What to do if your child has a poor memory

Many parents find that their children’s memory is not as good as that of their peers, and they worry that this will seriously affect their children’s studies. Because when studying, many things rely on memory, but children with poor memory obviously cannot keep up with other children in remembering things. Is there any reliable way to improve children’s poor memory? do not be afraid. Generally speaking, children's poor memory may be caused by lack of concentration or excessive lead in the body.

Reasons for poor memory in children

1. Lack of concentration.

Early childhood education experts believe that the main reason why babies have poor memory is because they have poor attention and lack of concentration.

Attention is the basis of memory. Therefore, if you want to improve your baby's memory, you must first improve your baby's attention and increase his interest. In addition, parents must strengthen their baby's nutrition, especially brain nutrition. Babies can take DHA. Studies have shown that DHA is an essential nutrient for the brain. It can promote intellectual and visual development, improve memory, and enable babies to concentrate and study more attentively.

2. Lead content exceeds the standard.

Excessive lead levels can damage children's central nervous system, leading to poor brain development, and causing consequences such as inattention and intellectual disability. If your baby is found to have excessive lead levels, please pay attention to lead excretion.

What to do if your child has poor memory

1. Repeated memory method: consolidate memory through repeated reading. This method is suitable for young babies. They like repetition and can listen to the same story over and over again without getting tired of it. Let the baby stand behind you and ask questions in time.

2. Associative memory method: The simplest association, such as 1=chopsticks, 2=duck, 7=crutch, can strengthen the baby's association, make it easier to remember and avoid boredom.

3. Intuitive image memory method: use intuitive teaching aids to help your baby remember. Some babies can recite the commercials on TV vividly and directly achieve the purpose of memorization.

4. Classification memory method: just classify the knowledge. To maximize storage. The best way to teach your baby to read is to use induction. For example, "青", "清", "请", "情" etc. have the same characters on one side and similar pronunciations, so it is easy for babies to remember them.

5. Rhyme memory method: Rhythmic and rhyming works are easy to remember. Many nursery rhymes are catchy and are very helpful for broadening knowledge and developing baby's intelligence.

6. Use the senses to participate in memory method: use ears, eyes, mouth and hands to participate in memory activities. Can improve memory effect.

In short, babies need to master memory methods so that their enthusiasm for learning will increase.

How to Improve Memory

1. Where to start

Purpose: To develop memory

Tell your baby a series of fairy tales and make sure he remember every part of the story. When you start teaching the next day, you can first ask him: Where did we stop yesterday? Where should I start today? What's the content? "See if the baby remembers it. Long-term training like this can effectively improve the baby's memory.

2. Animal Games

Purpose: To develop memory

Mom gathered all the animal toys at home and numbered each one. At the beginning, let each animal stand on its own number and ask the baby to remember it. Then the mother picks up the numbers and shuffles them. Then let the baby stick the original numbers on each animal to see if he can accurately match the numbers and animals one by one.

3. Say the names one by one

Purpose: To develop short-term memory

Arrange several things (no less than 5) on the table in order, give your baby 30 seconds to remember them, then cover them up and ask him to say the names of these things in order from memory.

4. Picture memory

Purpose: To teach classification memory method

Materials: Pictures or cards with animals on them

Let your baby look at a picture with several kinds of animals on it, and limit him to finish looking at it within a certain time. The time can be longer at the beginning, and then gradually shorten the viewing time. After taking the picture away, ask the baby to say what animals are in the picture. If he doesn't remember much, he can classify the animals, such as how many types of beasts there are, how many types of birds there are, and how many types of fish there are. This way he can remember faster.

5. Make a phone call

Purpose: To develop memory and imagination, enrich vocabulary, and promote the development of language skills

Sit in the same orientation as your baby (both facing forward). The mother put her thumb and little finger close to her ears to imitate making a phone call and asked the baby: Hello, who are you? "Where do you live?" What's your father's name? "Where does he work?"...

Ask your baby to answer one by one.

6. Look in the window

Purpose: To develop observation and memory accuracy

This game is suitable for playing when taking your baby out. When passing by a shop window, let your baby take a close look at the items displayed in the window. After leaving, ask him to tell you what he had just seen. You can also look at other things, such as observing the items in a pencil case and then saying how many items are in the box; observing the flower beds in the park and saying how many colors of flowers there are, and so on.

7. Word memory

Purpose: To expand the breadth of short-term memory

Ask your baby to repeat the stories you have told him to see how many words he can remember; say some familiar words to him within a certain period of time, such as words about transportation, daily necessities, animals and plants, to see how many he can remember.

8. Repeat gestures

Purpose: To expand the breadth of motor memory

Have your baby watch you make these 5 hand gestures carefully. Ask him not to follow you when you do it. When you are done, have him repeat it in sequence. If your baby cannot recall 5 gestures smoothly, you can reduce the number of gestures to 3-4, and then increase it to 5 later.

Gesture 1: Make a fist

Gesture 2: Extend your middle and index fingers (victory sign)

Gesture 3: Thumbs Up (Great Gesture)

Gesture 4: Extend your pinky finger

Gesture 5: Extend 5 fingers

9. Listen to the story and answer questions

Purpose: To develop attention and memory

When reading a story to your baby, ask him to listen carefully and then answer questions based on the content of the story. For example, when reading the story of the little horse crossing the river, you can ask: Who said the water was shallow? "Who said the water was deep?"

10. Remember your name

Purpose: To develop memory for names

When watching TV or reading with your baby, ask him to pay attention to the names of the characters in the story, and then ask him to recall each person's name.