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VanessaVH
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Posted: June 28 2010 at 3:08pm \| IP Logged

I was reading another post about CM's accomplishments for 6 year olds. She wants a lot of things memorized.

My question is, how do you help young children (like ages 3-5) memorize things? Do you just read it line by line and have them repeat?? I know when I used to have to memorize something for school I would read it over and over and copy it by hand a few times. But this method doesn't really work for ones who don't read or write yet.... Any ideas would be appreciated!

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Posted: June 28 2010 at 3:37pm \| IP Logged

Hi Vanessa!

Memorization comes so easy for the younger set. Here's how I do it.

We keep lessons short. I say a selection once and have my child repeat it once. We might say and repeat one more time, and that's it for the day. Next lesson the next day.

Let's take a poem as an example. We only work on one stanza at a time. We just keep adding to it a little at a time.

Me: Ok, Peanut (5yo), let's work on our poem. "Trees By Joyce Kilmer. I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. Now you try."
Peanut: Trees by Joyce Kilmer. I think that I shall never.... (forgets)
Me: see a poem lovely as a tree.
Peanut: I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.
Me: That's great! Do you want to try it one more time?
Peanut: Trees by Joyce Kilmer. I think that I shall never see a poem...
Me: lovely as a tree. Hey! That was great for today.

And we're done! Sure hope this helps!

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Posted: June 28 2010 at 5:15pm \| IP Logged

If I want DD to memorize something, all I have to do is set it to music and after hearing it a few times she's got it. It makes it so much easier!

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Posted: June 28 2010 at 7:46pm \| IP Logged

Sometimes I also post a poem right in front of the kitchen sink and say it at a given time.....at breakfast or lunch, etc.

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