Kids memory articles

What’s your earliest memory? Chances are if you think your earliest memory dates from your first year or even early in your second year, it’s not real — or at least not one you formed from the actual experience. Researchers have learned that the area of the brain thought to play a key ...

Does your child have a hard time keeping one bit of information in mind while he’s doing something else? For example, if he’s helping make spaghetti and the phone rings, does he forget he needs to go back and keep stirring the sauce? If he often has trouble with such tasks, he might ...

Memory is an important part of building a solid foundation for learning, both in the classroom and beyond. Having a great memory can help your child do better in school, perform well on tests, and achieve better grades. But sharp memory skills aren’t something that people are born with—these ...

“Write the date! It’s ‘2’ then ‘5,’ twenty five today,” I stressed as my four-year-old told me he’d forgotten how to write number ‘2.’ This is after he got five stars last week for a writing a page full of twos and threes. Confused and absolutely frustrated, I stared at my son, ...

Your child may surprise you with her ability to recall information during story-time, or a memory of an event that happened when she was a toddler. This type of recall isn’t unusual for many children living in homes where parents encourage learning memory skills. Research reported by Penn ...

One of the most exciting areas is brain-based memory research we now have is neuroimaging and brain-mapping studies to view the working brain as it learns. These memory tips are derived from my background as a neurologist. I review the neuroimaging research. I then use my experience as a classroom ...

When I ask my 6-year-old son, William, about his day at school, he often replies, “I forgot.” Even when I ask him leading questions like “What did you do in gym today?” he usually draws a blank. He’s not being uncommunicative; he simply can’t remember. It’s ...

The sound of a familiar lullaby, sung by his mother in the middle of the night, made 4-month-old Max stop crying. “His face relaxed, and he smiled,” says Nancy Wechsler-Azen, of Fair Lawn, NJ. “I think that even though he was so young, he recognized this little song, and that I ...

Although memory is not directly related to speech, children with language impairments can frequently struggle to recall information. This is particularly true in cases where speech difficulties are due to a cognitive impairment. By incorporating various fun activities into sessions, speech ...