My weekly emails encourage homeschool moms in teaching young children at home with practical tips for real-life homeschooling. Get ideas for simple, engaging, and effective teaching strategies. PLUS tons of short & sweet learning songs... I wrote the only homeschool memory work program that is 100% set to song and homeschooling families with K-5 kiddos LOVE it!
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A friend who uses Musical Memory shared a great story with me the other day. She voice texted me: "Musical Memory is the best thing ever... my first grader is doing addition with 8s and 9s right now. As you get further into the lesson, they start introducing the reverse of the problems. 4 + 8 instead of 8 + 4.
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As soon as [6 year old] saw the problem 4+8 , she started singing the Commutative Property song: 'The commutative property works for addition and multiplication just like this, so I know the answer because it's the same forwards and backwards.'
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I couldn't believe it. This is just the best!"
โ โHere's the exact song she's talking about. Play it 3 times in a row and I guarantee your kids will know it for life. Somehow the brain remembers musical tunes for much longer than things not memorized to music. โ I don't understand it, but it's so powerful that I've written hundreds of songs to memorize all kinds of things.
โ The app has all our songs, ever (and we'll keep adding more!) It's now available in the Apple App Store. Start a 1 week free trial & see how much your kids love these songs!
โ (Bonus feature... they're not an noying like other children's learning songs so you won't get sick of them. ๐) โ Happy memorizing!! -Renee โ โ โ |
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Musical Memory | Renee Cook
My weekly emails encourage homeschool moms in teaching young children at home with practical tips for real-life homeschooling. Get ideas for simple, engaging, and effective teaching strategies. PLUS tons of short & sweet learning songs... I wrote the only homeschool memory work program that is 100% set to song and homeschooling families with K-5 kiddos LOVE it!
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