Speed Learning for Kids by Handley, Bill -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Table of Contents Title Page Foreword

Acknowledgements Introduction

Part I: The brain-training tools

Chapter 1: Making mental pictures

Imagination and learning Active learning is the secret Linking new information to old information Making better mental pictures Now let's see how well this has worked How long will I remember what I have learned?

Chapter 2: Using rhyming reminders

The reminder system of memory training Learn the characteristics of living things Six properties of magnets - another example Improving your understanding A fun way to practise

Chapter 3: Learning look-alike reminders

Look-alike reminders Remembering a shopping list

Chapter 4: Creating logical reminders

Increasing the reminders to 30 Learning the list of Australian prime ministers Learning abstract information

Part II: Learn like a genius

Chapter 5: How to learn to spell like a genius

Making links Some spelling rules What to do when you don't know the rule Alphabet reminders

Chapter 6: How to solve problems like a genius

The power of visualising Using reminders develops creative thinking skills Courses on creative thinking and concentration Answers

Chapter 7: How to write like a genius

How to write to present an argument or persuasive essay Using the reminders to generate ideas How to write a story essay Good grammar

Chapter 8: How to summarise information like a genius

Using the reminders to write a summary

Chapter 9: How to speak like a genius

Some rules for giving a good talk Speaker's nerves

Chapter 10: How to learn a language like a genius

Fast, easy way to learn a language Play with the language Using the link system to learn vocabulary Play at languages - don't work at them

Chapter 11: How to sit tests like a genius

Before the exam Doing the exam Examination nerves

Part III: Some more fun with speed learning

Chapter 12: Playing a memory party game

Making links The linking list method

Chapter 13: Learning word-for-word

Here's my method Let's learn the second verse of ‘Advance Australia Fair'

Chapter 14: Memorising big numbers

Remembering numbers Phonetic values Turning the letters into words A few simple rules Using the phonetic values to memorise numbers Phonetic reminders

Chapter 15: Learning the US presidents

Remembering the names of US presidents