The Living Christ... MEMORIZED!

Well, we finished memorizing The Living Christ.  We actually finished about two weeks ago, but we have been working on perfecting it a little better.  There were a few spots that were giving the kids problems.  But, we are finished and it was a good experience for them.  They've learned not only that they are capable of memorizing a long piece, but they also understand more about their Savior and what his life meant to them individually.  My daughter loves that if someone has a question about the Savior she has lots of information about him "stuck in her head" :)

After we finished, they asked what we were going to memorize next!  I was a little surprised to hear that from them.  Well, I'm still working on that, but I'm leaning towards 1 Corinthians 13.  I've always loved that chapter about charity and my older kids memorized this many years ago.  I guess I need to start a list of the all the things I'd like them to memorize.  I'll add that at a later time though :)

So I guess memorization has become a part of our homeschool again.  I'm glad because my older kids did a lot of memorizing, but at some point I dropped the ball on that and my kids really seem to enjoy it.

The Living Christ Update

Well, we're half way there!  We're not as far along as I had hoped we'd be at this point, but I still think if we work really hard at it we'll be done by Christmas.  Surprisingly, he kids love the time they spend memorizing it.  My 11 year old son is impressed with his memorization skills, I can tell.  He was pretty overwhelmed by the whole thing at first, but now he feels as though he can do it.  Some of the words in the text are a little difficult for him and he doesn't know what they mean, but that just gives us new words to add to his vocabulary.

We do need to work on presentation a little.  When my son recites, he's all over the place.  But, I'm not that worried about that for now.  I plan on adding a video of them reciting it when they're finished.  My only problem is my camera won't let me upload video lately!  But, I'm sure that can be worked out somehow.   Anywoo, the memorization is going great!

The Living Christ Copywork Notebook

My 14 daughter decided she'd like to memorize The Living Christ for her Faith project. We've decided to make it a group effort and my youngest son, Christian, and I are also going to be working on memorizing it along with her. Our goal is to have it finished by Christmas.

Here an article in the September 2010 Ensign called "Bringing Christ into Our Home" about a family who was blessed for memorizing The Living Christ.

Below are the resources I've made to help my kids with memorization.

The Living Christ Copywork

The Living Christ Fill-in-the-Blanks