Prepare flashcards on the desired theme. Large format ideal.

Vary the number of cards based on their intended use.: 5 to 10 cards depending on the difficulty of the theme or the age of the participants.

• Stick the cards to the wall.
• Ask the participants to close their eyes.
• Steal a card.
• Ask them to open their eyes.
• Ask them to find the missing card ("What's missing?")

Is it difficult to remember all the objects? Have you implemented any strategies to help you remember better? What are they? 

Does playing games to learn vocabulary help you? 

Have you noticed that our brain uses several types of memory?

#memorization #observation 

Players can develop strategies such as associating objects with stories or places to improve their performance. By honing our ability to retain details and perceive our environment accurately, we develop essential skills for navigating daily and professional life. Memorization strengthens our ability to retain important information, while acute observation enables us to detect crucial details and make informed decisions. These skills are all the more valuable in a world of abundant information and constant distractions.

There are several types of memorization, each corresponding to different mental processes. Here are some of the most common types of memorization:

- Sensory memory: This form briefly retains sensory information (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.) for a short period of time, usually a few seconds at most.

- Short-term memory: Also known as working memory, temporarily stores information for a few seconds to a few minutes before it is forgotten or transferred to long-term memory.

- Long-term memory: This stores information almost permanently, enabling it to be retrieved even after an extended period of time, from a few minutes to a lifetime.

- Episodic memory: concerns personal memories and specific events that occurred at specific times in the past.

- Semantic memory: Semantic memory is like a big library in our heads, storing all the general knowledge we've acquired throughout our lives. For example, knowing that Paris is the capital of France, or that cats are pets. It's like a database of knowledge we can use to think, talk and understand the world around us.

- Procedural memory: Procedural memory is like a practical memory. It enables us to learn how to perform actions or tasks. For example, it helps us learn to ride a bike, tie our shoelaces or play a musical instrument. It's as if our brain recorded a kind of "instruction manual" for these actions, and the more we practice them, the better we master them.

- Autobiographical memory: This concerns personal memories and the story of an individual's life.

- Implicit memory: Implicit memory is like a hidden memory in our brain. It enables us to do things automatically, without really thinking about them or remembering how we learned them. For example, knowing how to walk, ride a bike or even speak your mother tongue.

These different types of memory often interact with each other to form a complex system of information storage and retrieval in the human brain.

Good advice: Play is an excellent memory stimulator! Good observation is good memory!