Print out multiplication tables on separate sheets of paper. You should have 12 sheets of paper with individual tables (1 to 12). Make your own individual flash cards for each fact on the multiplication table. The repetition of writing facts reinforces your familiarity with multiplication.
Set up a time every day to memorize one multiplication table. Have a family member use the flash cards to quiz you exclusively on that table. Move on to the next table when you can recite the results without barely thinking.
You must continue to practice the ones you mastered while you move up to new ones. The consistency of repetition reinforces a solid foundation of knowledge that serves to encourage progression while building confidence in your abilities.
Multiplication was created to quickly add large numbers to save time. A fact to remember is that multiplication is nothing more than simplified addition. For instance, 2 times 2 equals 4. This is the same as adding 4 objects by counting them one at a time.
Turn an abstract numbers into something meaningful and relative to your life. For instance: $2 times $2 equals $4. Adding the individual dollars is the same as multiplying them, however, in this case you have used a trick to make the numbers meaningful to your every day life.
You can use fruits, car tires, coins or toys. These items have a real presence in your life that will connect and reinforce the intellectual facts in a visual and tactile manner.
Successful memorization will occur when you allot time to concentrate exclusively to learning and memorizing. The easiest way to achieve your goal is by determining what your learning style is. Some people learn best by rhyming, music, rote, visual or tactile methods. Experiment with one method or a combination to make it pleasant and easy for yourself.
Remember that how you learned best as a child is also the most logical method to learn new things as an adult.