How to develop a child's memory

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Children's memory can and should be developed! Teachers and scientists are tirelessly repeating this: the child's brain grows up to 7 years old, and by this time the children are already able to learn and remember a lot of information. The more the kid learns, the easier it will be for him. And the easier it will be for him to study at school and university.

Therefore, it is so important to train children's memory, and this can be done almost from the cradle …

From birth to one year

By 3-4 months, the baby is able to memorize images that are important to him. And in six months he can recognize objects, people's faces. His first fears are formed: for example, the baby may cry at the sight of an aunt in a white coat, because she scared him at the medical examination.

Assignment to parents:

• Talk to your baby from birth, tell him about the world around you, sing songs and say nursery rhymes.
• When you find yourself in a new place, on a walk or visiting, draw the child's attention to the new object. Show him, tell how he moves, sounds, let him touch … For example: "This is a kitty, she loves milk and meows, like this - meow-meow!"
• You can play hide-and-seek with a 7-month-old baby: take a toy and show it to him, then hide it under the handkerchief lying in front of him and ask to find it.
• Already at 8 months, the child enthusiastically examines picture books, and at 9 - plays finger games. Feel free to offer him such fun.

1-3 years

At this age, babies are especially good at remembering various actions and movements and tend to repeat them. With them you can and should play outdoor games, dance, sculpt, draw, sort out beans, peas, cereals, play toy musical instruments. This is how motor memory actively develops.

Memory games

Talk to your child about everything that happens: where you were, what you ate, who you saw on a walk, how you played with toys. Solve riddles and learn rhymes. Read a lot and explain the meaning of new words, and after reading, discuss the main characters and events from the fairy tale.

Read a lot and explain the meaning of new words, and after reading, discuss the main characters and events from the fairy tale.

"Find the object!" Several matchboxes need to be glued together. Then, in front of the baby's eyes, put a button or bead in one of them and with the words "hocus-pocus" cover everything with a handkerchief. After that, let the baby remove the handkerchief and find the hidden object.

"What's missing?" Put 3 toys on the table: let the baby remember them and turn away. Remove one of them, and let the child turn around and guess what is missing. The more difficult option is to swap the toys. The child must remember how the toys were laid down at first.

"Remember all". Show your child some pictures, then hide them and ask them to remember what was drawn. You can start with 1-2 pictures.

3-6 years old

At this time, memory develops most actively. The kid absorbs information like a sponge. He deliberately sets himself the task of remembering something - for example, learning a song for a matinee. But he still cannot do this on his own, he needs to help him with phrases: "Let's read it again", "Repeat after me."

By the way, it is at this age that it is advised to start learning a foreign language.

Memory games

Communicate more with your child and train his tactile memory - let him touch different objects and remember sensations.

"Magic Words". You need to come up with 7-10 pairs of words related in meaning: body - leg, river - fish, apple - pear, etc. Repeat several times, emphasizing pairs in intonation. Then tell the child the first words of the pairs, and let him remember the second himself.

"Shop". Send your child to the “store” to buy bread, kefir, potatoes (10 products in total). And then turn into a salesperson: let the little customer remember as many words as possible.

"Learn the subject!" It is necessary to blindfold the baby and put various things in his hand one by one. Let him guess what kind of object it is. After 3-5 examinations, ask them to name the items in the order in which he touched them.

6-9 years old

In the lower grades, our memory passes the first serious test. Don't make remarks to your child like, “How can you not remember? They explained it to you at school! Do your homework better again.

Memory games

Teach tongue twisters with your child: they develop diction and improve memory.

"Photo for memory". The child needs to look into the closet and "photograph" all the things on one of the shelves. Then let him close his eyes and name everything he could remember.

"Digital confusion". Write an arbitrary row of numbers - for example, 2, 1, 5, 7, 9, 8. Have the child remember them and then close his eyes. His task is to name the numbers in the correct order and answer questions like "How much will it turn out if you add the last two digits?", "What is the number to the left of 5?"

Don't make remarks to your child like, “How can you not remember? They explained it to you at school!"

"Bottomless bag". The more participants in the game, the better. The adult begins, "I put apples in the bag." One of the players repeats the phrase and adds something of his own: “I put apples in the bag. And plums. " The next one repeats the whole phrase and adds his own word, etc., until someone makes a mistake.

"What, what, what?" Think up and write down some famous household items or food ("glass", "potatoes", "diary", etc.). Let the child come up with a definition for each ("glass glass", "tasty potatoes", etc.). Then write down the definitions on a piece of paper and see if the child can write the original words side by side.

"Dressing rooms" This game is more interesting to play with three or even five. Everyone remembers the presenter's appearance, after which he goes out the door and, for example, puts on different socks or unbuttons a button on his shirt. The task of the participants in the game is to guess what has changed.

As you can see, doing memory exercises is not so difficult! So we do not just teach the child to remember - we develop his thinking, attention, intelligence, creativity.