I finally figured out an easy way to deal with our Latin flashcards

[katilac]

I've never had a good flash card system - -the index card boxes are awkward to me (and out of sight, out of mind), putting them in photo holders or similar makes it easy to use but hard to move the cards, and so on.

 

I found some old audio cassettes lurking in my closet; they were in black zipper cases.

 

If you take the cassette case apart, the flashcards from Latina Christiana fit nicely into one side (the other side is useless, as far as I can tell). I put 20-30 cards in each one, but more would fit. Any flashcard no bigger than a cassette tape would work, of course.

 

I removed the plastic insert from the zipper case, and placed the cases with flashcards in it. You could leave it in the case, but this is very neat and convenient. Mine are in a certain order, so I duct-taped the whole thing to the table so no one knocks it over.

 

Super easy to see and move the cards around; this would work very well for an odd/even or other rotating system for review. So check your closet :001_smile:

[Frontier Mom]

I removed the plastic insert from the zipper case, and placed the cases with flashcards in it. You could leave it in the case, but this is very neat and convenient. Mine are in a certain order, so I duct-taped the whole thing to the table so no one knocks it over.

 

:001_smile:

 

Duct tape and Latin - you're a well-organized woman! I can do all things through duct tape.:w00t:

 

Seriously, I found something similar on my bookshelf from a really old bible study I attended. It had a smaller than normal three ring binder and I fixed it up perfectly for what I was wanting it for. Isn't it great to find the right solution?

[Sharon H in IL]

THANK YOU, katilac!

 

My younger son actually likes flash cards, much to my amazement. He thrives on learning vocabulary this way. Storage has been a thorn in my side.

[Zelda]

Wow. Awesome. Much better than what I used to use them for.

 

I kid. I never did that.

 

But what am I going to with my Culture Club tapes once I nab the case?

[katilac]

you toss them, all loose and chaotic, back into the now-empty zipper case, and shove them back into your closet, on the off-chance that you will one day really want to listen to them again (although you have not had that urge for the last ten years or so).

[katilac]

Duct tape and Latin - you're a well-organized woman! I can do all things through duct tape.:w00t:

 

Seriously, I found something similar on my bookshelf from a really old bible study I attended. It had a smaller than normal three ring binder and I fixed it up perfectly for what I was wanting it for. Isn't it great to find the right solution?

 

It makes my day, but then, I am rather easily amused.

[swellmomma]

hmmm, I feel a urge to go post on freecycle for cassette cases

[WTMCassandra]

That's a good idea. I just put ours in a ziploc baggie and toss it in a basket on the bookshelf near my teacher's desk.

 

I have one baggie for LC1 "not reviewed yet," one for LC1 "reviewed recently," one for LC2 "in use," and a a fourth for LC2 "not yet." We review 1/4 of LC1 flashcards each chapter we do in LC2, and on a separate day we review LC2 cards up to the lesson where we are. We are on LC2 Lesson 17.

 

I guess when we get to Henle we will need to develop a new system. Yikes. I'm in no hurry!

[katilac]

That's a good idea. I just put ours in a ziploc baggie and toss it in a basket on the bookshelf near my teacher's desk.

 

//shudders//

 

Tossed in a ziplock bag? All loose and chaotic?

 

That's. just. wrong!!:lol:

[Janie]

is to hole-punch them in the corner and add them to the ring. Works wonders. And keeps them together. That's one thing I've done right this year.:)

 

[WTMCassandra]

No, no, the cards aren't loose and chaotic! They fit vertically in two neat stacks inside the baggie. The BAGGIE is then tossed into the basket (gently). No chaos permitted here.