Do you think that your child has limited memory skills? If so, here are some easy to use tips and strategiest to help them remember things a little more easily!
1. Have your child question any directions, explanations or instructions that they do not understand.
2. Ask your child to review their morning and afternoon activities and then have them repeat the sequence.
3. Play concentration games (such as Memory or Pairs - a card game) with a limited number of symbols. Increase the number of symbols as they show success.
4. Reinforce successful demonstration of remembering to have materials such as pens, pencils, paper and textbooks.
5. Use multiple modalities when presenting information (auditory, visual, kinesthetic).
6. Practice dictation for the 21st century! Record a message on tape or your phone and then ask your child to write the message. Increase the length of the message gradually.
7. Ask your child to practice repeating information to increase short term memory skills by using family phone numbers, names, dates of events, etc.
8. Give your child an object to play with for a few seconds - take it away - then ask your child specific attributes of that object (shape, size, color, etc.)
9. Deliver directions in a clear manner and at an appropriate pace for understanding.
10. Have them take notes if they cannot remember.
1. Have your child question any directions, explanations or instructions that they do not understand.
2. Ask your child to review their morning and afternoon activities and then have them repeat the sequence.
3. Play concentration games (such as Memory or Pairs - a card game) with a limited number of symbols. Increase the number of symbols as they show success.
4. Reinforce successful demonstration of remembering to have materials such as pens, pencils, paper and textbooks.
5. Use multiple modalities when presenting information (auditory, visual, kinesthetic).
6. Practice dictation for the 21st century! Record a message on tape or your phone and then ask your child to write the message. Increase the length of the message gradually.
7. Ask your child to practice repeating information to increase short term memory skills by using family phone numbers, names, dates of events, etc.
8. Give your child an object to play with for a few seconds - take it away - then ask your child specific attributes of that object (shape, size, color, etc.)
9. Deliver directions in a clear manner and at an appropriate pace for understanding.
10. Have them take notes if they cannot remember.
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