missmoe Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 My Memory Monday post is up. http://missmoe-thesearethedaysofmylife.blogspot.com/2011/09/memory-monday-9192011.html We aren't starting anything new this week because we didn't get to our Memory Work everyday last week because I just didn't have much enthusiasm for it. What do you do to make memory work enjoyable at your house? Link up is included on my blog or feel free to list your work here on this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennsmile Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 LOL! Thanks for making me feel better about the fact we didn't do well with ours last week either. ;) Jenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Anytime Jenn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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laughing lioness Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 This week we are working on memorizing latin conjugations and vocab (using First Form and LC I); the elements charts (using McHenry's pre-chem), the first 7 VP Bible cards and a poem (I haven't picked it yet- how's that for organized?). We've got to finish our lit book for tomorrow first. Oh, and we are going back to Quarter Mile for multiplication. When, oh when, will my 11 yo GET times tables committed to long term memory?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 HEY! You are our fearless leader!!! You aren't allowed to get bored! :) I am forever trying to come up with ways to have the kids review it without me reviewing every single word. Last weekend, I loaded all the CDs we have with memory work onto my computer, and spent ages renaming every song so that I could easily see what it was. For the items that I didn't have a song, I read them into my husband's Ipad and he put the file on my computer. I then pulled them into categories, and made a memory work CD. (Well, two - wouldn't all fit onto one.) I then updated the "Smarty Pants Notebooks" in the car to include some piece of paper for every song. For example, for the books of the Bible (#s 8 & 9 below), I have a picture of a "Bible Bookcase" with the names of each book. I then wrote the song number on the bottom right hand side of each page. So now when they get lost I can say "turn to page 18!" and they can find it, though they are listening in order so it should be just turning pages one at a time. :) We spend a lot of time in the car, and that has been almost all of our review time lately! I was getting tired of trying to frantically search the floorboard for CDs and constantly changing them out while driving down the highway! (See next post for what we are memorizing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Bible 1. Great Things 2. Gloria Patri 3. Father We Adore You 4. Doxology 5. Spirit of the Living God 6. The Lord’s Prayer 7. Be Still And Know That I Am God 8. Old Testament Books 9. New Testament Books 10. 10 Commandments 11. John 1:1-7 Math 12. Yellow is the Sun (RightStart math song) 13. Values of US & Canadian coins (Musical Notebooks) 14. Wk1 – ones & twos (CC music for 1s and skip counting 2s) 15. 2s – the Shepherd Boy and the Stars (One Hundred Sheep song for skip counting 2s) 16. Wk2 – threes & fours (CC music for skip counting 3s and 4s) 17. 3s – Thirty-Three Wonder-filled Years (One Hundred Sheep song for skip counting 3s) 18. 3s Song (Rockin the Standards song for skip counting 3s) 19. 4s – A Healing Touch (One Hundred Sheep song for skip counting 4s) 20. 4s Song (Rockin the Standards song for skip counting 4s) 21. Wk3 – fives & sixes 22. 5s – The Happy Farmer 23. 6s – Martha, Martha 24. 6s Song 25. Wk4 – sevens & eights 26. 7s – The Fisher of Men Catches a Fisherman 27. 7s Song 28. 8s – Zacchaeus Comes Down 29. 8s Song 30. Wk5 – nines & tens 31. 9s – Reapers 32. 9s Song 33. 10s – One Hundred Sheep 34. Wk6 – elevens and twelves Geography 1. Solar System Song 2. Planets & Solar System 3. Continents and Oceans Song 4. US States & Capitals Song 5. Eastern Border US Song 6. Eastern Border Capitals Song 7. Southern Border US Song 8. Southern Border Capitals Song 9. Northern Border US Song 10. Northern Border Capitals Song 11. Middle US Song 12. Middle States Capitals Song 13. Pacific States US Song 14. Honolulu, HI; Juneau, AK Timeline (Veritas Press) 15. Timeline wks 1 & 2 16. Timeline wks 3 & 4 17. Timeline wks 5 & 6 History (CC songs) 18. Wk1 – Columbus 19. Wk2 – Pilgrims 20. Wk3 – Boston Tea party 21. Wk4 – Declaration of Independence 22. Wk5 – George Washington 23. Wk6 – Louisiana Purchase Presidents 24. Presidents Song Foreign Language & Grammar (CC songs) 25. Wk1 – Latin Prepositions 26. Wk2 – Latin Conjunctions 27. Wk3 – Latin Pronouns 28. Wk4 – Latin Verbs 29. Wk5 – Latin Verbs 30. Wk6 – Latin Nouns 31. English Grammar – wks 1-24 Science 32. Scientific Method 33. Intro to the Human Body 34. Wk1 – types of tissue 35. Wk2 – bones of axial skeleton 36. The Skeletal System 37. Bones of the Human Body 38. Wk3 – kinds of muscle 39. The Muscular System 40. Wk4 – parts of the nervous system 41. The Nervous System 42. Wk5 – 5 main senses 43. The Sensory System 44. Wk6 – parts of the digestive system 45. The Digestive System General 46. Thirty Days has September 47. Days and Order of the Months 48. Days of the Week 49. Where do we live? 50. Stopping by Woods – Setting of famous Robert Frost Poem 90% of this is review, but we just keep working it as I have one child who is more of a daisy-picker than a memorizer!! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I posted a few weeks ago about a memory board I had copied from here: http://halfahundredacrewood.blogspot.com/2011/03/classical-conversations-at-home.html I am LOVING this board! I put 12 weeks worth of CC memory work in each page protector, with another page protector hanging right on top (covering the bottom one). I then moved everything we were currently learning to the top page protector. (So I have one spot for math - the top page protector has the current skip counting facts, and the page protector underneath stores what we aren't using yet. There is another set of 2 page protectors for geography, history, etc. The bottom one with new stuff stored makes it easy to get to so I don't get lazy!) Now, I give each kid a turn to "be the teacher" and review the memory work as a group. Big fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 This week we are memorizing: the first 5 VP cards America and reviewing what we did last week. I have no idea how to make it more fun, i'm still working on that myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Posted. Do you have the little board book "Hand Commands"? Such an easy way to learn the Commandments! I'm sure it can be found elsewhere for a reasonable price, but here's a pic: http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Commands-Commandments-Little-Ones/dp/0825424453/ref=tmm_other_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1316464965&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 We're learning them via the Catechism for Young Children, so it isn't just the commandments, but then "What does the commandment teach?" Thanks, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Mine's up! Of course, I'm late...but whatev. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Better late than never? We just set this up, so not much in it yet. We have the states of matter and properties of matter so far, as well as map blobs from The Core. Thanks for the reminders Miss Moe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Everyone's lists look great. And MeganW can you send some of your motivation my way! I love the idea for your boards. I do need a way to make it more visual for me. And if it's out not tucked away, we would be more likely to get to it for review throughout the day. Hmmmm, I see a project on my horizon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 (edited) I love the idea for your boards. I do need a way to make it more visual for me. And if it's out not tucked away, we would be more likely to get to it for review throughout the day. Hmmmm, I see a project on my horizon. The board is AWESOME - you need one! Just be sure to put the question in small type on the top of what you want them to know ("tell me about Columbus" or "what are the parts of the nervous system" in small letters on top of the sheet that has the answer in large type). That way the kids can review each other rather than you having to be leading it! :) Edited September 25, 2011 by MeganW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Mine's up! Of course, I'm late...but whatev. :P I hadn't thought of adding sayings to our memory work - what a GREAT idea!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 MeganW--did you see the message I sent you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Didn't know there was a message feature - off to look... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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