean as she learns how multiplication is a faster way to count groups of objects. Includes a guide at the back of the book for use in instruction.

https://www.amazon.com/Amanda-Beans-Amazing-Marilyn-Brainy/dp/0590300121/

This book shares strategies for quick grouping and counting with fun rhymes and puzzles to solve. With an emphasis on subitizing, this can help students quickly group objects prior to multiplication.

https://www.amazon.com/Grapes-Math-Greg-Tang/dp/0439598400/

This book shows that there's more than one way to multiply instead of rote memorization. This book shows specific strategies that can allow students to multiply bigger numbers by just knowing the smaller ones. Written simply and through rhymes, it's a fun read that also outlines helpful techniques and strategies for multiplication.

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Times-Gregory-Tang/dp/0439210445/

This book tells strategies for multiplication facts 1-5 in a fun story theme. You can use this book to solidify quick strategies for low number multiplication, and then build fact fluency from this point.

https://www.amazon.com/Boo-Set-Spooky-Multiplication-Stories/dp/0823412725/

This free interactive game can be integrated into the math classroom. Teachers can guide individual student practice differentiated to their needs, while keeping student engagement and confidence in their own learning high.

https://www.boddlelearning.com

A catchy video/song that can help with strategies for certain multiplication facts.

https://youtu.be/EgjCLhoI9Mk

A game that can be played with a partner or against the computer. This game practices area multiplication, with the student needing to cover as much area with their given blocks as possible within their 10 turns.

https://www.mathplayground.com/product_blocks.html

A game to practice determining how many objects are in an array using the number of rows and columns. Can be focused on specific facts that need work, ordered or random, with varying numbers of problems for differentiation.

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Bunny-Times/

A whole playlist of songs to remember strategies for each multiplication fact family.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQK2XiUY9C2htJoZaHM1oDkC0qAXFrW6t

This app will work for students with iPads. An adventure game progressing through multiple levels as students practice and learn multiplication tables.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/multiplication-games-for-kids/id1504116464