We have also been thinking about the Faces of History event our community will have in the spring. He really doesn't mind doing this, because I let him have a fun snack while he's copying - I don't think that's bribery - it's INCENTIVE! Grant also continues to copy his Essentials charts each day. We've been pointing out similes, metaphors, -ly words, strong verbs, quality adjectives, etc.Įssentials is just amazing to me - so much valuable information packed into such a short 12 weeks! Our current read aloud is The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (which also happens to be one of the current book choices for Challenge B). Honestly, I'm finding that reading quality literature aloud to my children is such a wonderful way to review everything we have learned in Essentials. We also use a Simple Dice Game to review the memory work. Please tell me we aren't alone in this struggle? I like the Geography Trivium Table for Cycle 3 for having him point out to me where the states/capitals and features are.Īs you can see, he really needs work in the English Grammar department. My son gave each area of the memory work a color and used his Sharpies (we can't live without these!) to check off the memory work areas he mastered and put a star in the boxes of the areas he still needs to review. (I've seen people write on their pieces to correspond with the weeks and subject area, but we haven't done that.) As you pull pieces out, quiz your child on a different area of the memory work. I use a simple printable, My Memory Work, from Brandy, at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood, to keep track of the pieces of memory work Grant knows and the pieces he needs to keep practicing.
I've seen this idea floating around a lot online. My absolute favorite is Memory Work JENGA - believe me, this wasn't MY idea. We're all about SIMPLE in our homeschool. When you homeschool using CC as the spine, there is plenty of wiggle room in December! Foundations Memory Work Review Games I've had SUCH fun this week, playing review games, reading aloud, and planning art projects for the rest of the month. She will have some work over the break, but I can happily say she will have three entire weeks of rest, which is much needed.
My Challenge B student will finish in one week. It is a time when we can continue to have fun and also add some Christmas schooling to the mix without "getting behind". Thankfully, school isn't a DEMAND in December - it's a fun something we carve out time for because we WANT TO.įor my Foundations/Essentials student it is a much needed time to review after 12 weeks of hard work. I want to create memories for our family that are meaningful and fun. I don't want to look back on the month and regret wasted time and unwanted activities.
It isn't always easy, because it seems there are a hundred and one demands on our time during this busy time of year. We go down to the bare bones in December, so we can focus on Advent and being peaceful as a family. Hopefully all of that made sense.Add DECEMBER to the list of reasons why I adore Classical Conversations. Even without flashcards, could they start the next fact at the square? start 7's with 7x7, then proceeding to 7x15?Īnd finally, are the facts to be recited in order or out of order (this would need a prompt then).
Could we use use flash cards and then for each subsequent set of facts, there would be one less fact (only ones not recited yet)? Example being that for 15's, students would really only have to do 15x15 because they have already recited 1-14 multiplied by 15. 5x7 when doing 5's and also 7x5 when doing the 7's?). I was wondering if students can have a printed out list or flash cards that show the factors and then they recite both factors and product, rather than them generating both the factors and the products.Īlso, if flashcards can be used, do the students have to go through the entire set of facts for each number 1-15 thus reciting some facts twice (e.g. I would like clarification on using flash cards for math facts on memory masters.
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