turnin' 360s Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I need ideas to make memorization fun! My children are boys ages 4 and 9 (4th grade). Books! Links! Ideas! Games! Anything! I know what I want them to memorize, I just need to make them enjoy it! I am just not creative in the area of education. I know some people can pull this stuff out of thin air, but, "Not I," said the boring mom! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen500 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I make bingo cards (for our French vocabulary)... http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Well, I'm not sure what areas you're interested in. But we've made huge leaps in geography this year using seterra, free online software that you can download. The kids think it's fun because they try to beat their time and it keeps their score. It might be seterra.com, but if not just do a search for seterra. Good luck! Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 What are you having them memorize? I'll try my hand at coming up with fun and creative ideas, but is it poetry, science facts, or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSICAinMD Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Anything I want my kids to memorize I sing to them. My daughter sings her memory verse to her Sunday School Teacher now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherInWI Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 CDs -- Twin Sisters and Sing n Learn both have good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnin' 360s Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 I am looking for ideas for all subjects. For math we just use flash cards and we have a few games such as Presto Chango. We are looking for ideas adaptable to any subject: History Science Math Grammar Latin (although we have not even picked out a curriculum for this yet) Spelling And others that I am sure I have left out. I have found a few ideas by doing searches. My kids LOVE songs, but I am not good at making them up. Thanks for your suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 We just discovered math war - a card game based on the game War, except you each out down 2 cards and the person with the highest sum/difference/whatever math facts you're learning wins that hand. We've only been playing it for a week and ds is already recalling math facts more quickly and easily. (He already knew them, he just didn't like the worksheets for drill.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I was going to suggest, like someone previously, put it to music. Even if you're not creative there are a lot of tunes you could use - "Farmer in the Dell", "Old MacDonald" or the ever popular "Frere Jaques". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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