About TimesOwl
About TimesOwl: 7 × 8 was there Tuesday, gone Thursday.
If you have a third grader, you have probably seen this. They can draw an array and explain what 7 × 8 means. Then a worksheet hits the table and the answer is a guess.
A worksheet treats 3 × 2 and 7 × 8 as the same problem. A game often draws at random, so the easy facts keep winning the draw. TimesOwl gives each of the 121 facts from 2 × 2 to 12 × 12 its own next review date.
How it is built
A few decisions that show up on screen.
- 01
7 × 8 gets more minutes than 3 × 2.
A random worksheet spends as much time on easy facts as on the ones that keep slipping. TimesOwl spends the minutes where the memory is fading.
- 02
Your child types 56.
Typing 56 is a different act from spotting it among four buttons. School quizzes are a blank line, so practice is the same motion.
- 03
The session stops at five minutes.
Five minutes on a school night beats a long Sunday session. The deck stays small so you can stop.
- 04
Right answers earn stars. Misses do not.
A correct answer earns stars. A fast one can add a bonus. There is no countdown on the question.
- 05
Only the 121 facts from 2 × 2 to 12 × 12.
TimesOwl schedules those facts until they are automatic. Word problems, arrays, and the rest of the curriculum stay at school, with a tutor, or in the homeschool book.
Where we are
The scheduler is live, and it is free to use.
You can run typed practice on a spaced schedule, earn stars, and glance at Progress. Open it on one device. That is enough.
You can use it free, with no credit card. If a paid plan shows up, people already using it hear before anyone else.
We publish how the product treats children’s data in plain language on the children’s privacy page, and the full policy on the privacy page. If something on this site is unclear or wrong, we want to know.
Open it and run one session.
It covers through 12 × 12, then five minutes of typed answers.