Improve Your Child’s Ability to Remember

Improve Your Child’s Ability to Remember

It can be challenging for students to recall what they have learned because the human brain is wired to forget. However, with the right strategies, you can help your child improve retention. Here’s how:

· Be sure your child understands the material. It’s tough to memorize something without knowing what it means in the first place.

· Set it to music. Encourage your child to make up a tune to remember names, dates or math formulas. Music engages different parts of the brain, aiding recall.

· Surround your child with the material. If the class is studying a certain history topic, share books, movies and songs about it, too. The more exposure, the more likely the information is to sink in.

· Encourage visualization. Get your child to associate the material with a mental image. A picture really is worth a thousand words.

· Make it personal. Ask your child to explain the material to you. Students retain more when they restate things in their own words.

· Remind your child to read through all class notes every day. Afterward, your child can go back and try to recall the information.

· Suggest that your child review essential information just before bedtime. The brain processes and stores information while people sleep.

Tennessee Middle School

Improve Your Child’s Ability to Remember