For parents
Times tables for parents, after the lesson is over.
Your child already sat through the lesson. TimesOwl keeps a due list for 2 × 2 through 12 × 12 and puts about five minutes of those facts in front of them.
“They knew it yesterday.”
The lesson landed. They can draw the array and skip-count. On a blank worksheet, 6 × 7 is still a coin toss.
“Homework takes an hour.”
The assignment is word problems or long multiplication. Every line stalls on a fact that should take one second. Slow facts make the rest of math feel harder than it is.
“Fine at home, blank on the quiz.”
At the kitchen table, with you nearby, they get there by counting. On Thursday’s timed quiz the counting falls apart. Schools are testing whether 7 × 8 is automatic.
How families use it
Pick one device and keep using it.
That is the usual path. Open TimesOwl and practice. You do not need an email or a password.
Your child has a device
They open the site on their phone or tablet and practice. Same device next time, same progress. You do not need a setup speech.
You have the device
Kitchen tablet, your phone, the living-room laptop: pick one and stay on it. That is how most families do it.
Later, if you need a second device, you can add an email and a password. Most families never do.
What TimesOwl does about it
Every fact gets its own schedule. Your child only sees what is due.
Five minutes can cover what is due because the same three facts keep coming back until they stick. That scheduling is spaced repetition.
- Each fact comes back as it would slip. Then the gap gets longer each time the answer is fast and right.
- Your child types the number, the way a quiz asks for it. TimesOwl checks the answer and records how fast it arrived. The question itself has no clock.
- The session only holds facts that are due. After a skipped week, extra overdue cards wait in a queue instead of dumping into one sitting.
- A correct answer earns stars. A quick one can add a bonus. Consecutive days add a streak.
Your part
Block five minutes on a day that already exists.
TimesOwl picks the facts. After snack works. So does car line.
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Pick a slot that already exists.
After snack, or in the car line. Hook it to something that already happens.
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Skip picking the sevens just because it is Tuesday.
If you pick the sevens tonight, you will drill facts that are already solid and miss the ones about to slip. TimesOwl puts the due facts on screen.
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Stop while it is still going well.
The deck is short on purpose. End the session while they still want one more.
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Glance at Progress once a week.
You will see what is sticking and which facts to ask about in the car.
Scope
TimesOwl only does multiplication facts.
TimesOwl makes multiplication facts automatic. Use it next to school homework, a homeschool curriculum, or a tutor.
If they still need the idea of multiplication explained, start there. Use TimesOwl once 7 × 8 is a known fact that will not stay known.
We do not ask kids for an email.
- There are no ads or third-party trackers, and we do not sell data.
- Practice happens on the device you already have. If a parent later adds a login to switch devices, that login is the parent’s.
- Unused practice is cleared after about a month if nobody comes back.
Questions
Account, price, ages, timers
Do I need to create an account?
No. Open TimesOwl on the device your child will practice on. Keep using that same phone, tablet, or laptop and they keep their progress. An email and password is only if you later want to switch devices, and most families never add one.
How long does a session take?
You pick 1, 2, 5, or 10 minutes. Five is the default. The session ends when that timer ends, not after a set number of cards, and it only includes facts that are due. Extra cards tonight do not replace waiting until a fact is actually due.
What ages is TimesOwl for?
Roughly 7 to 11, from a child’s first tables through a fourth or fifth grader whose facts are still slow. TimesOwl covers the full tables to 12 × 12 (121 facts, from 2 × 2 through 12 × 12).
Is it timed? My child panics under a clock.
The session has a clock (1, 2, 5, or 10 minutes) and practice ends when it hits zero. Each question waits. A slow correct answer still passes — the fact just comes back sooner than a quick one. A miss comes back in seconds so they can try it again this sitting.
What does it cost?
TimesOwl is free right now. Open it and start. You do not need a credit card. If that changes, existing families will hear it from us first.
Run the due facts after snack.
Open it on one device. Let them type for the default five minutes.