LEARN : Playful Strategies for All Students

by Regina G. Richards, Regina G. Richards

Do your children/students easily learn jingles or commercials? Many children do. These children also easily hook into mnemonics sentences and can use mnemonics for strategies. LEARN is a book of strategies to enhance a students learning through use of playful, yet effective, multisensory teaching techniques. The introduction includes information on different theories, such as brain hemispheres, brain-based learning, and multiple intelligences. Then there are chapters on daily living skills, reading comprehension, written expression (letter form, writing mechanics and content)and general mnemonics. The general mnemonics section includes strategies for general recall, time management, listening strategies, comprehension strategies, writing skills, math strategies, finger multiplication, and strategies for science and social science. These strategies are appropriate for a variety of school age students and can be used by teachers, tutors, or parents. LEARN is an acronym for Learning Efficiently And Remembering mNemonics. The benefits of mnemonics are numerous. They are a group of learning strategies that help capture information for storage and retrieval, They stimulate spatial and simultaneous strategies and can integrate them with more sequential strategies, They have a pattern and this is a critical component for successful recall. Children can often learn them easily.

112 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001