Classically Catholic Memory is broken up into 18 weeks. Each week is comprised of the following eight components: religion, latin, history, science, math, timeline, geography, and great words. For each component the student has memory work based on each individual subject. For example, in religion the student either memorizes a scripture passage or a question and answer from the Catechism, or for geography the student memorizes the names and locations of the countries on a particular continent.
We spend two weeks to cover each week of memory work, which means it takes us 36 total weeks to get through a year of curriculum. The two weeks look roughly like this:
Week 1
Monday: Introduce all new memory work.
Tuesday: Lessons on the religion, latin, and geography memory work.
Wednesday: Lessons on the math, timeline, and great words memory work.
Thursday: Lesson on the science memory work.
Sunday night: Lesson on the history memory work (taught by dad).
Week 2
Monday: Review all current and previously introduced memory work.
Tuesday: Lessons on the religion, latin, and geography memory work.
Wednesday: Lessons on the math, timeline, and great words memory work.
Thursday: Lesson on the science memory work.
Sunday night: Lesson on the history memory work (taught by dad).
For additional work on memorizing each weeks' memory work, as well as to retain the memory work from pervious weeks, I keep a play the memory work CD while we work on CCM projects and as we run errands in the car.
We also are completing a study of the 50 states this year as we study North America for geography and there are times when my 2nd grader reads additional books related to our history memory work.
And if you're wondering how this works with our other curriculum plans, check out this post on our 2013-2014 homeschool year.
That's it! With the laid out schedule above it is has been totally manageable!
