Includes mnemonics, questionnaires, graphic organizers, illustrations, and trains your brain activities for educators and for learners. This book is based on the research on learning, memory, and the brain. It uses two interwoven stories to entertain while the author educates readers about how to strengthen memory.

This is the book for every teacher who has ever forgotten what someone just told him or whose students have ever forgotten to take their books and assignments home with them. Memory expert Marilee Sprenger uses the latest research on learning, memory, and the brain to weave a storyteller's spell for us with two parallel parables: one a tale of adult educators in a Memory 101 workshop, and the other a story for children with magical talking elephants, lions, and jungle creatures. Along the way, we acquire tips, strategies,mnemonics, graphic organizers, and checklists that help us to strengthen our memories train our brains, and help us help our students to do the same. Relax and enjoy this book: the experience will be memorable!

Preface Introduction Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Memory 101: Who Took My Memory? 2. N= Notice: Intention Increases Retention 3. E= Emote: Emotion is the Potion 4. V= Visualize: A Picture in Your Mind Creates a Memory You Can Find 5. E=Exercise and Eat Right: Body and Brain are Yours to Train 6. R= Rest: Memories Go Deep When You Get Enough Sleep 7. F= Free Yourself of Stress: Lower Stress for Memory Success 8. O= Organization: Put Information in its Place for a Strong Memory Trace 9. R= Rehearse: Rehearsal's a Way to Help Memories Stay 10. G= Guard Your Brain: Avoid Some Pain. Protect Your Brain! 11. E= Enrich Your Brain: New Directions Create New Connections 12. T= Teach: Share What You Know and Feel Memories Grow 13. The Reunion References Index