

Amazing Successes
Memory Linking
Right Brain Genius | Right Brain Genius |
By a TeacherTwelve-year-old Sara was struggling with her school work. She loved art projects and music, but could not concentrate on math, reading or writing long enough to understand the material. Meanwhile, her older sister got straight A's. Sara was frustrated. She felt stupid. Her self-confidence plummeted. Sara's first right brain lesson turned everything around. Most children begin memory lessons with a recall of three to five images or items. Sara's recall started at eight items and went up to 20 in the first lesson. Betsy, Sara's right-brain teacher, commented, "As soon as Sara understood that eight was a tremendous start, she realized that she wasn't dumb at all. I praised her, and with each bit of encouragement, Sara exceeded the number of items remembered." Sara's mother and teacher got together to discuss how to present math, reading and writing in a way to complement Sara's strong right-brain dominant learning style. Sara's academics improved right along with her right brain training. In fact, Sara was the first student in her right brain class to recall the first 300 images of The Memory Train. The other students were still working with the first 50 images. For the first time in her life, she was not behind. "Am I a genius?" Sara asked Betsy. "Yes!" Betsy excitedly replied. |