A System for Memory Work

As a new school year begins, my children are ages 8, 5 and almost 3, with a new little blessing due at the end of January!  Staying organized is an ongoing challenge, but I recently came across a system for memory work that is a real answer to my prayers. 

My kids have always learned Bible verses as well as some poetry here or there.  But I never really had a system for review and sadly much of what had been learned at one time has been lost.  But no longer!  It only cost me a few dollars to put together this simple system.  I bought a small index card box, some index cards and a couple packs of dividers.  When learning something new, I write it down on a card and it is filed in the front of the box behind a divider labeled "Daily".  The kids recite the new material three times in a row at three separate times each day (meals are a great time for this!)  When the new material has been thoroughly memorized, it gets moved back farther in the box under a different divider and is reviewed frequently at first and then less frequently as the days pass.  A detailed explanation of this system can be found here. 

I am so glad to finally have this very important part of our learning organized and to have a record of what has been learned.  If you are looking for some ideas for what to memorize, check out these suggestions.

Happy Homeschooling!

1:10 PM - Sep. 4, 2008 - post comment

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Love those pics of my grandchildren. Thanks for the tip! I printed off Psalm 1, which we'll start today. I'm using their Sunday School memory verse for cursive, and that is working out for us.

Pattycake - 7:11 AM - Sep. 5, 2008

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