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April 23, 2008

Children's Memory & Lack of It, Explained!

This month’s All Kinds of Minds newsletter covers the importance of good memory skills from a variety of viewpoints. Memory is the storage and recall of information over a brief span, extended period, or while using or manipulating the information or task components.  From the moment the initial classroom bell or buzzer jarringly sounds in the morning until their homework is finally completed, children and adolescents are stressing and straining their memory muscles. So much of schoolwork is memory work.

Read Dr. Levine's article Memories are Made of This. The article links to more information including online videos.