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This coming year we will be doing ancients (GB for the oldest). My kids really enjoy doing memory work in the morning, so I need some recs. Oldest is 14 and our youngest is 8. Here is what I have so far.

 

 

The Works of the 7 days of Creation

 

 

 

 

plagues of Egypt

 

 

 

The twelve disciples

 

 

 

The 12 Tribes of Israel

 

 

 

The gods of Ancient Egypt

 

 

 

12 Labors of Hercules

 

 

9 muses

12 titans

 

 

I am sure I had more.... off to check my list.

 

(Why am I having trouble coming up with things?) Has anybody actually done the Pharaohs? How did that go?

 

They already know the 7 ancient wonders of the world, hills of Rome, and its rulers.

 

Also, since I have you here and would prefer not to start a separate thread, can you also throw in ideas relating to Biology?

 

 

 

kingdoms of living things

 

 

 

Characteristics of mammals

 

 

 

Characteristics of a fish

 

 

 

Characteristics of reptiles

 

 

 

Characteristics of amphibians

 

 

 

Characteristics of an insect

 

 

 

Six main types of invertebrates

 

 

 

Main parts of a flower

 

 

 

Body systems

 

 

 

Parts of a plant cell

 

 

 

Parts of an animal cell

 

 

 

Bones in the human body? Maybe for oldest.

 

 

 

 

This would be over the entire year, and we homeschool year around.

 

 

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i before e (except after c): old-school ways to remember stuff by Judy Parkinson - book contains lots of mnemonic devices -- many of which you might recall from childhood -- for remembering everything from pi to the books of the Bible. lots of fun and good to learn while you're young and it sticks.

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:) You might get more responses on the K-8 board. If I remember rightly, the rhetoric stage of classical education doesn't deal with much memorization.

 

You could maybe get your older students to memorize long poems or speeches instead of lists. Just a thought. :)

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