The Game of Memory Demonstration
Excellent practice and a great deal of pleasure can be had by letting some one give the child a series of ten words to be remembered in connection with the numbers which are written opposite them. They can be given out of order and this will make a stronger impression and be as easy for the child.
The numbers 1 to 10 will be represented in his mind by the Code words TIE to TOES. Each will be pictured in turn with the word given for the number. Let the one giving the words write the numbers 1 to 10 in a vertical line, and as he writes the word opposite tell them to the child taking the demonstration. For example—5 is Window. This immediately becomes a picture of the WHEEL (5) and a Window. Throw the Wheel through the Window. Next he might be given 10, BOOK. A picture of TOES and Book. 3 is FIRE, a picture of a HOME (3) on Fire. 1 is CANDY, sticks of Candy bound up in a TIE (1).
Each word and number are to be visualized together. When the ten have all been given, the child begins with 1 (TIE) and recalls the object he pictured with it; next 2 (SNOW) and recalls the word pictured with it, and so on to the end of the ten. Recall each one in sequence even though given out of order.