Growie's Memory Corner (Series 3)
It has been proven that everyday encounters, no matter how insignificant,
actually help to boost a child's memory. We look into how life experiences can improve one of the key elements in learning.
For your children, there are not many things more exciting in this world than their first historic experiences, such as their first day at preschool, their first visit to the zoo, their first birthday invitation, and their first time on a plane.
An active engagement with a new experience promotes increased mental activity, and this is turn helps children retain learning skills, and integrate them with what they already know.
Children best learn and remember by using their senses, and exploring their various environments that include people, things, places and events.
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Active-Working Memory |
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Research has shown that a child's ability to talk and describe current events is directly linked to his ability to form and recall memories.
For example, when your children learn new games or skills, this new knowledge is retained by the active-working memory, a process whereby the latest information is mixed in with, and compared against previous memory.
When your child moves to another activity, some, but not all of this information from the active-working memory gets stored into his short-term memory.
Again, not all short-term memory will be retained for long periods of time. Brain cells are more likely to store new experiences if they're repeated.
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Unique And Creative Experiences |
According to the 'Von Restorff Effect', a theory established by renowned psychologist, Dr. Hedwig von Restorff in 1933, children will tend to remember anything that is outstanding or unique, because the human brain is designed to pay attention to, and remember things that are different from the regular or common environment.
Creative activities that allow children to see, hear, hold, and smell new things, lead to rich sensory experiences that enable them to recall things attentively and effectively.
As children grow older, they are likely to remember more from beginning of their lives, rather than the midst of it, because the intermediate portion of their schooling tends to become more routine.
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