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1. WORK AS A MEMORY MASTERThe Memory Master program is a memory incentive program where the students work to memorize every piece of memory work for the entire year. My first year in CC, I couldn’t imagine how anyone could remember 24 history sentences, 24 science facts, over 24 math facts, 24 English grammar facts, over 24 geographical locations and features, 6 different verb tense conjugations in Latin, and 170 events on a timeline. It’s daunting. However, as we trained our brains to retain information, the task became easier instead of harder.I’m not saying that everyone should be a memory master, but I am saying that everyone in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades should do the work of a memory master. There is nothing that builds a student’s confidence more than to know they’ve achieved a seemingly impossible goal. It will take time and LOTS of listening from mom, but it is worth it to help your child achieve something amazing.When they get to Challenge A, the memory work is not over. They will be memorizing 57 catechism questions and answers from It Couldn’t Just Happen. When they learn to draw the world, your student will be memorizing capitals, countries, and features. My son added over 600 items to his final map, and it still felt like he was just scratching the surface. Learning a language also requires a great deal of memorization – vocabulary and grammar.Since the memory work will just continue to grow and develop, a great gift you can give your student is the blessing of knowing that they can memorize large quantities of information with success.2. LET THEM WRITE THEIR ESSENTIALS PAPERS BY THEMSELVESI’m all for helping Essentials students with their papers at the beginning. At some point, it’s better to allow them to struggle through simple papers, so that when they reach a new level of writing assignments, they can be more independent.It’s hard to write a paper on your own, especially when your mom has so many good ideas to offer. I always know it’s time to back off when my kids are staring at me for every word as if I could write the paper better than they could. At that point, I stop offering so many options, and start asking more questions to draw out their ideas.In Challenge A, they’ll move on to learning how to write using the Lost Tools of Writing, but they won’t leave their IEW skills behind. Each week they’ll be writing a Science Research paper using the fused outline model from IEW (Unit 6). In addition, they are free to add all of their stylistic elements to their LTW papers if they’re familiar with them. Giving them a year or two to start becoming more independent in their writing will make their Challenge A year an easier transition.3. MASTER MATH FACTSIt may seem like a simple thing, but all of higher math requires a quick and accurate recall of the basics. One of the reasons that math work takes so long is slowing down to count on fingers, skip count, or whatever other way your student is attempting to get to this information. In addition, many simple mistakes in calculating require going back and fixing work that was missed.Take time every day to work on building your math fact muscles. It doesn’t have to be a timed test. You could go outside and play with math. By taking time to focus on these fundamentals, your student will be blessed as they move into higher math studies.4. DECLINE LATIN NOUNSThis is such a simple thing to practice, but such a complex activity to understand. In cycle 1 of Foundations, students memorize the five main declension endings. In English, we use word placement to show the jobs that nouns fulfill in a sentence. In Latin, they use a different ending to identify the job. I explain it all more here.When students begin Challenge A, they are introduced to one declension at a time, and they begin practicing using and identifying all of the jobs the Latin nous are playing. If you’ve spent three years in Essentials, identifying the jobs will be simple for your student. What will be a bit more challenging is remembering all of the endings that each noun job should take. If they practice declining early, the whole concept will make a lot of sense when they arrive their first day.I’m not talking about a lot of work each day, but pick one or two nouns from a declension you’re focusing on and decline them. Here’s a great list of vocabulary from the Henle book that they use in Challenge A.
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