![]() ![]() In other words, we cannot think a thought we don’t have to begin with. thoughts or concepts that they haven’t first experienced and stored. Supernatural inspiration notwithstanding, human beings in general-and children in particular-really can’t produce. “One simple and immutable fact about the human brain is that you can’t get something out of it that isn’t there to start with. “It is not surprising that, for the Greek mind, the Muses-of epic, history, astronomy, music, dance, tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, and sacred poetry-should be daughters of Memory.” (Anthony Esolen, Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, page 9) “No matter what your children’s strengths and weaknesses are, or their likes and dislikes, or their gifts and talents-their brains want to gather, sort, and store, and retrieve information.” ( The Core, page 52) ![]() And I can personally attest-it’s possible. I’ve mastered and tested each and every piece of memory work in the Foundations Guide. My boys have been introduced to all three cycles of memory work, and mastered much of it. I remember thinking, alternately, there is no way we can memorize all this information and I cannot wait until we’ve memorized all this information!! Here we are. Years ago-it seems like yesterday-I received our first Foundations Guide in the mail. Multiplication tables up to 15x15, common squares and cubes, unit conversions, basic geometry formulas, and math laws.English grammar facts (including pronoun lists and parts of speech definitions).Latin verb endings (six tenses) of the first conjugation.24 science facts/lists (including biomes, planets, Newton’s laws of motion, and the laws of thermodynamics).More than 100 locations and geographic features in Europe, Asia, Central America, and Southern Africa. ![]() 24 world history sentences (from 800 AD to the present).161 events and people in a chronological timeline (from ancient history to the present).If a student is able to complete the director proof with 100% mastery, he or she becomes a Memory Master. A one-hour recitation is speed-mode! After completing a tutor “proof,” a student is spot-checked in all subjects by the CC director (around 20 minutes). (This happens after multiple practice “proofs.”) This recitation can take anywhere from 1-2+ hours. Presidents, History, Geography, Science, Latin, English Grammar, and Math) with 100% mastery all in one sitting. ![]() What is a CC Memory Master? A student recites for his or her tutor every piece of information memorized in a cycle (24 weeks work of information) for all subjects (History Timeline, U.S. Levi and Luke both completed their director proofs for the second year in a row, and I have now finished all 3 cycles. Sometime after April 6th, the foundations/essentials director will proof the student on approximately a quarter of the material from the entire cycle equally from each subject area (approximately 6 randomized questions from each subject) in one sitting and the student may miss no questions in any subject area.As of today, we have THREE Classical Conversations Cycle 2 Memory Masters in the house! March 30th-April 12th (weeks 23-24), the student's tutor will proof the student on all material weeks (weeks 1-24, all 7 subject areas) in one sitting and the student may miss no questions in any subject area. March 23rd-April 6th (weeks 22-23), a friend or family member familiar with the memory master guide will proof the student on all material weeks (weeks 1-24, all 7 subject areas) in one sitting and the student may miss only 1 question in each subject area. March 16th-March 30th (weeks 21-22), Mom will proof the student on all material (weeks 1-24, all 7 subject areas) in one sitting and the student may miss only 3 questions in each subject area. A memory master is a student who successfully completes the process outlined below. ![]()
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