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All parents want their children to succeed in life, but many leave the majority of the education process to their child’s teachers and then get frustrated when their child comes home with low grades. They may, at first, blame the child, and then they may blame the teachers. The truth is that parents are very influential when it comes not only to helping their child learn, but also in helping their child learn how to learn!

Memory Skills

Before parents are even aware of it, they are teaching their children how to remember things. An infant who has a feeding schedule is learning how to memorize their schedule. They also memorize your smell and voice and very touch.

It is when children become toddlers, however, when parents can truly work on helping their toddler with improving the memory skills that are already present. Simple little games and rhymes are a great way to help a child learn to memorize things. One of most children’s favorite things, a story, can be a wonderful way to help a child build memory skills.

Telling a Story

The next time you tell your child a story, make sure you have their attention. Tell the story the way you normally would, emphasizing on any dialogue and really getting into the story. Then start talking with your toddler about what the story was about. If they have a simple vocabulary, ask simple questions that you know they have the vocabulary cues to. For instance, if the story was about a cow, you could say, “What kind of animal was this story about? Who was in this story?” Children who have a broader vocabulary can answer tougher questions about the main character of the story and what the main purpose of the story was all about.

Bringing In Visual

Some children learn better with visual cues. This, too, can be used during the story time routine. After you’ve finished reading the story and talking about it with your child, draw a picture about it! Little children who have a hard time drawing can use a paintbrush to paint a printed out picture of the main character of the story, and you can help them learn even more by retelling the story when you are helping them paint. Older children can grab a crayon or marker and can write a little scene from the story themselves.

Starting Early

Improving memory skills of a teenager is much more difficult than improving the memory skills of a younger child. You can use any opportunity, such as a trip you have just taken or a list of errands you have to run, to help a child learn productive memory skills that will help them when they are older. This sets a great foundation and allows them to learn things much easier. You will also find that they are able to excel due to the skills that you have helped them build since they were small children.