| Printable flash cards have many different uses. | | | | Another effective strategy to help make printable |
| They come in a variety of subjects from the | | | | flash card time more enjoyable is to use the |
| alphabet cards to foreign languages cards. They | | | | cards with music to make a song out of it. |
| can be used by all ages and not just toddlers or | | | | Instead of reading the problem on one side of the |
| elementary school children. | | | | card, sing the problem. Some children learn better |
| Some flash cards have the question on one side | | | | through music than other ways. A catchy tune |
| and the answer on the other. Other cards may | | | | can really help. Singing will not be applicable to all |
| only have the problem and have a blank side. If | | | | flashcards especially language flash cards that |
| the answers are present they may be used | | | | require words to be spoken a certain way, but |
| without the help of someone who knows the | | | | for most of them it can work great. |
| correct answers, but if there is no answer | | | | For adults there should not need to be a reward |
| present it will require a person that is familiar | | | | like candy. Often the best way to use flash cards |
| enough to correct any wrong answers. | | | | with adults is to hold the card for one second and |
| The best use of printable flash cards is repetition. | | | | then go to the next. The adult may not be able |
| If you show the cards over and over, you will | | | | to answer each card within the time frame, but |
| start to memorize them. There are several | | | | over time all answers should be given within the |
| strategies implemented to teach using education | | | | one second. |
| cards. For children, often a reward can be given | | | | Flash cards can be as simple as a piece of paper |
| after a correct answer or after a session. Small | | | | cut into small pieces with enough room to write |
| candies such as M&Ms can be used. One for | | | | on, or they can be purchased from a store. If |
| each right answer. | | | | you make them yourself and want to keep them |
| Another way to make flash card use more fun is | | | | for a long time, it would be best to laminate the |
| to involve games. For example use a game board | | | | individual cards to protect them from use. |
| like Candy land or Chutes and Ladders and in | | | | Some people like to laminate blank paper and use |
| order for the child to move to the spot on the | | | | a dry erase marker to write on the cards for |
| board they have to answer the flashcard | | | | what ever they intend to do that day. What ever |
| correctly. If they land on a bad spot, they have | | | | you decide to use for your cards, and what ever |
| to answer a card to be saved from the slide or | | | | subject you go with they are a valuable teaching |
| what ever the case may be. | | | | asset that can be had for free. |