We all know how diffi cult practising spellings was as a child, so mnemonics are a great way for parents to get involved with making homework fun! Primary Times takes a look at some common mnemonics that will help your children remember their planets to their colours.


WITH MNEMONICS FUN LEARNING Acrostics


Acrostics are formed by first letter of each word to make it more memorable. You can use these to help with spellings, important facts or to remember the order of things. Can you come up with some of your own to help remember words your child struggles to remember?


BECAUSE


Big Elephants Can’t Always Understand Small Elephants


RHYTHM Rhythm Helps Your


Two Hips Move.


PLANETS My (Mercury)


Very (Venus) Educated (Earth) Mother (Mars) Just (Jupiter) Served(Saturn) Us (Uranus)


Noodles (Neptune) COLOURS


Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain


Rhymes


Ever wondered why we can remember song lyrics? Rhyming uses part of the brain that responds to rhythm and music, which makes it a great way at remembering phrases and facts.


Why not make up mnemonic to the rhythm of your favourite song?


GRAMMAR “I before E except a er C but weird is just weird”


DIRECTIONS “Never Eat


Shredded Wheat” NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST


MONTHS


“Thirty days hath September, April,


June, and November;


All the rest have thirty-one, Save February,


with twenty-eight days clear, And twenty-nine each leap year”


Pictures Pictures are a great way of


I’ve Got Itchy Toes - Ight Words


Why not add a picture of a snake to make sight or a monster for might?


creating a visual aid to help remember terminology. Many


children memorise מּeb er by using pictures that are associated with the words. What picture can you come up with?


Their = Belongs to There = Place


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