Working Memory
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What is your working memory?
Why is it important?
It’s important as it allows you to hold on to information and use it at the same time – examples in the video. This is really important for everyday life.
Online Activities:
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/memory_games.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/games/
Activities for home:
Card games are a good way of boosting working memory including classics such as:
- Finding pairs
- Taking a certain number of cards and quickly memorising the order then test how many the child get get right