What is Musical Memory?
Musical Memory is a song-based memorization program that helps children learn the basics of some standard elementary school subjects. We also have topical booklists that coordinate with the subjects of our songs so you can dig deeper into various topics.
We also have a complete open and go Morning Time Guide launching in time for the 2027-2028 school year. This guide has weekly lesson plans for family style Morning Time gathering & includes history, science, Bible, fine arts, poetry memorization, hymns, folk songs, literature, & all memory work topics! It’s in pilot testing with families right now!
So far, we have songs for Math, English Grammar, Science, Latin, and Bible. Though I originally wrote the songs for our local homeschool hybrid classical program, Musical Memory is growing rapidly and being used in many hybrid homeschool schools, small co-ops, & traditional classrooms, as well as by individual families.
*Update: 3 Cycles of History Songs coming. These will be integrated within the Cycle based programs and also available for purchase separately.
- August 2026 (Cycle 3: 1800s-1900s)
- August 2027 (Cycle 1: Ancient)
- August 2028 (Cycle 2: Medieval/ Renaissance)
How does purchasing Musical Memory work?
You can access all our songs & teaching guides from the Musical Memory app OR download mp3 & pdf files from our online shop.
Morning Time guides will not be included in the app – they are separately purchased lesson plans.
App
Our new app makes Musical Memory songs very easy to access.
- Go here: app.musicalmemory.com
- Create an account.
- Poke around the free version: listen to some songs!
- First month of premium is FREE!! Unlock premium access to see the entire program. When you choose monthly or annual, you won’t be charged for 30 days. You can cancel before if you decide it’s not for you.
- Download the mobile app – Apple ; Android & use the same login.
- Most of the playlists in the app have accompanying PDF guides that you can print. These guides include song lyrics, progress trackers, teaching tips, memory work review games, and a booklist!
Online Shop MP3s
You can alternatively purchase any of the 3 cycles and some other subject based playlists individually in the online shop.
When you purchase a Musical Memory album from the shop, you’ll receive a zip file with all the mp3s of individual songs for the album you purchased. You can use any MP3 player app you want to listen to those, download them on all your devices, or even burn CDs for the car if you’re rocking a minivan with a cd player.
You can use any mp3 or music playing app you want. Here is step by step downloading help!
Full disclosure: We did not start out offering an app! We started out with mp3s only and people found it frustrating, so we built an app which users LOVE. Most people find it much easier to use our app.
What if I want to share with my co-op or a group of families?
We love helping you get set up to use Musical Memory with your homeschooling co-op, hybrid school or microschool.
Whether you have a formal homeschool program, or are just a group of families who homeschool together, we can discuss the details of getting your whole community set up! Just go here to email me: contact Renee.
You can freely play the songs you purchase in your home or your own classroom, but the standard license is for one family only. So you can not give your songs to other families – they should purchase their own copies!
How do the songs help my homeschool?
We have created albums of songs that cover the fundamentals of several standard subjects. Just hit play on the playlists we send you, and help your children learn the lyrics over time.
As your children study each subject more deeply, they will have the fundamentals of that subject already memorized, which will help then understand deeper concepts more quickly, and more thoroughly.
To learn more about how Musical Memory specifically enhances critical thinking and deepens understanding over the course of your child’s education, read this article.
How is the Musical Memory program structured?
Everything we’ve created is very flexible, and you should feel free to tailor it to your family’s homeschooling. We offer the same songs organized by either a yearly program that cycles through all the songs OR by subject.
Every song from every cycle is available in the app!
Some families choose to listen to various subjects alongside a specific topic they’re studying. Other families choose to use our 3-year cycle program, which rotates through all of the songs over the course of 3 school years!
Individual Subjects
You can purchase subjects individually, which works well if you don’t want to do a comprehensive memorization curriculum with your family, but rather, you want to memorize specific subject matter.
For example, some families don’t feel like they have the capacity to work on Latin from a very young age, but they want their child to be prepared to study Latin when he’s older. The Latin album is perfect for that!
- Astronomy
- Bible – The mp3 album has all of our original Bible songs; more Bible songs coming to the app August 2026!
- Math
- Latin
- English
- History (1800s-1900s) – This study program uses picture books & Story of the World readings. the other history time periods are coming soon.
3 Year Program
If you are interested in using Musical Memory in a more comprehensive way, we have divided all of our material up into three years of weekly work. If you work on one Yearly Cycle Album per year for 3 years, you’ll complete the entire program.
We recommend singing through the program twice during elementary school, so 1 album per year from K-2 and then repeat the albums from 3rd-5th.
For example…
- K – Cycle 1
- 1 – Cycle 2
- 2 – Cycle 3
- 3 – Cycle 1
- 4 – Cycle 2
- 5 – Cycle 3
The grade level does not matter for listening!! This is intended to be comprehensive for elementary school & listened to family style. Whether you have 1 child or 10, all children of all ages benefit from this approach.
Especially with the added Morning Time plans that are coming soon.
It’s gloriously simple & effective. That’s the beauty of it!
The Yearly Albums are written for a 28 week school year, allowing for plenty of review & breaks throughout the year. Refer to ourScope & Sequence for more information on the cycle based approach & the complete scope & sequence.
Is Musical Memory a complete curriculum?
Yes & no. It is intended to supplement whatever other curriculum you use by making it easy for your child to memorize the basic facts for each subject area.
However….
**Update** The new Morning Time Guide (coming August 2026) is meant to turn Musical Memory into a comprehensive curriculum if you use it in its entirety. More details here.
Musical Memory songs are not based on any other specific curriculum. It works well alongside many of the popular homeschooling curricula.
We worked together with experts in each subject area to compile the text for the program. Plus, we surveyed lots of popular curriculum & the good ol’ dictionary to come up with standard definitions & formulas.
Math formulas, English Grammar basics, and the layers of the atmosphere are fixed, and most of our program contains the basics that will be relatively similar across very curriculums, with occasional slight wording variation.
We’ve heard from families who use our songs alongside several different popular homeschool curriculums including: The Good and the Beautiful science units, TGTB language arts, TGTB Math, My Father’s World HBL, Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts, Singapore Math, Saxon Math, Horizons Math, First Language Lessons, Elemental Science Grammar Science, and more.
Here is a detailed overview of the complete scope & sequence for Musical Memory.
How do families use Musical Memory in their home school?
Typically, families who use Musical Memory treat memorization as a family subject for elementary school aged kids, meaning all kids ages 4-11 practice the songs at the same time.
You can use our 3 year program and practice the “weekly memory work lists” comprised of 6 different subjects. Or, you can handpick the subjects you want to work on for the year and create your own schedule for learning the material.
You can do Musical Memory any time during your homeschool day:
- Before/ after read-alouds
- During a meal
- In the car
- During playtime
Our family focuses on 1 week at a time for the school year, taking breaks for holidays throughout. Occasionally, we’ll just play the entire playlist while the kids play legos, do other hands-on activities, or run around in the basement. haha
How do I listen to the songs?
We recommend putting all your Musical Memory songs on your phone. You purchase a Cycle or Subject and and put the mp3 files on your phone using these instructions.
Maybe someday we’ll be fancy and have our own app…
Oh my goodness, we’re fancy now!! Our app is available in both app stores!! Just search Musical Memory Homeschool. 🎉🎧🎵 or click below. First month is automatically free when you sign up for a plan.
Apps & online sign up have the same login – you can use it on any device.
I love it all! Can I get it all at once?
The only way to access the entire library of hundreds of songs organized by subject or yearly cycles is in the app! Otherwise if you buy the 3 individual cycles, you’ll own all the mp3s. When we update a cycle with new songs, we send a new playlist out to people who’ve already purchased it.
What about using Musical Memory in schools?
We create custom packages for classical schools and hybrid homeschool programs.
Email us to schedule a free 30 minute call to ask any questions you have about 100% customizing Musical Memory for your school’s needs.
We are actively working on custom school account logins for the app for schools who want to create their own custom playlists and programs. Contact me to discuss!
How do I practice Musical Memory at home? Do I just play the songs or is there more to it?
You can practice Musical Memory however you want in your homeschool. Here are some ideas for utilizing Musical Memory in your homeschool.
I’d recommend following a weekly cycle guide & reading great books aloud daily to all ages of children in your home, across a wide variety of topics. You can give kids memory challenges and play games if you’d like. (The teaching guides have lots of fun suggestions.) You can also find books at the library about topics that pique your child’s interest. Look for ways to make connections between what you’re singing & what comes up in your child’s other lessons.
If you want more specific guidance about how to use books & a few super simple methods to turn Musical Memory into the full spine of your integrated studies, grab the accompanying Morning Time Lesson plans.
You can also just hit play and see what happens. It won’t be a waste of time, I promise!
How did you choose the content for Musical Memory?
The program is written in collaboration with teachers and homeschooling parents who have been successfully using classical methods for years. They contributed to the subject content for their areas of expertise, and we organized the content into short, sweet, and catchy songs. We pored over multiple highly rated curriculums for each subject to compile a comprehensive, yet simple foundation for each subject area.
Here is the complete scope & sequence.
The goal of musical memory is not to teach your child everything they need to ever know. (That would be impossible!)
Rather, we aim to help you & your children learn the basics in a fun, simple way and inspire them towards asking questions and digging for answers on their own. The process of memorization trains the brain to sort & file information and builds a framework for drawing connections as children grow in their ability to think critically on a deeper level.
Check out the free 20+ songs on the app!