How to Nurture a Heart for Learning in Your Child – Memory Builders

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I decided to focus on preschoolers for the month of June. Learning never can start too early and although you may be anxious to start “teaching” your preschooler something, you may be asking yourself what in the world to teach? This is what this series is all about.

It’s not going to be rocket science, and some of these ideas may not even be new to you, but there will be many things for moms with preschoolers to find here to nurture a heart for learning. Today we will focus on memory building skills.

We have some memory building games that we use that require no supplies at all. These are great for at home, in the car, or while waiting for something like a concert to start. It can be so difficult to keep the troops in control while waiting for something, especially if they have to wait in their seat.

The first game is called I’m Packing a Suitcase

How it works:

• One person starts by saying, “I’m packing my suitcase and in it I will put…(name any item such as toothbrush)
• Then, the next person says, “I’m packing my suitcase and in it I will put (name the first item, such as toothbrush, and then name a new item such as brush)
• The game continues getting passed between the players since any number of people can participate, each time the player lists the previous items in THE CORRECT ORDER and then adds their new item. Once someone forgets an item they are out.

The Boy’s Dog

How it works:

• First, you need to make sure that everyone understands that this is a game about adjectives and that adjectives are words that describe nouns or things.
• One person starts by saying, “The boy’s dog is (insert adjective such as friendly)
• The next person says, “The boy’s dog is friendly and then adds their own adjective such as tall
• The game continued being passed back and forth between players. Again when someone forgets things in the correct order, they are out.
• If you are playing this with younger kids, you can make it easier by making your way through the alphabet with your adjectives. In this way, your first adjective would begin with an A. The boy’s dog is awesome!

Our Trip to the Zoo

How it works:

This one is very simliar to the other two.

• One person starts by saying, “Yesterday we went to the zoo. While we were there I saw (insert name of an item. It doesn’t have to be an animal, it could also be something like a balloon).
• The next person then says, “Yesterday we went to the zoo and while we were there I saw (insert the first item, such as a balloon, and then add a new one).
• Players continue until they forget something.

Nurturing your child’s heart for learning doesn’t have to seem like an overwhelming job, and it doesn’t have to be boring, either. Keeping some of these on hand by printing or pinning them also makes them easier for older children to help younger children with. These games also break up the monotony of a long car ride. Building memorization skills in your children is so easy when you have some ideas already in place. Print this list, share this list for later, or pin it for later, but come back to it the next time you are looking for something to do with your children that only requires their rapidly growing brains! You can follow me on Pinterest here.