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Jul. 10, 2020
100 Things Worth Memorizing with Your Child
Young children tend to have great memories, and can often memorize things faster and easier than older children or adults. This summer is a great time to work on memorizing key information with your child, as a way to keep … Continue reading
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Sep. 4, 2019
5 Ways to Make Bible Memorization Natural in Your Homeschool
One of the most powerful aspects of Sonlight curriculum is the Bible memorization included in the History / Bible / Literature programs. When your child meditates on and memorizes Scripture, he is storing gold in the savings account of his … Continue reading
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Jun. 24, 2019
5 Tricks to Memorize Scripture, Poetry, Songs, and Great Speeches
Odelia (6) reviews her memory verse for the week. "[My children] have grown to love memorizing Bible verses. Sonlight is great for our kids because they love listening to stories. They have tons of questions as we read, and their … Continue reading
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Jun. 19, 2019
Bible Time: The Most Important Part of Your Homeschool Day
It was Bible time, a part of every homeschool day and scheduled in our Instructor's Guide. Bible was one of the subjects that our whole family did together before going separate ways to tackle our own subjects. Mom would read … Continue reading
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Mar. 9, 2017
Cultivating Big Picture Thinking (Versus Learning Rote Facts)
Some forms of education rely heavily on memorization. Think of that old rhyme, “In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Columbus is important to history. If you know the date when he sailed, you have a good reference … Continue reading
Feb. 19, 2015
Literature-Based Learning - of Dates and Dynasties
I have rather unpleasant memories of my junior high and high school history classes ... spending late nights memorizing dates and names and events for the next day's test. And promptly forgetting it all just as soon as the test … Continue reading
Jun. 20, 2014
Brute Memorization
Education blogger Catherine Johnson recently asked How much rote memorization do students do? Not very much. Not much at all. Her argument, if I'm following it, is that we need more "brute" memorization than the none we push today. [By … Continue reading
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