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My boy is 11 now. We've used Anki with him every day since he was about 5. Examples of things he's memorized, for fun: * every country, recognized by unlabel
by sivers 3y ago
My boy is 11 now. We've used Anki with him every day since he was about 5.
Examples of things he's memorized, for fun:
* every country, recognized by unlabeled shape on the map
* spelling
* many body parts, names of bones and organs, from
illustration
* chemical elements, by symbol (Na, Fe, Zn, etc)
* unix filesystem commands
* numeracy references (km from here to Japan, earth to sun, meters from home to school)
* recognizing/naming photos of places we've been since he was born
* recognizing musical instruments or musical pieces by listening
* notes on a piano
* religious facts (when Judaism began & who started it, when Muslims pray & towards what, where Jesus was born & died, etc)
* names of characters in books he's read
* wise aphorisms
He enjoys it, and dances around while answering, proud of himself. Sometimes when learning something new on YouTube, on his own, he'll say, "Dad can we add this to Anki? I want to remember this."
- KolenCh 3y agoI don’t know why when I read through your list and see “Unix filesystem commands”, I find it oddly out off place and feels like this should not have been in the list, as if it is harmful like screen time.
- hattmall 3y agoIs Anki just an app or does it mean something else?
- sakras 3y agoIt’s an app for spaced repetition, but it also means “memorization” in Japanese.
- febed 3y agoCould you point me to the printed card deck you used, I assume it’s not the app?
- sivers 3y agoWe use the app on whatever device is around: iPad, Mac, Linux, etc. They're synced through https://ankiweb.net/ https://ankiweb.net/
- dr_kiszonka 3y agoSuper cool! How did you get your son to do Anki? Has been doing it daily? Are you using some Anki app for kids?
- sivers 3y agoWe do it together. It's just a few minutes a day. Like brushing teeth, something you just have to do, but he usually enjoys it. Regular Anki for iPad, Linux, MacOS, synced. Whatever device is handy. I do the card entry. He just answers.
- keiferski 3y agoI recognized that name! https://sive.rs/srs https://sive.rs/srs
- polishdude20 3y agoNext Jeopardy finalist!
- beagle3 3y agoIncredibly cool. Any chance you’ll share your Anki stack?
- rsanek 3y ago> recognizing musical instruments or musical pieces by listening I've been wanting to create such a deck for myself. Do you have a reference to what source material you used / a shared deck?