Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
We're on the final stretch of our Classical Conversations year. One of my guys is aiming for memory master status, but still needs to fine-tune some of the memory work. We're relying on what's tried and true by practicing using these simple methods for memorizing: 1. Making flash cards. He handmade flashcards today for John 1 in … [Read more...]
As most of us are well into the second half of our CC cycle, it seems like a great time to republish this post on becoming a memory master. If you weren't thinking about it at the beginning of the cycle, perhaps you are now. Perhaps your little scholars are asking to "do memory master." Here's what's worked for us --Am I really bringing … [Read more...]
Are you on break right now? We're on a short Thanksgiving break before squeezing in a bit more before Christmas break. Now's the perfect time to make sure those memory pegs are in before the next 12 weeks of material make an appearance. A friend's family shared with me that they do Mini Memory Master testing during this time. I loved the idea … [Read more...]
HE DID IT! My biggest little is a memory master!Yesterday was our campus' memory master test day. The view from here was like this... We started with a homemade breakfast of brain food. With a 10:30 testing time slot, we had plenty of time for a relaxing start to our day. On the drive there, I tried to relate the testing to … [Read more...]
My biggest guy is doing his first round of memory master proofing with a close family friend today. Anyone nervous besides me?? My son nervous? Nope, he's confident.My husband nervous? Nope, he's confident. I think it's time for me to distract myself by baking brownies. … [Read more...]
We are deep into memory master review here, folks. My little man and I are both resisting the impulse to quit and rest. Rather, we are buckling down and trying hard. Memorizing all the math grammar has been especially hard for him. I'm trying to think of interesting, yet simple ways for him to review. If the method is … [Read more...]