Memory work techniques for homeschool and classical homeschooling.
Pam’s Fall in Love with Morning Time video on using the Memory Palace technique to learn an Emily Bronte poem made me think of how often we use not only images to help remember things, but physical drawings, as well. Missed the Fall in Love with Morning Time event? You can still see all the…
If we’re really being honest with each other, as much as we may love it, the internet can be a big ol’ time suck. We turn to the online world with a desire to make our homeschool better, but often the best gets lost amidst all of the good, not-so-good, or just plain distracting ideas….
It happens often. One of my kids will turn to me with delight in their eyes and exclaim, “Hey I know that!” It’s happened when our priest mentioned Emperor Constantine in his homily one Sunday. It happened when Olivia heard one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poems on the Disney Channel. It happens often. It happens…
This is part five in my series on memory work. Find the other parts here: Help Your Kids Memorize Anything Recite, Recite, Recite Sing Me A Song Memory Work for Visual Learners Kids just need to move. They like to wiggle, get up and dance and jump about the room. For some, movement helps them…
This is part four in my series on memory work. Find the other parts here: Help Your Kids Memorize Anything Recite, Recite, Recite Sing Me A Song Up to this point we have largely focused on the auditory elements of memory work. This is mainly because learning memory work is largely an auditory skill. This is…
Memory work is a big part of our school day. I have written before about why I think it is so important. I think it is fabulous that it is alive and well in homeschool circles. The sharing of resources, methods, and organizational tips in the community makes it easier for everyone to be successful….
This is part three in my series on memory work. Find the other parts here: Help Your Kids Memorize Anything Recite, Recite, Recite For some kids all it takes is to hear something set to song just a few times, and it becomes embedded in their memory. Olivia is a kid like that. I think…
This is the second post in the series: Help Your Kids Memorize Anything. You can see part one here. No doubt, the heart of any memory method is recitation. By saying the words over and over again, the language patterns, information and the very essence of words become ingrained into our being. Often when we…
Memory work is a big part of what we do around here. And while for some people, memory work would suggest feelings of drudgery and drill and kill, the reality couldn’t be farther from that. We love our memory work and have fun with it. The kids get great satisfaction in learning a new poem…
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