First read the entire book, then apply the ideas and exercises according to the age of the child. Let the children advance as rapidly as they can master the work. Do not over urge them, or make the work tedious. Above all, see that the children understand the principles and apply them to all of their activities.
Memory is largely a habit. See to it that your children acquire this habit early.
Let your effort be continuous and not spasmodic. Ten minutes a day is far better than an hour once a week.
Memory Most Valuable Faculty
The development resulting from use of the games and exercises of the first book has already influenced the memory faculty of the child. The faculties of visualization, observation, attention and concentration, all contribute to the proper operation of this faculty. They are the tools with which the desired result can be accomplished. It is of greatest importance that these tools be sharpened and tempered by use of the exercises given in Book One. It is now important that you know and understand the principles and methods of memory operation. Study this book with your children, if they are old enough to understand it.
For smaller children follow the plan of making the instructions into stories, and the exercises into games. Encourage the children in making the effort necessary for improvement and to expect a great deal of themselves.
The story of the success of great leaders of present day business and industrial life reveals the fact that they had an unusually retentive memory. That their minds were great storehouses of facts and figures regarding their business.
Others who had worked along with them for years, but were not able to absorb and retain the knowledge, could not progress as fast or as far. All have the natural endowment of a good, dependable memory and all have the faculties, which, if properly trained, will result in conscious ability to use the memory for all the needs of successful living.
Your memory is your ability to make an impression upon your brain which you can recall at will.
This involves two mental processes; first, the making of an impression upon the brain; second, the ability to recall it at will. The problem of memory is to know how to accomplish these two things and to be able to produce the result easily and quickly.