Memory Monday

One of the things that I believe is very important for our school time is Memory Work.  I looked into Classical Conversations this year because of their emphasis on Memory Work but the expense and the distance were too much for us right now.  So when I saw that Miss Moe does Memory Monday as a meme, I jumped on it!!  Check it out at http://missmoe-thesearethedaysofmylife.blogspot.com/

We started today with our Memory work so this is our plan for the year.

Each morning during our Morning Basket time, we will focus on 2 things to memorize.  Before lunch we will read through all Current Memory Work.  Afternoon snack time we will review all Previously Memorized Works.

Our Morning Schedule will be:
Monday - Psalm and Math Fact
Tuesday - Hymn and History Fact
Wednesday - Poem and Spanish Vocabulary
Thursday - Other Scripture and Science Fact
Friday -  Folk song and Nursery Rhyme

First we will be doing:
Psalm 150
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Hymn
Blessed Assurance

Folk Song
Simple Gifts

Poem
The Caterpillar by Rosetti from FLL

Math Fact
Skip count 1s and 2s to 12

History Fact
7 Days of Creation
1 - Day and Night
2 - Heavens
3 - Earth, Plants and Seas
4 - Sun, Moon and Stars
5 - Fish and Birds
6 - Animal and Man
7 - God Rested

Science Fact

Nursery Rhyme
One, Two Buckle My Shoe

Spanish Vocabulary
madre - mother
padre - father
ablulo - grandfather
abula - grandmother
hermana - sister
hermano - brother
tia - aunt
tio - uncle

I expect they will master some of these faster than others!  We will "test" on Friday.  After A-1 and A-K have mastered the material, we will move it to our .Previously Memorized Works.

What do you think is important to memorize?