A way of making learning times tables fun

we used to time ourselves on how long it took as to say them all correctly then would check to see who had the best time

it was the competition that made us want to learn them properly

Yeah, i was going to suggest playing a game while learning the time's tables or singing them. But what you did with your younger brother is also a good idea

Having fun while learning. Great idea.  I used an old shower curtain and wrote all the #'s from 1to 100 and questioned her that way. It helped since she was wanted to move around when it came to math. Sometimes I would get her to jump the answer to the question. Sometimes it takes something fun for  them to get better. It helped my daughter out soo much. Although it seems so goofy.