You want your children to remember what they learn, right? You've probably even hoped that they'd learn enough to succeed in life.
Maybe even change the world.
It's a great aspiration. And an important one.
And yet …
Here's Why So Few Children Fail To Make A Mark As Grownups
Memory.
Think about it. Every test your child will ever take relies on memory. And every gatekeeper your child will ever pass on the way to fulfilling their dreams hinges on the ability to recall details. Thoroughly and accurately.
And since we know that the ability to succeed has everything to do with what you know (and who you remember that you know), the question is …
How do you get your children started towards a superior memory so that they can succeed?
I'm glad you asked because you're about to find out.
The Simple Way To Use Rhymes And Your Family Home To Learn, Memorize And Recall Anything
The best memory techniques all use buildings and other fixed locations. Why? Because the human mind has the unusual ability to remember the layout out buildings. For this reason, location-based mnemonics has lasted thousands of years.
Go ahead and try it. Have everyone in your family draw a map of your home. You'll be amazed by the accuracy each of you brings to the game.
Here's an image of a simple drawing from a young person who did precisely this activity to give you ideas and inspire you. She took the layout of her home from the drawing stage to rebuilding this floor plan in her mind so she could memorize a poem.
The Special Structure Anyone Can Use To Learn, Memorize And Recall Anything
Anyone of any age can build one and use it to memorize anything.
But please don't use Memory Palaces to memorize any old thing. The trick is to use these wonderful mental structures for memorizing important information.
Not just any information. I'm talking about the kind of information that makes a direct impact on the quality of your child's life. In the present and the future.
So location is the first power of memory. The second power of memory is association.
To use this power, you associate information with a location. And to make the information really magnetic, you create crazy images that makes it easier to recall. Usually these images will come from visual sources you already know, such as movies, paintings, famous figures and the like. You can also turbocharge the images you create by using stock images placed in the Memory Palace.
Here's An Easy Way To See The Second Power Of Memory In Action
Imagine that your house has five rooms. Kitchen, bathroom, living room, bedroom and playroom. You've already drawn them out and can walk in your imagination from room to room. And your child can do this too.
Next, use the following rhymes to place an imaginary object in each room.
1 is a bun 2 is a shoe 3 is a bee 4 is a door 5 is a hive
You don't have to use these rhymes. It's great fun to come up with your own as a family activity. But these are standard and you can find a full list of these mnemonic examples and a full explanation of this mnemonic peg system here.
But keep in mind that we're going to take things one step further than rhyming. We're going to combine this technique with a familiar building like your home.
Now pretend that your son or daughter needs to learn the names of the first five vertical entries on the Periodic Table of Elements. The following suggestions are examples only. The method will work best when young people come up with the images on their own.
Hydrogen goes in the first room. They see a bun saying "Hi" to a drone reading G
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