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How to Remember Everything: Tips & Tricks to Become a Memory Master!
How to Remember Everything is the ultimate guide to unlocking the power of your brain!
Kids will learn how to ace history tests by memorizing dates, feel confident about remembering people's names, win cards games by mastering entire decks, and hang on to happy memories for a lifetime.
This invaluable memory guide for children is full of recall-building techniques, fun challenges, and hilarious art.
Kids will learn how to ace history tests by memorizing dates, feel confident about remembering people's names, win cards games by mastering entire decks, and hang on to happy memories for a lifetime.
This invaluable memory guide for children is full of recall-building techniques, fun challenges, and hilarious art.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 13, 2020
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Jacob Sager Weinstein
16 books56 followersJacob Sager Weinstein's work has appeared in The New Yorker and The Onion, and he has written for HBO as well. He lives in London with his wife and children.
His latest book is WHAT ROSA BROUGHT.
His latest book is WHAT ROSA BROUGHT.
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November 8, 2020
This book review opportunity couldn't have come at a better time. My kids are just returning to an in-person school environment and memory has always been something my daughter has worried about. I think we can all use a little memory help and this book provides!
I've always been impressed by people who seem to just be able to remember everything. It's almost like a super power! This cute little book provides the secrets to many different mnemonic devices, which make retaining information fun and easy. Whether its remembering random words or remembering your entire life, there are various creative ways to remember whatever you need to remember.
I was so excited to try out these simple techniques such as building your own memory palace or creating a story. I was shocked to learn how effective these techniques were for me! I also feel, using techniques such as creating a memorable image expands one's imagination. Creating a silly image with two random words is fun and imaginative. I find I can see the image and then find the words so easily.
Overall, though marketed as a children's book, this is for everyone. We can improve our memory if we know how to make things stick rather than fall out. Give this a go and let me know what you think.
I've always been impressed by people who seem to just be able to remember everything. It's almost like a super power! This cute little book provides the secrets to many different mnemonic devices, which make retaining information fun and easy. Whether its remembering random words or remembering your entire life, there are various creative ways to remember whatever you need to remember.
I was so excited to try out these simple techniques such as building your own memory palace or creating a story. I was shocked to learn how effective these techniques were for me! I also feel, using techniques such as creating a memorable image expands one's imagination. Creating a silly image with two random words is fun and imaginative. I find I can see the image and then find the words so easily.
Overall, though marketed as a children's book, this is for everyone. We can improve our memory if we know how to make things stick rather than fall out. Give this a go and let me know what you think.
September 14, 2023
A very fun read with lots of activities to test and improve your memory as you go. The book is written in a very engaging manner. It also explains the science behind each of the tricks mentioned.
November 4, 2020
Memorization can seem like a daunting task, especially when you need to know that information for school such as multiplication tables, historical events and dates, the periodic table of elements, etc. In How to Remember Everything, author Jacob Sager Weinstein teaches readers easy techniques to help them retain important information in under 150 pages. As a youth services librarian, I am always looking for interesting non-fiction titles that will hold young readers' attention. Composed of 16 brief chapters, Weinstein introduces concepts such as chunking, mnemonics, acronyms, along with lesser known terms such as retrospective and prospective memory along with massed and spaced repetition in simple, easy to understand language.
The conversational tone of the book holds readers' attention, with "try it" sections that allow readers to experiment with a newly taught memorization technique and answer keys so that they can easily check their work. Each chapter contains boxes that define unique vocabulary and ends with a "what we learned" segment that summarizes key points to reinforce comprehension. The design of the book is eye-catching and colorful, with Barbara Malley's cartoon digital illustrations helping to visualize techniques explained in the text. I would recommend this book primarily to upper elementary school and middle school students, but additionally to any teens or adults who want a quick, user friendly guide to basic memorization techniques.
[Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes from the publisher via Turn the Page Tours.]
The conversational tone of the book holds readers' attention, with "try it" sections that allow readers to experiment with a newly taught memorization technique and answer keys so that they can easily check their work. Each chapter contains boxes that define unique vocabulary and ends with a "what we learned" segment that summarizes key points to reinforce comprehension. The design of the book is eye-catching and colorful, with Barbara Malley's cartoon digital illustrations helping to visualize techniques explained in the text. I would recommend this book primarily to upper elementary school and middle school students, but additionally to any teens or adults who want a quick, user friendly guide to basic memorization techniques.
[Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes from the publisher via Turn the Page Tours.]
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November 7, 2020How To Remember Everything is a fun book geared towards kids to help them with their ability to remember everything. From simple things such as people’s names, to more crucial things like history dates for an exam.
The book is filled with simple writing which will make it easy to read for its target demographic; funny illustrations to catch the kids’ attention; and try it sections where you can put to test what you’ve learned or read in a chapter. It also reiterates the fact that everyone’s brain and ability to remember is different. This means a way to remember something, may or may not work for someone else.
Reading this, I realized I used some of the techniques presented in this book growing up: I still recite ROYGBIV to my kids when I’m telling them the colours of the rainbow; a teacher once introduced us to PEM-DAS; and a few weeks ago, in an effort to help my daughter remember directions, my husband taught her “Never Eat Soggy Weiners” (North, East, South and West).
Adults reading this book may or may not get something out of this, as with time, we’ve figured out our own way to remember things. Children however, will benefit from this book as it teaches them different ways to help them strengthen their memory.
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The book is filled with simple writing which will make it easy to read for its target demographic; funny illustrations to catch the kids’ attention; and try it sections where you can put to test what you’ve learned or read in a chapter. It also reiterates the fact that everyone’s brain and ability to remember is different. This means a way to remember something, may or may not work for someone else.
Reading this, I realized I used some of the techniques presented in this book growing up: I still recite ROYGBIV to my kids when I’m telling them the colours of the rainbow; a teacher once introduced us to PEM-DAS; and a few weeks ago, in an effort to help my daughter remember directions, my husband taught her “Never Eat Soggy Weiners” (North, East, South and West).
Adults reading this book may or may not get something out of this, as with time, we’ve figured out our own way to remember things. Children however, will benefit from this book as it teaches them different ways to help them strengthen their memory.
If you would like to see what other tour hosts are saying about this book, you can click here to visit their posts.
November 10, 2020
Thankyou Turn your pages book tours for an opportunity to read this book and providing me with an ARC!
I actually really enjoyed this book. Being someone who used to memorize alot as a kid, I could think of multiple occasions I've used all the tips from this book in my life. Apart from that, this book is really fun, and is filled with cute illustration and colourful pages. As someone who's a big fan of graphic novel, this book really appealed to me without it being a graphic novel.
This book is perfect for it's intended audience. If you have a kid, read this to them. If you have a younger sibling, read this to them. If you have nieces or nephews, read this to them. The author introduces us to all these different techniques in memorizing, and cool ways to memorize which could be really helpful for a kid. It has 16 chapters, each chapter having a section at the end where kids could try out the techniques themselves.
Another thing i adored about the book was it's conversational tone. It made it so much more engaging, and I could see how this book can help a kid. Apart from being colourful, illustrated and filled with knowledge, i believe that it could actually help a kid. I, personally, am going to tell all of the stuff I learned from this book to my 10 y/o sister because i can really see her benefitting from this book.
[this review was made up of my own honest opinions and thoughts]
I actually really enjoyed this book. Being someone who used to memorize alot as a kid, I could think of multiple occasions I've used all the tips from this book in my life. Apart from that, this book is really fun, and is filled with cute illustration and colourful pages. As someone who's a big fan of graphic novel, this book really appealed to me without it being a graphic novel.
This book is perfect for it's intended audience. If you have a kid, read this to them. If you have a younger sibling, read this to them. If you have nieces or nephews, read this to them. The author introduces us to all these different techniques in memorizing, and cool ways to memorize which could be really helpful for a kid. It has 16 chapters, each chapter having a section at the end where kids could try out the techniques themselves.
Another thing i adored about the book was it's conversational tone. It made it so much more engaging, and I could see how this book can help a kid. Apart from being colourful, illustrated and filled with knowledge, i believe that it could actually help a kid. I, personally, am going to tell all of the stuff I learned from this book to my 10 y/o sister because i can really see her benefitting from this book.
[this review was made up of my own honest opinions and thoughts]
May 21, 2021
**Goodreads giveaway recipient**
Definitely not the end-all-be-all of memorization, but the author has some well-researched ideas and some clever ideas of his own.
This book is geared toward school-age kids, so the illustrations and silly mental images are perfect to keep them engaged and to help them remember!
There was only one chapter that, I, personally, found useful, and I had hoped that the whole book would be more like that. And one technique the author mentioned was so bizarrely off-the-wall to me that I was convinced he had made it up....until I looked it up and learned it has been in practice for thousands of years. Huh! Interesting. So yes, there are endnotes, but it may have been helpful to at least MENTION where/why these mnemonic devices came about. ....but then it would be more like a history lesson, and I guess he’d lose his kid audience that way. Alright alright, I give.
Overall, it was colorful, it was funny, and hopefully it will be helpful for my kiddos as they get older.
Definitely not the end-all-be-all of memorization, but the author has some well-researched ideas and some clever ideas of his own.
This book is geared toward school-age kids, so the illustrations and silly mental images are perfect to keep them engaged and to help them remember!
There was only one chapter that, I, personally, found useful, and I had hoped that the whole book would be more like that. And one technique the author mentioned was so bizarrely off-the-wall to me that I was convinced he had made it up....until I looked it up and learned it has been in practice for thousands of years. Huh! Interesting. So yes, there are endnotes, but it may have been helpful to at least MENTION where/why these mnemonic devices came about. ....but then it would be more like a history lesson, and I guess he’d lose his kid audience that way. Alright alright, I give.
Overall, it was colorful, it was funny, and hopefully it will be helpful for my kiddos as they get older.
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November 13, 2020I’ve never been great at remembering anything. I carry a journal with me just about everywhere to write down important information so I don’t immediately forget it. And when I’m meeting new people, I’m great with faces, terrible with names.
So a book on How to Remember Everything, yes, please!
I didn’t go into this book with a whole lot of hope for me. Because, again, nothing much sticks in the ok’ memory trap. But, let me tell you, Weinstein’s methods actually work! Even for someone like me!
Jacob Sager Weinstein breaks his memory tips and tricks down into 11 easy to understand chapters with examples and memory tests. And I actually found myself remembering the lists and memory tests he set out in the chapters using the tricks and tips presented in the book.
Hopefully I can remember these tricks going forward, though, to be able to use them.
Thank you to Turn the Page Tours and author Jacob Sager Weinstein for the review copy in exchange for my honest review.
So a book on How to Remember Everything, yes, please!
I didn’t go into this book with a whole lot of hope for me. Because, again, nothing much sticks in the ok’ memory trap. But, let me tell you, Weinstein’s methods actually work! Even for someone like me!
Jacob Sager Weinstein breaks his memory tips and tricks down into 11 easy to understand chapters with examples and memory tests. And I actually found myself remembering the lists and memory tests he set out in the chapters using the tricks and tips presented in the book.
Hopefully I can remember these tricks going forward, though, to be able to use them.
Thank you to Turn the Page Tours and author Jacob Sager Weinstein for the review copy in exchange for my honest review.
February 24, 2021
This book provides tips and tricks to help kids with memorization. Such skills include mnemonic devices and visualizations. Hopefully kids will read this book a little slower than me and practice some of the different methods demonstrated. I also really liked the easy to follow text and fun illustrations. Great for kids 8-12 years old.
February 9, 2021
Great, funny book to help memorize anything. Kids and adults will really get a lot out of it!
September 18, 2023
- available in SG NLB 153.1 (Sengkang
March 2, 2024
Ok, but needs more examples and practices
August 10, 2022
Thanks to good reads I was able to win a free copy through a contest and as asked I’ll leave a review for the opportunity.
Really great premise and definitely for a middle grade reader
Really great premise and definitely for a middle grade reader
February 1, 2023
When I requested this book from the library, I didn't realize it was written for middle-schoolers. It was an interesting read, but all of the author's memory techniques are targeted at uber right-brained people. Everything was super visual and imaginative, and that would just never work for me. But as he says over and over, Everyone's brain is different, so no hard feelings.
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