The child needs stability and routine in his daily life, and enhance his memory with activities and games.
Memory is not only important to remember the subject of study, it is important for everyday life. As the child grows, his capacity to assimilate and store information is greater. The child needs to feel comfortable to take an interest in what he is going to learn and to do it in a positive and voluntary way. Let's discover a series of activities to enhance the child's memory
The importance of memory
There are aspects in living with the child that promote their agility and mental organization. The child needs stability and routine, otherwise you will have memory problems. The child must participate at home as one of the others. You can help with household chores, look for what your mother or father cannot find or something they need. When the child looks for something or is in charge of giving it to his parents, he must know where he is or remember.
It is beautiful, and also very useful for exercising your memory, remembering recent events and even not so much. Talk about the day with grandparents, remember specific events and encourage the child to tell something or give an opinion. Express anecdotes of trips, excursions, family meals, even movie chapters or series of cartoon that you have seen the day before on television.
Activities to enhance memory
There are aspects that interfere with the child's remembering properly. Nowadays, excessive use of the computer, the console and the , lack of interest or concentration in what is done, lack of motivation, fatigue and lack of sleep ... To exercise and enhance the memory of the child, especially from 3 to 6-7 years, there are several activities to start parents and teachers.
The repetition
Repeat words, actions or demands to the child. Actions that are carried out, heard or said repeatedly end up being memorized. For this reason, the child can be told the names of class friends, the colors in English, the numbers, the tasks that are assigned to him or her for homework or homework ..., and that he himself internalize and remember. Everything that is repeated or done in a similar way on a daily basis ends up becoming a habit.
Memorize songs
Games and activities where the child feels calm, relaxed, motivated and confident will enhance mental development skills and exercise their memory.
In a totally natural and relaxed way, for days, the child you will listen to songs both at school and at home that you like and that you will remember. The child will tend to repeat and "hum" them throughout the day. The parents' job is to help him remember and memorize, repeating them and singing with him. Encouraging him in a pleasant and light-hearted way will make him join in and want to participate.
Tell tales
The child never tires of being told the same storiesWhat's more, ask that it be so. Often you like one of them a lot and are practically the only one you remember, especially when you are still very young. Parents can tell him the story and ask him to follow it or ask him what happened at one time or another. Sometimes they can say the wrong thing to see if the child is attentive or correctly remembers the development of the story.
Play hide objects
In this activity the child is taught a series of objects, things from home, school supplies, toys…, and he is told to remember them. The child is then asked to close his eyes and hide in different places. They can be a total of 5 or 6 objects. The more they are, the more complicated it will be and the more effort it will take to remember. After hiding the objects the child must remember what objects they were, state them and look for them.
Make a card with several pictures
Various objects, animals, clothing items are drawn on a sheet of paper as a card, and the child is asked to look at the drawings for a couple of minutes. The card is then turned over. The boy You should try to remember as many pictures as possible on the worksheet and say them out loud.. The more pictures you remember, the greater the ability to memorize and concentrate. The child must be relaxed and de-stressed to perform these types of activities in a correct way.
Grouping game
One of the possibilities is to group by colors. For example, the child is asked to put red objects that he finds at home in a box. Or collect all the stuffed animals that are a dog. You may also be asked to find and group items of clothing that you would dress a woman in. Another fun variant is to group the coins of 1 cent, 2, 50 cents ..., making a tower.