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From the lens Acronyms, Rhymes and Songs To Learn Facts.

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  • RetroMom May 24, 2012 @ 8:34 am | delete
    Mnemonics is a fun easy way to memorize things. Great lens!
  • Upon-Request May 18, 2012 @ 11:41 am | delete
    You have quite a few of the mnemonics I learned as a kid and a couple I'd never heard of. Love learning something new!
  • John Apr 16, 2012 @ 10:22 am | delete
    Your post is excellent. I’m running a blog about mnemonic devices and you know how to teach this topic. Mnemonic devices are my passion so I’ve decided to start a blog about this. I think I will come back very soon to share more ideas. Of course, if you want.

    Thank you,
    John from Mnemonic Devices - The Revision Guy
  • John Apr 18, 2012 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Mnemonic Devices - The Revision Guy
  • Cynthia Esther Apr 16, 2012 @ 10:04 am | delete
    Can I have the lyrics for song:
    New Testament Books song - Kidscor ??

    I find this song to be the best to teach my children new testament books..
  • JoshK47 Apr 11, 2012 @ 10:39 am | delete
    Stopping in to bless this positively wonderful lens - thanks again for sharing!
  • Michey Apr 1, 2012 @ 6:36 pm | delete
    Happy April Fool's Day...and have fun
  • Namymartyn Mar 2, 2012 @ 2:09 am | delete
    nice lens created by you really appreciable..........
  • PoeticChristian Feb 28, 2012 @ 1:12 am | delete
    Wow! I learned something new, but I also remember that if you make a fist and every knuckle is the long months and the area between the knuckles are the short months. Still to this day,I remember the word. H.O.M.E.S. to remember the 5 great Lakes-H-Huron, O-Ontario M-Michigan E-Erie S-Superior.
  • Brite-Ideas Feb 26, 2012 @ 11:17 pm | delete
    Ha! I used this method when the kids were younger! works great - actually still do this from time to time
  • MarcGuberti Feb 21, 2012 @ 6:59 pm | delete
    Wow, this lens really does bring back memories from a long time ago. Thanks!
  • Truorder Feb 21, 2012 @ 3:19 pm | delete
    Brings back old memories. Thanks for sharing. I learned 50 nifty United States in elementary school.
  • ronaldpakasi Feb 17, 2012 @ 1:42 am | delete
    Great lens! Mnemonics helped me a lot during my undergrad study....hahaha!
  • Lifeboost Feb 16, 2012 @ 5:31 am | delete
    What a fabulous idea for a lens! I love these - there were quite a few I'd never heard before, and some with slightly different wording to the ones I grew up with. Very interesting and fun lens! Blessed. :)
  • HSSchulte Feb 16, 2012 @ 3:10 am | delete
    mnemonics are so handy when memorizing facts for school. I learned one hear that I hadn't heard before.
  • Joie Feb 14, 2012 @ 12:39 pm | delete
    I learned many of the same ones you did!

    When I home-schooled my daughter, I made up a "Planet Song" to the tune of "Old MacDonald":
    Planets go around the sun,
    E-I, E-I, O!
    Learning them is so much fun,
    E-I, E-I, O!
    Mercury, Venus
    Earth, Mars Jupiter,
    Saturn, Uranus
    Neptune, Pluto
    Planets go around the sun,
    E-I, E-I, O!
    Then each planet had a little verse of its own, simply stating a little fact about that planet.
    I still find myself humming it when I'm trying to remember something about a planet and its relation to the other planets. :) Memories...
  • Wordwinder Feb 12, 2012 @ 9:28 pm | delete
    The approach to learn anything well, there is but one;
    Shed reticence, wed curiosity, make the process fun!
  • Pangionedevelopers Feb 5, 2012 @ 8:27 am | delete
    i liked this so much, I " liked" you 5x :)....return the favor would be appreciated
  • scarlettohairy Jan 25, 2012 @ 1:01 pm | delete
    These mnemonics are great ways to learn. Love your examples!
  • rayray131 Jan 24, 2012 @ 10:40 pm | delete
    NIce lens, Used to use some of the same
  • Tipi Jan 16, 2012 @ 8:20 pm | delete
    What we learn having fun is well learned...blessed by a likes to learn with fun angel!
  • Leopold-Blatt Jan 16, 2012 @ 2:24 pm | delete
    Lovely learning resource, so very well presented. The kids liked it too!
  • yktykacronyms Dec 8, 2011 @ 2:56 am | delete
    Acronyms are fun and becoming more essential in the English language as technology evolves. http://www.yktyk.com
  • OhMe Dec 8, 2011 @ 6:36 am | delete
    I like your WOMBAT. I haven't heard that one.
  • Mistel Dec 5, 2011 @ 1:19 pm | delete
    Rhymes are great ways of remembering things. I have learned a few english ones since moving to Ireland and they help me even now as a grown up speaking something that isn't my native tongue. Great lens! :)
  • Mark-Nehs Nov 25, 2011 @ 9:54 am | delete
    Great lens like so many of yours. Thanks pal. Squidoo is a great place and you are 1 of the shining stars.
  • JoshK47 Nov 18, 2011 @ 11:37 am | delete
    Very clever stuff here! Blessed by a SquidAngel!
  • emrldphx Oct 25, 2011 @ 6:35 pm | delete
    Cool article on mnemonics! Have you ever worked with visual mnemonic systems?
  • Dr Priti Sep 23, 2011 @ 10:39 am | delete
    VOLUME OF CYLINDER HOW MUCH ?
    π "R" SQUARE "H", π "R" SQUARE " H".

    -From "Forget forgetting" by N L Shraman
  • naturegirl7 Aug 15, 2011 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    I remembered most of them. Great lens. Sprinkled with dust from the Angel of the farmyard on a Back to School Field Trip and featured on 70 Super Angel Blessed Squidoo Pages.
  • naturegirl7 Aug 15, 2011 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    P.S. This lens was the 900th that I squid liked. :)
  • karmicchristian May 29, 2011 @ 12:15 am | delete
    Very cool learning tool. Great lens. Thank you. :)
  • Philippians468 Mar 31, 2011 @ 6:46 am | delete
    thank you for this enlightening lens! sure makes learning fun and easy! cheers
  • CruiseReady Mar 21, 2011 @ 5:26 am | delete
    What a fun lens! I was going to add the ones for remembering the notes of the treble clef, but someone already did. should have know it would be one of the first!
  • sridharsix Mar 21, 2011 @ 2:00 am | delete
    you have collected some interesting mnemonics. very informative. I will put your lens in my website soon. I coin, collect and crave for mnemonics
  • sridharsix Mar 21, 2011 @ 2:00 am | delete
    you have collected some interesting mnemonics. very informative. I will put your lens in my website soon. I coin, collect and crave for mnemonics
  • Jan 7, 2011 @ 3:34 am | delete
    Very interesting lens. I have never used these tricks, well not since i was a "wee little lad" but i can definitely see how it can help. Great lens, keep up the good work!
  • myfairladyah Dec 2, 2010 @ 1:18 pm | delete
    I use so many memory tricks you have here
    They really aid to keep facts near

    Great Lens!
  • Oosquid Dec 1, 2010 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    Thank you for creating this lens. The mnemonics will help my grandchildren - and me! :)
  • HomeDecoratingDiva Nov 18, 2010 @ 10:30 am | delete
    I love this lens! I'll have to teach some of these to my little boy. Thanks.
  • MTF-briguy Nov 13, 2010 @ 1:51 pm | delete
    I especially like the way to remember the Great Lakes! I was gonna add one but not sure if it is is mnemonics or acroymn (is there a difference) but C.A.S.I.N.O (cash and savings is now ours) lol p.s love the layout of your mnemonics sites
  • LucyClaire Nov 9, 2010 @ 7:53 am | delete
    Thanks for reminding me about these acronyms.
  • howdoyouspellstupid Oct 13, 2010 @ 6:54 am | delete
    These are great! I learned the continents with a song in Kindergarten. There are lots of great YouTube videos now with these songs! Nice lens, thanks!
  • Gloriousconfusion Oct 13, 2010 @ 2:01 am | delete
    Quite useful, but sometimes I find the mnemonics more difficult to remember than the facts!
    I'm lensrolling this to my lens Nice Distinctions in English Language
  • SereneSea Oct 11, 2010 @ 2:12 pm | delete
    Rhyming words and acronyms are great way of remembering things.
  • CreativeArtist Oct 2, 2010 @ 7:42 pm | delete
    Interesting lens and a fun way to learn.
  • Jamie-Isherwood Sep 22, 2010 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    awesome I wished they had this when I was little...this is great.
    I created a lense on learning to play the drums let me know your feed back.
    http://www.squidoo.com/learn-how-to-play-the-drums
  • vallain Jul 27, 2010 @ 10:10 pm | delete
    I wish I'd known some of these when I was in school. Little singing rhymes do help the memory.
  • GonnaFly May 15, 2010 @ 6:06 pm | delete
    These ideas are great ways to learn facts. Thanks for this great collection.
  • Wordwinder Apr 6, 2010 @ 8:09 am | delete
    Facts learnt this way are remembered for a lifetime. Great topic for a lens.
  • WhitU4ever Feb 7, 2010 @ 6:32 am | delete
    I learned the 50 states song in grade school and my daughter learned it when she was five years old. She has learned the books of the Bible recently and I can't wait to use this lens to teach her more. Thanks!
  • Wednesday_Elf Feb 4, 2010 @ 11:43 am | delete
    I never learned the 'Our 50 States' song, but my daughter did in 5th grade and I remember being so impressed she could rattle them all off in alphabetical order -- and still can all these years later. Most of the others I remember from childhood - learning with mnemonics makes things easy to remember.
  • TheWhistler Feb 3, 2010 @ 11:35 am | delete
    All the rhymes I learned a child and I still use them. Thanks for the memories.
  • aj2008 Feb 1, 2010 @ 8:08 am | delete
    I had not heard of the nine planets one - oops I mean 8 planets. Another fun and colourful lens Nancy!
  • Frankster Jan 30, 2010 @ 5:15 am | delete
    Excellent lens. I love this way of learning. It's fun and it WORKS! Thanks for reminding me of some mnemonics and teaching me new ones. Bear hugs, Frankster
  • JoyfulPamela Jan 8, 2010 @ 7:23 pm | delete
    I am constantly using tunes and rhymes to remember things! I'm lensrolling this to "Music is FUNdaMental" ~ your lens makes a point I am trying to make there. Thank you!!
  • Jewelsofawe Nov 11, 2009 @ 12:59 pm | delete
    These are fun ways to remember facts. And I agree it does help. That is advertisers in commercials often use song. Great lens and topic.
  • mbgphoto Nov 3, 2009 @ 10:10 pm | delete
    It's always fun to learn this way!!
  • Sylvestermouse Oct 30, 2009 @ 6:01 pm | delete
    These were fun! My favorite is still Columbus. Of course, you do have to remember that it is 1492 instead of 1942;)
  • Laniann Oct 30, 2009 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    Well this is a fun way to learn and remember facts. I only heard of 2 or 3 of them.
  • jptanabe Oct 30, 2009 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    Oh this is fun! Indeed I remember some of these from childhood. But what happened now that Pluto isn't a planet any more (shame on those scientists!) - we've lost our pickles?
  • AndyPo Oct 30, 2009 @ 9:02 am | delete
    Great lens.
  • OhMe Oct 30, 2009 @ 8:03 am | in reply to Francis OReilly | delete
    Thanks Francis. I am going right now to check it out and may show the link to it on this page. It sounds like a great site.
  • Francis O'Reilly Oct 30, 2009 @ 6:58 am | delete
    Great page on mnemonics! You should also check out http://www.memorista.com which hosts hundreds of mnemonics - for free - for learning language vocabulary, plus, you can make and save your own mnemonics if the ones provided don't suit you.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Oct 29, 2009 @ 5:56 pm | delete
    Awesome lens!
    Thanks for sharing
    Lizzy
  • JoyfulPamela Oct 29, 2009 @ 3:16 pm | delete
    I love using these to memorize information - whether it is for learning or going to the grocery story! Thanks for the great list!
    Pamela
  • Evelyn_Saenz Oct 28, 2009 @ 2:06 pm | delete
    30 days Hath September,
    April, June and November.
    All the rest have 31
    Except for February. etc.

    Love all these ways for learning the facts.
  • OhMe Oct 28, 2009 @ 1:50 pm | in reply to sue | delete
    Those are great ones, Sue. I will add them to the Plexo. Thanks.
  • sue Oct 28, 2009 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Enjoyer this Nancy. Here are two that Johnny learned to help him spell longish words.
    A rat in the hat might eat the ice cream. ARITHMETIC
    George Earl's oldest girl rode a pony home yesterday. GEOGRAPHY
    I know lots more and will try to think of them while I'm cooking
  • annmackiemiller Oct 28, 2009 @ 10:10 am | delete
    what fun, thanks for this hugs x
  • OhMe Oct 28, 2009 @ 7:44 am | in reply to Stazjia | delete
    Oh thank you so much for the wonderful Angel Blessing! Just wait until you see my SquidWho about Roy G. Biv. lol
  • Stazjia Oct 28, 2009 @ 6:38 am | delete
    I added Some Men Hate Each Other in the Plexo above. This was one I learned when I was about 10 or 11 and I've never forgotten it.

    I love this lens - blessed by an Angel.
  • OhMe Oct 27, 2009 @ 11:14 pm | in reply to sittonbull | delete
    Love that poem, John! Thanks for popping in!
  • sittonbull Oct 27, 2009 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    Great work as usual Ohme! These mnemonics are perfect tools for an old f...uh.. guy like me who someone wrote this poem about:

    Just a line to say to say I'm living,
    that I'm not among the dead
    Though I'm getting more forgetful,
    and mixed up in my head;

    I've got used to my arthritis,
    To my dentures I'm resigned.
    I can manage my bifocals,
    But, Oh God, I miss my mind.

    Please remember that I love you,
    And I wish that you were here;
    But now it's nearly mail time,
    So I must say goodbye, my dear.

    Now here I stand beside the mailbox,
    With my face so very red,
    Instead of mailing you my letter,
    I have opened it instead!
  • theherbivorehippie Oct 27, 2009 @ 6:52 pm | delete
    The only one I can remember is the treble clef...'Every good boy deserves fudge' EGBDF How is I have never heard of all these wonderful ones you listed? I still don't know the days of the months..now maybe I'll remember! Great job! Thanks for teaching me something today! :)
  • Michey Oct 27, 2009 @ 6:07 pm | delete
    Hi! this is so much fun. I use mnemonics when I was a little kid, they are a great help.
    Like how you build this lens as well.
    fav.5* and the wings of an angel blessing your lens.
    Michey
  • Connie R Oct 27, 2009 @ 6:00 pm | delete
    This is so great!!! You helped me study like this when we were roommates at JSU...I had forgotten how you made learning such fun.
  • GrowWear Oct 27, 2009 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    One I remember is:

    "I" before "E" except after "C"
    Or when it sounds like "A"
    As in "neighbor" and "weigh."

    Lots of exceptions to the rule, but it does help.

    Love learning stuff with acronyms, rhymes, and songs. :D
  • BevsPaper Oct 27, 2009 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    Wonderful information here on mnemonics! I find my little granddaughter Isabel learns best this way. Squid Angel Blessed.
  • mshomeec Oct 27, 2009 @ 4:01 pm | delete
    Great lens! And such fun to see all these in one place! Like you, I remember most all of those .........and ah, do they help "the old lady." We certainly don't forget them! Caught myself using the "30 days has September" one today! Will enjoy sharing this with friends!
  • Momtothezoo Oct 27, 2009 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    What a great lens! You just get better and better!
  • puzzlemaker Oct 27, 2009 @ 3:29 pm | delete
    I've never learned the months one so I'm really glad you've got it here :-). Here's a funny story. When I was very young like 5 o 6 we always watched School House Rock. Then it went off air or something and I didn't watch it anymore...til 30 years later when I found all the songs on video. Would you believe that I remembered EVERY SINGLE WORD TO EVERY SINGLE SONG - 30 years later! Now that is proof mnemonics work!
  • Janiece Oct 27, 2009 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    What a great lens!! I often created my own mnemonics in high school and college. As a parent, I've helped my kids come up with some that help them memorize whatever they are needing/wanting to learn.
  • Joan4 Oct 27, 2009 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    FAbulous fun! and I learned like Jude too. In fact, I still sing the books of the Bible when I am looking for something! Wish I could find the OT one the way we learned it. I had a great one when I was teaching Sunday School too.

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