SMARTWAY CLASSES

Improve Your Memory
You Can Always Remember If You N.E.V.E.R. F.O.R.G.E.T.

Adapted from Marilee Sprenger
Notice Intention increases retention
• Use cues to help you remember
Emote Emotion is the potion
• Connect feeling to what you are learning
Visualize A picture in your mind creates a memory you can find
• Create a picture in your mind when learning new words and
concepts
Eat Right & Exercise Body and brain are yours to train
• Walk at least 5,000 steps per day
• Eat brain foods: blueberries, broccoli, chocolate, walnuts,
olive oil, pumpkin, salmon, spinach, tomatoes
Rest Memories go deep when you get enough sleep (10-12 hrs. for a fifth
grader)
• Memories are encoded when you sleep; most encoding
happens in the last 2 hours of sleep
Free Yourself of Stress Lower stress for memory success
• Don’t sweat the small stuff!
Organize Put information in place to create a strong memory trace
• Create categories to organize information in your brain
Rehearsal Rehearsal’s the way to make memories stay
• It takes up to 24 exposures to learn something new; teach
someone!
Guard Your Brain Avoid some pain – protect your brain!
• Wear a helmet when riding your bike; don’t sit in front of
the T.V. or computer screen for too long
Enrich Your Brain New directions create connections!
• Do something you haven’t done before – music, chess, games
etc.
Teach Share what you know and feel memories grow
• When you teach others, you remember up to 95% of the
material compared to 10% of what you read