1. Remembering: Working our Memory
Speech

2. You will have 15 seconds to look at and remember as many words as you can.

3. dove
fish
airplane
mountains
candy cane
military
happiness
sibling
chocolate
hand
timer
sock

4. How many did you remember?
dove
fish
airplane
mountains
candy cane
military
happiness
sibling
chocolate
hand
timer
sock

5. Now let’s try it again. . .

6. You will have 15 seconds to look at and remember as many words as you can.

7. strawberry
whale
sock
chocolate
vanilla
turkey
bubble gum
tennis shoe
giraffe
shorts
polar bear
basketball

8. How many did you remember this time?
strawberry
whale
sock
chocolate
vanilla
turkey
bubble gum
tennis shoe
giraffe
shorts
polar bear
basketball

9. What made this set of words easier to remember?
vanilla
chocolate
strawberry
bubble gum
shorts
basketball
tennis shoes
socks
giraffe
whale
polar bear
turkey

10. Categorizing can help us to remember important items.

11. Placing the categories ice cream, animals, and athletic gear helped us to remember what all the words were in that set. Sometimes we remember things that are important to us and that we can relate to.

12. Let’s test our skills with one other memory test.