Memory Smart: Nine Memory Skills Every Grade Schooler Needs - Softcover

James S. Wiltens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0938525085 ISBN 13: 9780938525080

Publisher: Deer Crossing Press, 2003

Synopsis

Is your child Memory Smart?

Your child's memory ability will have more impact on their school success than any other skill. Memory is vital for reading comprehension. Science classes demand it. It's a requirement to do well in math. Without it, history is a blur. Memory ability impacts every class your child takes. It is the universal academic skill. It is also the most neglected subject in education. How many memory classes did you take in school? Can you list the major memory methods and give examples of how each is used?

Parents and teachers, learn how to coach children on nine memory enhancing skills. You don't have to be a memory whiz to be a memory coach. Teach the skills and develop your memory wizardry alongside your student. Step-by-step directions explain how to present memory skills and school subjects at the same time.

Some chapters from Memory Smart:

· Multiplication tables in a week
· Spell like a national spelling bee champion
· How to memorize a book
· Remember names with the say, see, stick system
· Four habits that make or break your memory

Games, activities, and over 400 illustrations help you teach children how to concentrate and remember school subjects. You know the huge difference reading literacy makes. Discover the amazing things you can do when you are memory literate.

About this title

From the Author:

I started working with memory skills at the request of students in an intensive 30 day resident leadership training course. It is packed with information. With the inclusion of memory training, we started getting amazing results. For example, students found they could commit an outline of the class to memory in a short period of time. In a playful display of memory muscle, students studied a National Geographic Magazine and without looking they could tell you what pictures were on what page. Using memory skills, students learned the names of 20-40 people in their first meeting. As our students returned home, parents, teachers, and principals began to request information on the improved memory capabliity they were seeing in their children. Thus began a series of classes where memory skills were presented, tested, and refined for use in a school setting. Classes were so popular that adults started sitting-in to find out how to improve their own memory.

About the Author:

Jim Wiltens is an award winning writer on the topic of how to bring out the best in children. He works extensively with Gifted and Talented Education (G.A.T.E.) programs in California. In a year, Jim delivers over 120 seminars and workshops for parents, teachers, and students. His other books include No More Nagging, Nit-picking and Nudging (A guide to motivating, inspiring, and influencing kids aged 10-18) and Goal Express! (The five secrets of goal-setting success). He is also owner/director of Deer Crossing Camp, a children's summer camp located in the High Sierra.

About this edition

• Publisher: Deer Crossing Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0938525085
• ISBN 13: 9780938525080
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 379
• Illustrator: Jim Wiltens