Memory Work Index

This is a running list of all the things we have worked on during our memory portion of Morning Time in our homeschool. I do not strive for perfection of recall, but more a solid familiarity. My hope is that repeated exposure to beauty of the written, spoken and sung word will inspire my children to love good and godly literature and music.


Scripture Passages

Psalm 1
Psalm 23
Psalm 100
Proverbs 4:1-6
Proverbs 6:20-23
Matthew 5:1-10 (the Beatitudes)
Matthew 6:9-13 (The Lord’s Prayer)
Matthew 13:44-46 (Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price)
Matthew 18:10-14 (Parable of the Lost Sheep)
Mark 4:2-9 (Parable of the Sower and Seed)
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8a


Poems

Autumn Fires by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rain by Robert Louis Stevenson
Furry Bear by A. A. Milne
Hoppity by A. A. Milne
Knight-in-Armour by A. A. Milne
The Engineer by A. A. Milne
Mix a Pancake by Christina Rossetti
Who Has Seen the Wind by Christina Rossetti
The Mist and All by Dixie Willson
Trains by James S. Tippett
How Doth the Little Crocodile by Lewis Carroll
Fuzzy Wuzzy, Creepy Crawly by Lillian Schulz
First Snow by Mary Louis Allen
Some One by Walter de la Mare
Old Mother Hubbard


Mottos

(Note that I have assimilated several of these from Mystie Winkler’s own Memory Work page. She is great at coming up with meaty, brief motivational statements!)

I can do hard things.
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Focus on your job, and do it right.
Respond cheerfully, politely and promptly.
Obey right away, all the way, with a good attitude, every day.
It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, not for men. (Colossians 3:23)
Do everything without complaining and arguing. (Philippians 2:14)

“Work while you work, play while you play.
This is the way to be happy each day.
All that you do, do with your might.
Things done by halves are never done right.”

Charlotte Mason’s Student Mottos (as summarized on AmblesideOnline):
“I am a child of God, a gift to my parents and my country. I am a person of great value because God made me.”
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. God has made me able to do everything required of me.”


Hymns

All Creatures of Our God and King
Be Thou My Viision
Be Still My Soul
Lead Me to Calvary
My Jesus, I Love Thee
O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
O Love, How Deep
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
Take My Life and Let It Be
The Solid Rock


Folksongs

Aiken Drum
All Night, All Day
The Angel Band
Animal Fair
B-I-N-G-O
Down by the Station
Funiculi Funicula
Here We Come A’Wassailing
I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad
Old John the Rabbit
Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark
That’s a Nice Field of Turnips
The Riddle Song
There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea
With My Swag All on My Shoulder
Yankee Doodle


Miscellaneous

New City Catechism (shorter version) Questions 1-20
Books of the Old Testament
Books of the New Testament