February is a month full of holidays that offer an opportunity for storytelling and brain exercising. And it’s a great way to practice language skills, reinforce knowledge and look inside ourselves to express thoughts and feelings. These monologues are not...
It’s only in the last few years that I‘ve tried my hand at acting and learned it’s not easy to memorize lines. Even when actors are not in a current production, they need to memorize monologues that can be performed in auditions. Typically an actor has memorized...
In January I always think about calendars. (?? How’s your “BRAIN Calendar” going that I blogged about last week? No pressure. Just a reminder.) Anyway, here’s a fun card game you can play alone. Your kids can play too. Great math...
Many studies have shown that keeping a journal or log is an excellent motivator for maintaining a consistent plan. So here’s my idea. Use a 2011 calendar to keep a log all year of what you’ve done for your brain health. (You can use any calendar with spaces to...
In my acting classes the teachers talk about the memory muscle and the need to “work it”. They suggest we memorize a different poem, song, a couple of sentences from the newspaper, and so on, and promise if we did that every day, then memorizing would get easier. ...
