Just the facts, Ma'am! I can picture a policeman on a tv show from the 1950s saying that to a woman in an a-line dress at the front door with a pad of paper in his hands. If it were only so easy! Knowing the facts, that is. As a kid, the kinds of facts I learned were my math facts. I don't remember ever having a hard time learning them. I just learned them. I can't remember not knowing them. I also don't remember my mom quizzing me on them. At times, I've wondered if my teachers all just gave us a magic pill that gave us the gift of knowing our math facts. No, not really. I know they didn't really do that. But, I do wonder how I learned them. For my kids, learning there math facts has not been easy. My children are all much more language oriented than number oriented. As a result, I have been on a quest for several years seeking keys to help unlock this box of knowledge for my kids so that they could acquire a...