LauraClark Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Anyone want to share their fun memory work? Here's our favorites: Bible -we've been memorizing a verse in Greek. I think that's fun! -Kings of Israel and Judah. It's a longish video, but the songs we use are at the end. -sons of Jacob. I can't find the song we specifically use, but they're are others similar on YouTube. You can also memorize the 12 judges to these tunes. -I also can't find the specific song we use for the 12 disciples. -books of the Bible. OT and NT. It's a dance party when we do these on Fridays. science -Bones of the body -Newtons Laws History -kings of England: we like horrible history's song. It's on YouTube. -presidents -Roman Emperors Geography -States 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 We do all memory work in Anki. Art: - Terminology (ie Chiaroscuro, Social Realism, etc) - Famous Works of Art (title, artist, style/genre) English: - Grammar - Literary Terms - Spelling (Most common misspellings) - Poetry and Speech Memorization - Vocabulary - Words - Greek/Roman Roots - Idioms - Latin Phrases Geography: - US States (identification, capitals, abbreviations) - Canadian Provinces (identification, capitals) - Countries of the World (identification, capitals) - Rivers, Lakes and Seas of the World - Famous Landmarks of the World - Languages of the World (identify the dozen most common languages by sight and sound) Logic: - Logical Fallacies Math: - Decimal Equivalents of Common Fractions - Conversions - Convenient reference measurements - Common Formulas - Prime numbers up to 100 - Common Cubes - Algebraic and Geometric Laws - Factorizations - SI Prefixes - Exponent Rules - Geometric Definitions Music: - Terminology (ie Sonata, Diminished Chord, etc) - Famous Works of Music (title, composer, style/genre) - Tons of Music Theory (key signatures, musical notation, etc) - Only the 8 year old - Ear Training (identifying intervals and chords) - Only the 8 year old Programming: - Python definitions and functions Safety: - Family members' full names and birthdays - Address - Important phone numbers (mine, DH's, grandparents', etc) - Kitchen Safety Rules - Poison Ivy identification Science: - Life Science - Taxonomy - Features of each biological Kingdom - Anatomy - Biology definitions - Bird Identification (by sight and sound) - Cloud identification - Flower identification - Geology - Rock identification - Types of Rocks and how they are made - Periods of Geological Time - Periodic Table - Space - Planets of the Solar System - Moons of the Solar System Social Studies: - Presidents - Holidays - Government and Constitution Spanish: - Easier Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are shown a picture and need to produce the Spanish) - Harder Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are given the definition in Spanish and need to produce the word) - Only the 12 year old so far - Idioms and sayings - Only the 12 year old so far - Conjugations - Grammar 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraClark Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 26 minutes ago, wendyroo said: We do all memory work in Anki. Art: - Terminology (ie Chiaroscuro, Social Realism, etc) - Famous Works of Art (title, artist, style/genre) English: - Grammar - Literary Terms - Spelling (Most common misspellings) - Poetry and Speech Memorization - Vocabulary - Words - Greek/Roman Roots - Idioms - Latin Phrases Geography: - US States (identification, capitals, abbreviations) - Canadian Provinces (identification, capitals) - Countries of the World (identification, capitals) - Rivers, Lakes and Seas of the World - Famous Landmarks of the World - Languages of the World (identify the dozen most common languages by sight and sound) Logic: - Logical Fallacies Math: - Decimal Equivalents of Common Fractions - Conversions - Convenient reference measurements - Common Formulas - Prime numbers up to 100 - Common Cubes - Algebraic and Geometric Laws - Factorizations - SI Prefixes - Exponent Rules - Geometric Definitions Music: - Terminology (ie Sonata, Diminished Chord, etc) - Famous Works of Music (title, composer, style/genre) - Tons of Music Theory (key signatures, musical notation, etc) - Only the 8 year old - Ear Training (identifying intervals and chords) - Only the 8 year old Programming: - Python definitions and functions Safety: - Family members' full names and birthdays - Address - Important phone numbers (mine, DH's, grandparents', etc) - Kitchen Safety Rules - Poison Ivy identification Science: - Life Science - Taxonomy - Features of each biological Kingdom - Anatomy - Biology definitions - Bird Identification (by sight and sound) - Cloud identification - Flower identification - Geology - Rock identification - Types of Rocks and how they are made - Periods of Geological Time - Periodic Table - Space - Planets of the Solar System - Moons of the Solar System Social Studies: - Presidents - Holidays - Government and Constitution Spanish: - Easier Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are shown a picture and need to produce the Spanish) - Harder Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are given the definition in Spanish and need to produce the word) - Only the 12 year old so far - Idioms and sayings - Only the 12 year old so far - Conjugations - Grammar Poison ivy identification: that's a great one! Are they all just word based or do you have songs with any of them or some kind of memory help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, LauraClark said: Poison ivy identification: that's a great one! Are they all just word based or do you have songs with any of them or some kind of memory help? We use a lot of images and audio files. So, the poison ivy is just a bunch of pictures I gathered online of poison ivy and poison ivy look alikes. Each one just asks if it is poison ivy and then tells them the answer. All the Spanish includes audio so they can hear the words/idioms/etc to help with pronunciation and memorization. All the countries/birds/ clouds/art works/etc include images. I also include a lot of ways they can think about information to help remember it: Mnemonics, memory hints, example sentences, etc. For example, for the rock cycle, the card is just a very visual diagram of the entire rock cycle with a box obscuring a particular step or phrase that they need to provide. That way they learn each piece of information within the context of the entire system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Note Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 11:36 AM, wendyroo said: We do all memory work in Anki. Art: - Terminology (ie Chiaroscuro, Social Realism, etc) - Famous Works of Art (title, artist, style/genre) English: - Grammar - Literary Terms - Spelling (Most common misspellings) - Poetry and Speech Memorization - Vocabulary - Words - Greek/Roman Roots - Idioms - Latin Phrases Geography: - US States (identification, capitals, abbreviations) - Canadian Provinces (identification, capitals) - Countries of the World (identification, capitals) - Rivers, Lakes and Seas of the World - Famous Landmarks of the World - Languages of the World (identify the dozen most common languages by sight and sound) Logic: - Logical Fallacies Math: - Decimal Equivalents of Common Fractions - Conversions - Convenient reference measurements - Common Formulas - Prime numbers up to 100 - Common Cubes - Algebraic and Geometric Laws - Factorizations - SI Prefixes - Exponent Rules - Geometric Definitions Music: - Terminology (ie Sonata, Diminished Chord, etc) - Famous Works of Music (title, composer, style/genre) - Tons of Music Theory (key signatures, musical notation, etc) - Only the 8 year old - Ear Training (identifying intervals and chords) - Only the 8 year old Programming: - Python definitions and functions Safety: - Family members' full names and birthdays - Address - Important phone numbers (mine, DH's, grandparents', etc) - Kitchen Safety Rules - Poison Ivy identification Science: - Life Science - Taxonomy - Features of each biological Kingdom - Anatomy - Biology definitions - Bird Identification (by sight and sound) - Cloud identification - Flower identification - Geology - Rock identification - Types of Rocks and how they are made - Periods of Geological Time - Periodic Table - Space - Planets of the Solar System - Moons of the Solar System Social Studies: - Presidents - Holidays - Government and Constitution Spanish: - Easier Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are shown a picture and need to produce the Spanish) - Harder Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are given the definition in Spanish and need to produce the word) - Only the 12 year old so far - Idioms and sayings - Only the 12 year old so far - Conjugations - Grammar Wendy, sometimes a "like" isn't enough. Your list is amazing! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjuliadc Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 No, a like isn’t enough. This is true for many of Wendy’s posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 10:36 AM, wendyroo said: We do all memory work in Anki. Art: - Terminology (ie Chiaroscuro, Social Realism, etc) - Famous Works of Art (title, artist, style/genre) English: - Grammar - Literary Terms - Spelling (Most common misspellings) - Poetry and Speech Memorization - Vocabulary - Words - Greek/Roman Roots - Idioms - Latin Phrases Geography: - US States (identification, capitals, abbreviations) - Canadian Provinces (identification, capitals) - Countries of the World (identification, capitals) - Rivers, Lakes and Seas of the World - Famous Landmarks of the World - Languages of the World (identify the dozen most common languages by sight and sound) Logic: - Logical Fallacies Math: - Decimal Equivalents of Common Fractions - Conversions - Convenient reference measurements - Common Formulas - Prime numbers up to 100 - Common Cubes - Algebraic and Geometric Laws - Factorizations - SI Prefixes - Exponent Rules - Geometric Definitions Music: - Terminology (ie Sonata, Diminished Chord, etc) - Famous Works of Music (title, composer, style/genre) - Tons of Music Theory (key signatures, musical notation, etc) - Only the 8 year old - Ear Training (identifying intervals and chords) - Only the 8 year old Programming: - Python definitions and functions Safety: - Family members' full names and birthdays - Address - Important phone numbers (mine, DH's, grandparents', etc) - Kitchen Safety Rules - Poison Ivy identification Science: - Life Science - Taxonomy - Features of each biological Kingdom - Anatomy - Biology definitions - Bird Identification (by sight and sound) - Cloud identification - Flower identification - Geology - Rock identification - Types of Rocks and how they are made - Periods of Geological Time - Periodic Table - Space - Planets of the Solar System - Moons of the Solar System Social Studies: - Presidents - Holidays - Government and Constitution Spanish: - Easier Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are shown a picture and need to produce the Spanish) - Harder Vocabulary (ala Fluent Forever, meaning they are given the definition in Spanish and need to produce the word) - Only the 12 year old so far - Idioms and sayings - Only the 12 year old so far - Conjugations - Grammar What’s your system for creating your anki decks? I tried it in the oat but couldn’t keep up with making new cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 27 minutes ago, WTM said: What’s your system for creating your anki decks? I tried it in the oat but couldn’t keep up with making new cards. Many of the decks I use are shared decks from AnkiWeb. I just find the ones that are closest to what I want my kids to learn, and fine tune them...deleting unwanted cards, shifting what fields are on the front and back of cards, add audio pronunciations, etc. Otherwise I make a whole subdeck at a time. Or, I once had my oldest make Anki cards as his output for history - he made his own review deck as he read through his book. Since my kids have SO MANY cards (my oldest has 32813 cards in his deck), I rely on two features to not let Anki become overwhelming. 1 - I carefully set how many new and review cards should be pulled from each subdeck. 2 - I suspend a lot of cards. I suspend whole subdecks if a child isn't ready to learn that information yet...but the deck is ready whenever they are. I suspend certain cards in a deck if I want to introduce easier concepts first. I slowly unsuspend cards if I want to slow down new cards being introduced even further than I can in the settings, etc. Using those methods, Anki is more or less open and go on a day to day basis. About once a year I search for new decks with interesting information and add them to the kids' decks, and about every 3-4 months I go into each deck to see if anything needs to be unsuspended. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 hour ago, wendyroo said: Many of the decks I use are shared decks from AnkiWeb. I just find the ones that are closest to what I want my kids to learn, and fine tune them...deleting unwanted cards, shifting what fields are on the front and back of cards, add audio pronunciations, etc. Otherwise I make a whole subdeck at a time. Or, I once had my oldest make Anki cards as his output for history - he made his own review deck as he read through his book. Since my kids have SO MANY cards (my oldest has 32813 cards in his deck), I rely on two features to not let Anki become overwhelming. 1 - I carefully set how many new and review cards should be pulled from each subdeck. 2 - I suspend a lot of cards. I suspend whole subdecks if a child isn't ready to learn that information yet...but the deck is ready whenever they are. I suspend certain cards in a deck if I want to introduce easier concepts first. I slowly unsuspend cards if I want to slow down new cards being introduced even further than I can in the settings, etc. Using those methods, Anki is more or less open and go on a day to day basis. About once a year I search for new decks with interesting information and add them to the kids' decks, and about every 3-4 months I go into each deck to see if anything needs to be unsuspended. That sounds amazing. I admire you. It feels like it would be a steep learning curve for me, but I think it could help DS. Maybe I’ll give another go at trying to learn how to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 27 minutes ago, WTM said: That sounds amazing. I admire you. It feels like it would be a steep learning curve for me, but I think it could help DS. Maybe I’ll give another go at trying to learn how to use it. It is a very steep learning curve, but it also has a very devoted fan base, so there are tons of YouTube videos on tips, tricks and tutorials. Plus, since it is open source software, people have made so many useful (and less useful 😄) add-ons. Anki is so customizable...but that is a blessing and a curse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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