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I need to memorize a super-long song in Spanish—BY MONDAY! Help! What are good ways to memorize stuff? I've been playing it nonstop, but I still haven't done it!
submitted by Abigail S., age 11, Nose In a Book
(February 18, 2016 - 6:58 pm)

Write it down! When I had to memorize a genie monologue to try out for a school, I spent a lot of time writing it down. And if you aren't doing it already, perform it as much as you can! Even if you haven't memorized it, use what you've written down to sing along or something.

submitted by St.Owl, age Recarnated, Everywhere
(February 18, 2016 - 8:30 pm)

Thanks! It's playing now...

Y se formo la gozedera, Miami me lo confirmo... 

submitted by Abigail S., age 11, Nose In a Book
(February 18, 2016 - 8:50 pm)

Hmm, my way of memorizing things is by cutting up the phrase in to parts and memorizing the parts and then putting them together.  Here's an example:  

Argh.  I hate spells that interfere with one's memory.  They're the worst form of magic, always leading to chaos and confusion.

In this case, I would repeat the first two sentences to myself until I can recite them two to three times, then I take a five to ten minute break, and after the break was up, I would try to recite the sentences to myself without looking at them, and then I would repeat the process until I would be able to recite those two sentences, then I would do the same process with the third sentence, and THEN I would do the same process with all three sentences.

Another way to memorize things is to write them down on a piece of paper repeatedly.  

Well that's all my advice!  Hope it helps and have fun memorizing!  Laughing 

submitted by Cron
(February 18, 2016 - 8:48 pm)

St. Owl!  If I hadn't had to set the table you wouldn't have beat me to writing the memorization down idea!  Oh well, that was kind of funny!

submitted by Cron
(February 18, 2016 - 8:52 pm)

Make pictures to help you remember? Recite in front of the mirror? Chew a flavor of gum while reciting to yourself, then when you recite it to others chew that same flavor of gum? Pace while reciting? These are all suggestions that I've heard of, and the ones I think are the most successful for me are reciting in front of a mirror, or make pictures to help me remember. 

submitted by Joan B. of Arc, age 13, Camelot
(February 18, 2016 - 10:33 pm)

Well, for me, what I do is first, read it several times, then I write it down... and then I just keep reading it aloud. I haven't really memorized anything lately, so I can't remember how I did it >.< 

submitted by The Novelist, The Secret Forest
(February 19, 2016 - 12:50 am)

*weird whistle thingy* 

*hair blowing in the wind*

My time, has come.

Oh my Luna, I cannot count how many songs I've memorized! I swear I'm not exaggerating! I know, like, at least 20 albums including 3 country ones, 1 Little Mix one, 7 Taylor Swift ones, and.... A million others! Not to mention, I know, like, 50 or so words in Spanish, and once memorized a Spanish rap. I don't know why... ANYWAYS! I have some methods for ya. 

1. Repeat

This method can get annoying, but after using it, you'll never forget a word! It's as simple as it sounds, you just play the song over and over again on repeat! A good hour or so will give you most of the words, but it is important that you DO NOT sing along or follow along with written down words. I don't know why, it just doesn't help. Once you're done listening, look over the words a few times, and you should be good ta go! It works for me, at least. If your brain doesn't work this way, it's ok, I have more methods! Read on, my friend

2. Progressing

Give someone else the words so they can make sure you're right, then sing the first verse only over and over until you have it, then sing the verse and chorus, and keep progressing through the song. 

Hey I gotta go, but I will post more later hoped this helped okay bye now bye!!!!!! 

submitted by Savvy44x
(February 19, 2016 - 3:13 pm)

I'm doing a class along with my younger siblings (I'm technically to old for the class, but then again, it is high-school level stuff that they chose to do early), and I have to memorize so many charts! 

A verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links to words together... etc. I make up chants to help me get through. Sort of in between singing and just talking, like putting stress on different words.

Ask: What is being said aa-bout the su-bject?

The result is a chant that sticks in your mind and repeats itself over and over! You can even clap, snap, or hum to get a sort of rhythm going.   

submitted by Rose bud
(February 19, 2016 - 8:11 pm)

Well, it depends. If you have it written down (which you probably do or else you wouldn't be able to memorize it,) then I suggest memorizing it in little sections. I actually just did a Spanish presentation yesterday, and this method worked for me. Just memorize a sentence or two at a time, and then every time you have one section memorized, you repeat the whole thing again up to where you memorized, until you reach the end, in which case you repeat the entire thing over and over again. This also helped when I had a huge 5 min speech that we had been preparing for the entire year and I just figured out when it was the day before it happened. Oops.

submitted by Elena P.
(February 25, 2016 - 7:04 pm)

And I just realized that you've probably already done your Spanish thing. Oh well. Advice for the future, I guess.

submitted by Elena P.
(February 25, 2016 - 7:06 pm)

@Rosebud, do you do CC too?

submitted by Mirax T., age 11, The Pulsar Skate
(February 29, 2016 - 7:16 pm)