How You Can Train Working Memory
How You Can Train Working Memory
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Activity 1
Open the refrigerator door and ask your child
or student to look inside for 20 seconds, quickly
memorizing as many items as possible. Then, shut the
door and ask your child or student to write down
everything he or she can remember. Open the door
together and count to see how many items were
remembered correctly.
Add difficulty level 1: Same 20-second peek as
above, but this time ask your child or student
to recall the items one shelf at a time and
remember as much as possible from that one
area at a time. Open the door together and
see how many items were remembered in the
correct location.
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Activity 2
Choose a room and ask your child or student to look in and describe (or write down) everything seen
after a 20-second view. Open the door together and see how many items were remembered correctly.
Add difficulty level 1: Choose a room and ask your child or student to look in and describe
everything seen after a 20-second view. Now, name one of the items in the room and ask your child
or student to tell you the color of the object and/or unique details about the item.
Learn more about training the skills the brain uses to think and learn at:
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