Today's Tip for Families

04-04-2025

Some students can study for hours and still not remember much. If this sounds like your child, introduce some "memory booster" strategies.

During study sessions, encourage your child to:

Say it out loud. Have your student teach the lesson to you.
Picture it. Have your child link the material to a picture—either a mental image or something your child draws on paper. For example, your student could visualize a heart connected to a car to remember Hartford, the capital of Connecticut.
Make a mental video. Suggest that your child imagine directing a movie of an historic event. How would your student show key elements?
Make connections. Help your child connect new information to familiar concepts. A child who likes baseball might remember the word "perimeter" by imagining a player running around all the bases.
Rhyme it. Your child can say, "I before E except after C."
Practice remembering. Have your child create vocabulary or math flash cards and review them in small chunks of spare time.

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