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Rhyming system
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Memory Skills - Part 2
Contents

Part 1

HOW MEMORY WORKS
STRATEGIES TO USE NOW

Part 2

LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF - AND YOUR MEMORY
USEFUL BOOKS / VIDEOS
MEMORY STRATEGIES - PRACTICE ACTIVITIES

 

 
LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF - AND YOUR MEMORY

The following steps also help you to improve your memory:

Drink plenty of fresh water. It actually improves your thinking ability!

Get lots of exercise

Eat a healthy diet

Get enough sleep

Don’t overload yourself

Face and deal with problems

Be more organized

Practise relaxation


USEFUL BOOKS / VIDEOS

Buzan, T.  Use your head, BBC Books, 1998

Memory skills: power learning (videorecording) Learning Seed, 1990 (Available at some TAFE libraries)

Ward, C & Daley, J.  Learning to learn, Switched-On-Publications, 1993.


MEMORY STRATEGIES - PRACTICE ACTIVITIES

Number/Rhyme (Peg word) system
This system is great for remembering lists of things in order. Firstly, you link each number to a rhyming word: 

1 = bun
2 = shoe
3 = tree
4 = door
5 = hive
6 = sticks
7 = heaven
8 = gate
9 = vine
10 = hen       etc.
 

Then, you relate each thing you have to remember to the word (and number). Make sure you make the thing you imagine as silly as possible…it's easier to remember it that way!!

(Number-Rhyme scheme adapted from Buzan, T.  Use your head, BBC Books, 1998)
 

Activity

For example, you want to remember the five main exports of the small nation of Bandahar. The exports, in order, are: clothing, gold, wheat, cars, uranium. You can use the system like this:  

1 = bun = clothing 

Think about a huge bun wearing a shirt and tie.

2 = shoe = gold

Think about a huge, solid gold shoe!

3 = tree = wheat

Think about a beautiful, lush tree with sheaves of wheat instead of branches

4 = door = cars

Think of a great big roller door with large numbers of cars driving through.

5 = hive = uranium

Think of a big beehive with lots of radioactive, glowing bees swarming out.

Now, take a little time to imagine each of these things. Wait 15 minutes, then see if you can write down the exports in the correct order. Then check your answers.

 

 
This guide developed by Pam Timms, North Coast Institute © TAFE NSW, North Coast Institute