We
had a great question on our Do2Learn Facebook page earlier this week
regarding flash cards. One of our followers asked if we offered flash
cards on our website. Yes, we do and I will give you the link to get
to those in a bit. This question got me thinking about my first
flash card experience, at least the first one I could remember. Those
multiplication tables! Man, did they give me a hard time. My
parent's tried all the educational tricks they could find. They used
the grid, then some crazy finger trick for the 9's, but what finally
worked was a good old set of flash cards that we went over and over
again. I am sure my teachers and parents used flash cards to teach me
things before those dreaded multiplication tables, but those earlier
memories did not stick like this one. I did learn from that experience though
and continued to use flash cards throughout my educational career to
learn many subjects and prepare for many tests. I also loved using them with each of my daughters as we learned things from shapes, to letters, to symbols on the periodic table.
Why
do flash cards work so well for all of us when we are trying to learn
something new?
- You can take them anywhere. Flash cards are just that portable!
- You can study one-on-one with your student/child or turn it onto a group game/activity. Studying can be a lot of fun with flash cards.
- Flash cards make it easy to sort out what is already known from what needs more work.
- All ages of learners use flash cards. Toddlers to college students use them in learning!
Do2Learn
has put together several sets of flash cards for you to download and
print to use with your students/children. They can all be found here on our products page.
Two of my favorite sets are the Preposition Flash Cards and the SignLanguage Flash Cards.
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