[Teachldsseminary] Music and SM and the Die in the Piepan Game.

[Janet Cook]

I agree music is a great boon to memorization, but please remember not all
kids benefit from it.  Be sure to give the kids some quiet time, too, so
those who want to do it without music have a chance.  Writing something over
and over is another way, which bring up a favorite game on the site--the
dice in the pie tin game.  What you do is have a piece of paper for each
student and a pen and a die for the group.  One person starts rolling the
die (into the piepan to contain it) and another starts writing a SM.  The
writer writes as fast as s/he can.  The die gets rolled by the other group
members in turn until one rolls a six.  Then the writer passes the pen to
the lucky roller and that person starts writing while the remaining members
start rolling again.  You keep going until one person finishes the SM.  They
read it outloud and everyone repeats it.  Then you start again with another
verse.  It's a fast and furious game.  10-15 minutes is plenty.  Probably
it's best for groups of 3-8, so big classes might want several groups.  We
liked to play this on our breakfast out days since we were sitting around a
biggish table.  janet