Memorization Skill & Sequence of Events

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Memorizing

Young minds are so amazing, they quickly absorb information and learn new skills. As they say, children's brains are like sponges that will absorb as much information as they can.

Hence it is really important that we stimulate these growing minds -- "use it, or lose it!".

Memorization is one of the ways in which their young brains can be stimulated. It will help them improve how they think and learn. I personally am not the bookish type, I prefer conceptual learning. But I still think memorization is important for growing minds.

Little Man's Memorizing Skills

  • "Hop and Learn"

A few months ago, we shared how my youngest memorized the months of the year in one day by using what I call "hop and learn" technique.

Being physically active, it helped my children to learn when it involves physical actions like hopping and skipping. It is also a great way to improve their coordination, balance, and memory skills.

Other similar activities are bouncing balls when spelling or doing maths. As you say the words, bounce the balls.

  • Sequence of Events

This time around, he memorized a short poem in I think less than two days. Here are but some of the things that helped him achieve the feat.

Repetition. The poem was written on the white board which he can see all the time. This encouraged reading. By reading the poem repeatedly, he got familiar with the words and rhymes.

Comprehension. With repetition, he came to understand what the poem was trying to say. He recognized the rhyming words and being a rhyme lover, he continued to recite the poem.

Sequence of Events. The most important factor for the recall of the poem is that he understood that there was a sequence of events that transpired in the poem.

In this particular case:

  1. There were leaves.
  2. A bird used the leaves to make a nest.
  3. The bird laid two eggs.
  4. The bird sat with the eggs for many days.
  5. The eggs cracked and two tiny birds came out.
  6. The little birds made rhyming sounds.

Here is a short clip of him reciting the poem.

Poem: The Bird's Nest

Cover Photo Credit: Canva.

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That’s great! We will have to use the physical activity in combination with learning for our son. He can’t sit still when we are helping him with learning letters and stuff. He’s always standing, fidgeting and all that. Moving around sounds like it will certainly help! Thanks for the tip!

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Oh I really get you on the standing, fidgeting and all. My boys are like that. Haha. What's good with us taking the driver's seat in their learning is that we can adjust the process in a way they will learn better. Good luck with your Little Man. Hope this trick works for him as well.

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Im currently 'reading' an audio book called the Intelligent Rebel - about learning and memory and growing our intelligence in an ever-changing world, where old styles of learning are not really effective. He cites some fascinating strategies for improving memory - he calls one of them a Memory Palace. Great book. Will be writing a review in a post in the next week when I'm finished.

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That sounds interesting! Ssems to be what i need. My brain now seems to just deflect just about any learning. It's full of clutter and anything new just spills away...looking forward to your book review.

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How cool! memorizing the months in a day, read the post, nice lesson there!

I'm seeing improvement in remembering things here as well thanks to the repetition and also seeing / reading the words/letters on the screen. I recently got the free trial from abcmousse and I'm 100% sure now that we will get the membership after that as well. It's a much better way of learning for my daughter, with me assisting her when needed compared to me explaining everything while she has to listen..

I will remember this hop and learn method for the future :)

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It is extremely important to always have the strategies that allow us to develop our memory and especially those that give flexibility to our neural networks through repetition, sequence and understanding of the processes. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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