Did you know? Positive emotions set the stage for new learning. When you engage your child’s emotions, he is more likely to remember information. How can you use this information to help your child today?
Have you ever helped your child with homework only to have her forget to turn it in? Are you baffled when your child can spell words correctly at home, but gets the same words wrong on the spelling test?, in addition to being easily distracted, leads to many challenges in retaining information. But you can improve memory with these ADHD-friendly tricks:Positive emotions set the stage for new learning. When you engage your child’s emotions, he is more likely to remember information.
Try introducing a topic by sharing a story with a character or circumstance that your student can relate to. When your child is struggling to memorize math facts, remind him of a story or movie or video he read or watched in which a dog or a boy finds his way back home against tough odds. If you can’t think of a pertinent story, help a student recall a time when he stuck with a hard task and completed it. Those good feelings can motivate and engage a student as he learns new material.
Other creative learning strategies include inserting a pencil through an orange to show how the earth revolves and rotates at the same time, or letting a child watch a YouTube video about a skateboarding accident before teaching anatomy or first aid.Studies show that the scent of peppermint enhances alertness and facilitates learning. Have your child suck on peppermints while studying. If your school doesn’t allow candy in the classroom, put a few drops of essential oil on a cotton ball.
Use the first letter of each word in a sequence to improve your child’s recall: Use COW to remember the western coastal states of California, Oregon, and Washington.Help a child remember by using phrases starting with the first letter of each item to be recalled. In science you can use the phrase
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