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The 9 times table on your fingers
9 × 3? Fold down your 3rd finger: 2 fingers on the left, 7 on the right → 27!
The star trick of the book, explained with drawn hands. No more learning the 9 times table by heart.
The Big Book of
MEMORY TRICKS
What if your child became the one who puts their hand up first?
Not by working harder — by remembering cleverly: the 9 times table on your fingers, “My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming” for the planets, their, there or they’re… 175 memory tricks that stick in the brain, from CP to CM2 (ages 6–11), with 91 exercises and all the answers at the end. Print it at home (from €9.99) or get the paperback.
🔢 Maths✏️ Spelling🔤 Grammar
🗺️ History & Geography🔬 Science🎯 + exercises
💡 The secret of top pupils
What is a memory trick?
A little trick — a funny sentence, a picture, a gesture — that gets a difficult lesson into your head… and stops it getting out again. The proof: you still remember the ones from your own childhood!
😮💨 Homework evenings: you know them by heart
The 9 times table that just won’t go in. Their, there and they’re mixed up for the hundredth time. Tomorrow’s test that stresses out the whole house. And that little sentence that breaks your heart: “I’m useless anyway.”
💡 The breakthrough: their memory works just fine
Ask your child the words of their favourite song: they know them all! The brain holds on to what is funny, visual and rhythmic — and forgets the rest. A memory trick turns each lesson into something impossible to forget. The proof: “Thirty days has September”, you still know it.
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their, there or they’re?
tHEIR = the heir owns it · tHERE = here and there · THEY’RE = they are
Three words that sound the same, three meanings: one little trick for each, and the mix-ups stop.
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The order of the planets
“My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming”
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars… the first letter of each word gives you the planet. Magic.
The tricks, subject by subject
📋 See the complete list of the 175 tricks, subject by subject →
A memory trick doesn’t do the learning for your child: it gives them the little sentence, picture or gesture that makes it stick. Memorising becomes a game, revision takes five minutes, and homework at home becomes a calm moment again.
🔢 Maths & numbers
The times tables on your fingers, the < and > crocodile, mental maths shortcuts (× 5, × 9, × 11), fractions, rounding, perimeter and area, converting lengths with “King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk”, Roman numerals. One trick per idea, never an extra lesson.
✍️ Spelling & grammar
The words that trip everyone up (their / there / they’re, your / you’re, its / it’s), the magic e, “i before e, except after c”, plurals, the -s of he, she, it, was or were. Each rule has its short sentence to remember.
🌍 History, geography & science
The order of the planets, the compass points (“Never Eat Shredded Wheat”), the longest rivers of the UK, the 5 big periods of history, the water cycle, the colours of the rainbow (“Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain”), insect or spider.
🎵 Art, music, languages & everyday life
The lines of the stave (“Every Good Boy Deserves Football”), mixing colours, counting to 10 in French and Spanish, the 30-day months, left and right with the L hand, tying your laces.
📝 Exercises, not just tricks
91 short exercises check that each trick has sunk in, with the answers at the end of the book. Enough to turn passive revision into a quick quiz, alone or with a parent.
👨👩👧 Designed for families
From CP (age 6) to CM2 (age 11), the same friendly method in every subject. No screen, no subscription: one book, and that’s it.
📚 The book
From CP to CM2, one book for the whole of primary school
Written in very simple language, for children who doubt themselves: short sentences, everyday pictures, and a tone that gives back confidence on every page.
PRIMARY · CP → CM2 · from age 6
The Big Book of Memory Tricks
175 tricks · 9 subjects · 91 exercises with their answers — maths, spelling, grammar, geography, history, science
- The 9 times table on your fingers, the crocodile for < and >, converting lengths…
- Never mix up “their”, “there” and “they’re”, “your” and “you’re”, “its” and “it’s” again
- The planets, the rainbow, the 5 big periods of history, the longest rivers of the UK
- And everyday tricks: the 30-day months, left and right with the L hand, tying your laces!
🖨️ PDF version · €9.99
📖 The paperback · €24.99
⚡ The PDF prints at home and arrives straight away · 📦 or the paperback delivered to your door (free in France, €5 elsewhere)
Why does my child forget the lesson? → the long version
🌟 Imagine, in a few weeks…
“Mum, the teacher asked who knew the order of the planets. I was the only one to put my hand up! ” A test coming up? Your child opens the book, finds the right trick, and walks into class one step ahead. You are going to see that smile often.
🖨️ Printable PDF or paperback
⚡ The PDF, available straight away
🇫🇷 Designed in France · A4 colour
📵 100% screen-free
🎯 The method
On every page, the same winning routine
1The trick
A funny sentence or a drawing that makes the concept stick in your head.
2The example
A concrete example, explained step by step, with everyday words.
3The exercise
A little challenge that turns the trick into a reflex.
4The answer
All the answers are at the end of the book: children check their own work and become more independent.
“I’m useless” → “I put my hand up first!”
The right trick at the right moment, and everything changes: homework stops being a battle. From €9.99 as a PDF (straight away) or as a paperback — tonight, show your child the 9 times table on their fingers… and watch their eyes light up.
Get the book · from €9.99