Comic Mnemonics: A Fun, Easy Way to Remember Spanish Verbs

Discover what thousands of kids already know about memorizing verbs... illustrations and funny phrases work!Maybe you use a mnemonic to remember the number of days in each month ("thirty days hath September..."), which way to set your clock at Daylight Savings Time ("spring forward, fall back"), or the order of planets in the solar system ("my very educated mother just served us new potatoes"). Regardless of the need or specific phrase, one thing is always true: mnemonics give us a fun, easy way to remember something we'd forget otherwise. Now, Comic Mnemonics brings another piece of the puzzle, combining those learning cues with lighthearted visual illustrations to jog our memories in yet another way. What happens is an entirely new learning experience. Learn the mnemonics. Laugh at the comics. Use the devices to learn a new language faster and more easily... and remember what you learned.

Jim Sarris has been a Spanish teacher for 12 years. He is currently teaching at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY. He has a B.A. in Education, with a concentration in Mathematics, and an M.A. in Bilingual Education. Jim got the urge to study Spanish at the age of 22 while on his way to work on a fishing boat in Alaska. In order to pass the time, he made up rhymes to remember verbs. They have stayed with him until today. He uses mnemonics to this day in the classroom and his students find them extremely helpful and enjoyable.

Patricia Nacher is the principal at Virgen de Loreto Elementary School in Alicante, Spain.