Creative Memorization Ideas
Posted by Cindy on April 17, 2008
Here’s #3 of 4 Question Box topics from co-op this week.
Creative Memorization Ideas
My all-time favorite creative memorization tool so far has been Times Tales! My oldest daughter had struggled with the upper multiplication facts for months. In ONE day of this program, she knew the facts! I’m not kidding! It uses little stories to tell about each fact. After doing the program with her, I still can’t think of 8×7 without picturing Mrs. Snowman and Mrs. Week driving one mile over the speed limit at 56mph! 
Getting children to memorize anything from math facts to Bible verses to dates is going to depend greatly on their learning style. Lucky for us, there are a wealth of resources available for memorization using different learning styles:
-lists or topics put to songs (Lyrical Learning, Garden of Praise (FREE), Audio Memory)
-flashcards
-facts put into silly stories
-mnemonic devices
We can easily do some of the above ourselves. We can also put facts or verses to clapping rhythms or movement rhythms. We can play little games like tossing a ball back and forth to spell out words or complete math facts. And hey, who wouldn’t work hard for an M&M for each facts or verse quoted correctly??
Here are some really great ideas I found on the internet. You could use the same ideas for a variety of memory work topics.
