Improve Your Child's Auditory Memory Using Songs

Children love music, so why not help her memory Improve your child through music and songs? Not only is it more enjoyable, But it is more effective at Improving your child's auditory processing skills.

Materials:

Will you need a song That uses the ABC's in sequence. The song Should Also pair each letter with a noun or a verb. An example would be "The song you're adorable" (any version). You Can Also try Hap Palmer's "Bean Bag Alphabet Rag". Feel free to use whatever song fits these criteria.

Next, make pictures of each object, and print out each letter cards is using a large font.

How to Play the Game

First help your child Become familiar with the song. Play the song once, Placing the letter and its' Corresponding it to the next picture it is sung. Once your child is familiar with the song, let your child Try to remember the object That Was paired with each letter. Be forewarned: this game is harder than it seems!

To Make this Game Easier or Harder:

To make this game easier, allow your child to use the pictures as a cue. Could you show the letter and two pictures, which her and ask is the correct one. You could also simply let her sequence the letter and the Corresponding picture on her own.

Changing the number of pictures That Need to Be Remembered at one time can make the game more challenging or Easier. Some Children May Be Able to handle 4-5 at a time, others not more than two. However, even if your child can only remember two pictures at a time, your goal is Eventually That She Should Be Able to remember the entire song by herself.

Can you make this game even more challenging by HAVING the child remember the Corresponding pictures without the actual picture before them? If they need a hint Can you write the first letter of the object down, and They Can peek at that.

Tip: This game is harder than it looks. Give your child and allow a periodic break to them’s something fun, like bubbles blow, play limbo, or another fun physical activity.