Memorize the periodic table, and in the process you will learn how to memorize just about anything. Most of us learn best by doing, after all. Are you wondering how to boost your memorizing capacity? Then I would still recommend this course. Memorize the Periodic Table demonstrates memorization techniques.Īre you interested in how to memorize the periodic table? Then I would definitely recommend this course. It does give one pause to think about all the ways these memorization techniques could help in school. I have no doubt that they will still be able to recite those elements in a week or month’s time even now I can run through most of the story in my head. No snarky comments from the studio audience, please.) :-) (In case you’re wondering, someone had to be the tester, y’all so I did not take a turn for recall. And several days later, they each remembered the entire list even more easily than before. 24 hours later, each of the kids was able to recall 39 elements with no difficulty (each one missed something different and only needed a small hint to get it right). The two kids and I learned the first 40 elements in under an hour. The guy’s accent (maybe Australian?) is enjoyable to listen to, and the animation drawings are an entertaining way to give visual hooks to the mnemonics that are presented. In a nutshell, the course is a series of videos that take you element by element through the periodic table, developing a story and silly pictures along the way to string you along from one element to the next. The memorization techniques used in this course can be applied to learning many other things as well. It is also about the act of memorizing - and that’s the part that I found most interesting. :-) The course is not just about how to memorize the periodic table itself - although that’s what you will accomplish. No, neither of my kids is taking Chemistry this year, thank goodness. That’s why I nabbed the opportunity for us to take the video course entitled Memorize the Periodic Table. Having to do it now is proving to be a challenge and a struggle. My two youngest kids are in 7th and 11th grade this year, and they have never gotten to experience the joys of memorizing Latin endings and state capitals before. (Anyone suspect that’s an understatement? You might be right…) Our family is new at this Classical education thing, having only started in Classical Conversations for the first time just this year. Older kids? Well, they don’t enjoy it quite as much. For some reason, children of that age find it EASY to memorize. Memorizing is, in fact, the primary task of the elementary age child, as they collect data from the world around them, storing it away for future use. The Classical model for education requires a lot of memorizing. I was compensated for my time, but I was not required to write a positive review.This is all my own stuff, y’all. Overview: Your child can learn helpful memorization techniques as they memorize the periodic table! Note: I was given free access to the course Memorize the Periodic Table for purposes of this review.
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