I mentioned memory work in my curriculum post. Some homeschoolers are big on memory work and there is lots of great advice out there. I don't love memory work but I figure it is good for us to work our brains and memorize some things each year. Here's what we've done the past three years; I'm still working on our 4th grade plan for next year. When possible, I choose at least a couple of poets who wrote during the time period we are studying in history. I'll put a list of Bible verses we've memorized over the years at the end of this post.
Ancients - 1st grade
Bible
10 verses
Psalm 23
Lord’s Prayer
History
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Poems (6)
The Caterpillar, Christina Rossetti
Hearts Are Like Doors, Anonymous
Baby Chick, Aileen Fisher
The Little Elf, John Kendrick Bangs
Who Has Seen the Wind, Christina Rossetti
The Swing, Robert Louis Stevenson
Middle Ages - 2nd grade
Bible
10 verses
Colossians 3:12-17
Books of the Bible
History
Magna Carta (concluding paragraph)
Poems (6)
My Shadow, Robert Louis Stevenson
When It’s Thanksgiving, Aileen Fisher
I Heard a Bird Sing, Oliver Herford
The Goops, Gellet Burgess
Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare
Death Be Not Proud, John Donne
Early Modern - 3rd grade
Bible
10 verses
The Beatitudes
Apostles Creed
History
Declaration of Independence (1st two paragraphs)
Poems (4)
The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost
The Land of Nod, Robert Louis Stevenson
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, William Wordsworth
A Slash of Blue, Emily Dickinson
Modern - 4th grade
Bible
10 verses
Longer passage?
The New City Catechism
History
Gettysburg Address
Poems (4)
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Bible Verses
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
1 Peter 4:8
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Ephesians 4:32
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 5:8
But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
Matthew 28:20b
And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
James 4:17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
1 Peter 5:7 [Cast] all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.
Psalm 118:24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
James 1:17 Every good and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Psalm 139:14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Proverbs 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
Psalm 119:105 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Proverbs 6:19 God hates . . . one who sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 12:20b Those who plan peace have joy.
Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:5 A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 17:5b He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Matthew 7:12 Whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them.
1 Corinthians 13:6a Love . . . does not rejoice at wrongdoing.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Philippians 2:3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Philippians 2:14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances.
Hebrews 10:24 Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.
James 1:19-20 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
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